FEMA launches online option to buy federal flood insurance

Daniel Kaniewski, CEO of Northstar Risk & Resilience and a former FEMA deputy administrator, said the tool could help narrow the country's flood insurance protection gap. "This is a major milestone for the National Flood Insurance Program, one that's been a long time coming," Kaniewski told The ‌Insurer. "By ⁠giving Americans another way to purchase flood insurance, FEMA can help increase take-up rates and close our nation's enormous flood insurance protection gap."