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flood insurance

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noun

  1. insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.


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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

That map would have restricted development and forced some homeowners to buy flood insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 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

It was as if you could buy flood insurance on the house in the valley for the same price as flood insurance on the house on the mountaintop.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis