NCUA and other federal financial regulators issued a joint rule finalizing significant changes to Flood Insurance Questions and Answers made by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014. The final rule—effective immediately—contains several CUNA-requested clarifications.
The update revises and reorganizes questions and answers originally published in 2009 and 2011, and includes several new questions and answers responsive to the changes in federal law. The final rule consolidates two proposed rules issued in 2020 and 2021.
CUNA-sought clarifications include:
Additional details can be found on CUNA’s CompBlog and Removing Barriers Blog.