Flood insurance : FEMA's rate-setting process warrants attention : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate.

This report evaluates (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) process for setting full-risk rates to determine whether it produces rates that accurately reflect the risk of flooding and (2) the process that FEMA uses to set subsidized rates and their effect on the financial conditi...

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Corporate Authors:	United States. Government Accountability Office, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
Subjects:	United States. > Federal Emergency Management Agency > Rules and practice. National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.) Flood insurance > Rates > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS112270

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Summary:	This report evaluates (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) process for setting full-risk rates to determine whether it produces rates that accurately reflect the risk of flooding and (2) the process that FEMA uses to set subsidized rates and their effect on the financial condition of NFIP.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on May 5, 2009). "October 2008." "GAO-09-12." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	ii, 49 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 5/5/09: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0912.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.