| Nebraska is having biannual workshops every October and April in order to address updates and changes in the Flood Insurance Manual. Risk Rating 2.0 will be revealed soon, which will be a new method of rating flood insurance, and these workshops will help to provide more information on this. Other topics, such as writing claims, selling policies, or other relevant issues will also be addressed.
The first workshop is on October 29th at 2:00 PM.It has been approved for 1 CEU in Nebraska.
And it's free! To register, visit the registration page and get yourself signed up. Below is the agenda:
- Welcome and Introductions Chuck Chase- Outreach Coordinator for Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
- Welcome and announce that this will be a brief discussion of changes to the Flood Insurance Manual and any other announcements or issues that may need to be disclosed.
- NDOI Comments and Issues NDOI Rep and/or Bruce Ramge Director of NDOI
- Nebraska issues
- Announcement about National Flood Insurance Day- Susan Nickerson: Disaster Recovery Coordinator for Nebraska Department of Economic Development
- Flood Insurance Manual Changes and Trending Issues Chris Parsons- Insurance Liaison for FEMA R-VII
- No changes this month, and we expect few in April, but if changes are made they will be worth noting.
- This is because FEMA is preparing to unveil Risk Rating 2.0 (more on that later) and until then changes to the manual will be kept at a minimum and limited to items of importance.
- Discussion of the layout of the manual and what an agent may find useful in each chapter
- Color codes of changes when new manuals come out and what the color codes represent
- Discussion of trending NFIP issues with claims and policy writing.
- Risk Rating 2.0 Chris Parsons
- 15 minute intro to this new way or rating flood insurance and possible timelines for its implementation .
- Q&A for FEMA, NDOI, and NeDNR 5-15
- Closing, Thank-You's, and invite to April 15 Spring 2021 Flood Insurance Manual Workshop and instructions/reminders about CEUs if needed 2-5 min Chuck Chase
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