Is Flood Insurance Mandatory?

Home insurance is something that we should all have even if you have paid off your home and are not required by your lender to do so. Home insurance is also something that may not cover all the risks that are presented to your home. For those in the Colorado Springs or Lakewood, CO area, the agents with Premier Group Insurance can help you to find the right policy for you.

Do I Need Flood Insurance?

Flood insurance is often seen as a supplementary policy that not all homeowner’s need to have in place. The reason for this is that floods are not something that all homeowner’s have to deal with or have to even worry about. Some homeowner’s do not see enough rain or enough water in the course of a year to warrant an extra flood policy while others have to deal with the potential for flood every single day.

Flood insurance as a rule is not mandatory and is also considered to be an extra coverage that will add cost to your policy overall if you do decide to take out a policy. It is important to know if you live in a high-risk flood zone and should prepare accordingly. Although you may not live in a flooding area, it is also important to check and see what the history of flooding in the area might be like. A good portion of flood claims come from areas that are not in flood plains.

For those that feel they may need a flood policy, taking the time to talk with an agent will make a huge deal of difference in the overall success of your homeowner’s policy. For those in the Colorado Springs or Lakewood, CO area, the agents with Premier Group Insurance can help you to find the right policy for your needs quickly and easily so that you can stop worrying about floods and other disasters that may damage your home.