Come hear the MCC speak! Whether you’re a real estate professional, insurance agent or interested in flood issues, Executive Director and Chair of the Board of Directors Joe Rossi will be speaking at several local and regional events in the coming weeks: September 11th- Massachusetts Association of Realtors Conference- 10:00am to 10:45am- Mass Mutual Center, meeting […]
As Hurricane Dorian becomes a major hurricane in the Atlantic, we send our best to those in the South East. Dorian’s track is uncertain, but the latest forecast has Dorian curving away from Florida and impacting the Georgia and Carolina coasts.Impacts to New England are uncertain, but could mean tropical storm force winds and tropical […]
In the coming weeks, the Towns of Duxbury and Marshfield will receive updated Flood Maps resulting from their revision of FEMA’s controversial flood maps of 2016. This will happen in two phases: Phase 1: Duxbury will receive revised maps that will also include 39 properties in Marshfield located near Duxbury. All properties in the impacted areas will […]
Are you aware that if your home has suffered significant damage from coastal flooding there is a time limit for you to act? There are restrictions in place, specific by-laws written by communities. Once a specified period of time has lapsed if you have taken no action to repair, replace or sell the property you […]
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Thank you for attending the 2019 CRS Symposium on the North Shore on June 13th. Your participation is vital to the implementation of CRS in our communities. The presentations and resources that were presented are now available online at the link below: www.knowflood.org/downloads and look for the “CRS” tab. Our next step is to work with […]
When Congress passed the Biggert Waters Act of 2012 (BW12), the intent of Congress was to make it easier for lenders to accept private flood insurance to satisfy the mandatory purchase requirement. However, what the Act did was create vague language that took lending regulators seven years to finalize. Since the lending regulators had to […]
A place to have your flood insurance questions answered Have a question about flood insurance or your flood policy? You’ve come to the right place. The MCC knows the value of understanding flood insurance. Over the years, we have fielded thousands of inquiries about flood insurance and have come to realize there is no single […]
NFIP Legislative Activity There has been a recent flurry of legislative activity with the NFIP that impacts you! NFIP Extended to September 30th: This past week, the NFIP was extended until September 30th which was part of the disaster supplemental that had been previously blocked. The passage of the disaster supplemental now allows the NFIP to […]
NFIP extended- but only for 2 weeks The NFIP, which was set to expire Friday at midnight, has been extended for two weeks, to June 14th. We did not raise alarms earlier this week because of how fluid this situation has been. A few weeks ago, both chambers of Congress passed a four-month extension of the NFIP […]