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  • 1National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 — The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is a piece of legislation passed in the United States that led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).[1] The NFIP goals are two fold: • To provide flood insurance for structures… …

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  • 2National Flood Insurance Program — NFIP redirects here. For National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, see March of Dimes. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of… …

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  • 3National Flood Insurance Reform Act — A Federal law that establishes requirements for flood insurance. Under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, lenders taking an interest in real property are required to complete a standard flood hazard determination form developed by… …

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  • 4Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 — The Bunning Bereuter Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 (USPL|108|264) reformed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the terms of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. It was designed to reduce losses to properties for… …

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  • 5National health insurance — (sometimes called statutory health insurance) is health insurance that insures a national population for the costs of health care and usually is instituted as a program of healthcare reform. It is enforced by law. It may be administered by the… …

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  • 6National Health Insurance (Japan) — National Health Insurance (国民健康保険, Kokumin Kenkō Hoken?) is one of the two major types of insurance programs available in Japan. The other is Employees Health Insurance (健康保険, Kenkō Hoken …

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  • 7Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… …

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  • 8flood hazard zone — A geographic area officially designated under Federal law as an area that might experience damage from flooding. Under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, lenders taking an interest in real property are required to complete a… …

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  • 9insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …

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  • 10insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …

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