Flash floods are doubly devastating because they often hit areas that had not been classified as flood risk zones.  Because most people only buy flood insurance if they're in a zone where mortgage lenders by law make them buy it, flash flood victims rarely have flood insurance.  

Standard home policies exclude flood damage.  Insurance adjusters are trained to tell flood victims that from the get-go.  That bad news hits hard.  Most people feel the double blast of the pain of their loss and the news it's not covered.  While the owner is scrambling to...

Have you ever contacted an insurance agent or company and asked them to insure your home for a specific dollar amount?  If so, you're probably in the .00001% of insurance consumers.  That's just not how it works in real life.  

In real life, we rely on agents and insurers to tell us how much insurance we need on our homes. And when we apply for insurance, they do tell us.  Well, ok, their computer tells us... When we apply for insurance, we answer some basic questions about the size, age and features of our home, and we get a print...