To comply with HB 1011, which passed during the 2018 legislative session, Citizens will revise our required flood insurance statement and law and ordinance statement on Declarations pages for homeowner policies (except mobile homes) effective on or after January 1, 2019.

Flood Insurance Statement

In addition to the existing statement, FLOOD COVERAGE IS NOT PROVIDED BY THIS POLICY, the following flood insurance statement also will appear on the Declarations:

FLOOD INSURANCE: YOU MAY ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF FLOOD INSURANCE. YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE POLICY DOES NOT INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM FLOOD EVEN IF HURRICANE WINDS AND RAIN CAUSED THE FLOOD TO OCCUR. WITHOUT SEPARATE FLOOD INSURANCE COVERAGE, YOU MAY HAVE UNCOVERED LOSSES CAUSED BY FLOOD. PLEASE DISCUSS THE NEED TO PURCHASE SEPARATE FLOOD INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH YOUR INSURANCE AGENT.

Note

For HO-4 and HW-4 policies, the Declarations will continue to display the following in addition to the flood insurance statement above: NEITHER “FLOOD” NOR “ORDINANCE OR LAW” COVERAGE IS PROVIDED IN THE POLICY.

Law and Ordinance Statement

The law and ordinance statement will display separately on the Declarations

LAW AND ORDINANCE: LAW AND ORDINANCE COVERAGE IS AN IMPORTANT COVERAGE THAT YOU MAY WISH TO PURCHASE. PLEASE DISCUSS WITH YOUR INSURANCE AGENT.

Resources

For more information, log in to the Agents site, and from the website’s top menu, select Search → Search Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Enter flood or law and ordinance in the search field.