Rates vary, depending on whether you live in a 鈥渕oderate-to-low鈥� risk area or a "high-risk" area. Coastal areas are considered high risk, and premiums range from $580 a year, for up to $45,000 in both building and personal property damage, to $5,903 a year, for up to $350,000 for combined building and personal property damage. Policies can also be purchased individually, for either personal property or building damages. That way homeowners can opt out of one, or mix and match how much to insure property in each category.
A list of the costs of different premiums for National Flood Insurance Program policies can be found .
If you wish to protect against damage for more than the maximum coverage that the federal programs offer, 鈥淵ou can go to companies like Lloyd鈥檚 of London, [and] you can buy excess flood policy,鈥� says Mr. Csiszar. But he adds, those policies typically have a 鈥渕uch higher rate鈥� than the federal program.
