flood insurance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Her flood insurance -- which is separate -- now costs $600 more annually and is up to more than $1,700.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
That freeze has left many buyers in the lurch and stuck without financing or the flood insurance that’s required for their mortgage.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025
One big unknown: how many Americans will decide they want flood insurance at a time when home-insurance costs are already way up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Burgess is now betting on flood insurance, an undertaking so unprofitable that for decades private companies steered clear.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
They had bought flood insurance that, if a drop of water so much as grazed any part of the house, paid them the value of the entire house.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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