flood insurance
Americannoun
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Nigeria's Lagos state has taken out a $7.5 million flood insurance policy to cover millions of people, the Insurance Development Forum said Thursday, as the country's economic capital faces rising sea levels and floods linked to climate change.
From Barron's
The scheme is a form of parametric flood insurance, which pays out under certain conditions -- such as a specific amount of rainfall, captured via satellite image -- instead of at a certain level of damage, which can take time to assess.
From Barron's
A community’s flood risk changes over time, so the National Flood Insurance Program and the Federal Emergency Management Agency continuously update the flood maps across the country.
From Los Angeles Times
High-risk zones may require separate flood insurance.
From MarketWatch
He didn’t want to buy flood insurance from Goldman Sachs only to find, when the flood came, Goldman Sachs washed away and unable to pay him off.
From Literature
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