Many Americans don’t need to wonder if they need flood insurance — it’s required as a condition of their home loan. But unlike car insurance, flood insurance isn’t required simply because you own property. In these cases, flood insurance raises the same question as other insurance policies do: When does the…

In general, flood insurance is only available through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A few private insurers offer excess flood insurance. According to FEMA, floods, including inland flooding, flash floods and seasonal storms, occur in every region of the United States…