Insurance Agent Training Courses
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers in-person and online training courses for licensed property and casualty insurance agents. To mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and following CDC guidance, courses are offered as a webinar instead of in-person training.
Two-part Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance Webinar
This webinar is a two-part course on FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program. It includes the topics listed in the Federal Register notice on training and education requirements related to Section 207 of the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, otherwise known as FIRA 2004.
It brings participants the latest information on the NFIP. Both parts of this webinar were newly filed for continuing education credits in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in September 2021.
The course discusses many of the federal flood program’s general rules as well as some more advanced topics. For more information, visit our Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance 2.0 overview.
Attendees must complete both sessions in order to cover all topics required by the Flood Insurance Reform Act (FIRA) of 2004.
- September 24, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- September 25, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- September 25, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- September 26, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 1, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 2, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 2, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 3, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 8, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 9, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 9, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 10, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 15, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 16, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 16, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 17, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 22, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 23, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 23, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 24, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 29, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 30, 2024 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
- October 30, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 1) REGISTER
- October 31, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT (Part 2) REGISTER
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing education course approval and credits vary by state for insurance agents. Click Here for information about your state.
Some states (e.g., California, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin) require that both parts of the course must be completed on consecutive days to receive four hours of continuing education credits. Currently, there are no continuing education credits available in Puerto Rico, Guam or the Virgin Islands.
Frequently Asked Questions Webinar
Do you have lingering questions about flood insurance? Want to expand your knowledge of flood insurance and fill in some gaps? This new webinar addresses the top questions we hear from agents and others attending NFIP courses.
Join this interactive one-hour session for a deeper dive into:
- The definition of flood as set out in the Standard Flood Insurance Policy
- First Floor Height using the NFIP’s six foundation types
- What you should know when talking to clients about basements
- How to get started selling flood insurance
The course has no formal prerequisites, but a basic knowledge of flood insurance is both helpful and recommended. NFIP offers an introductory course, the free two-part webinar Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance 2.0.
- October 15, 2024 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. CT REGISTER Space is Limited
- November 12, 2024 10 a.m.– 11 a.m. CT REGISTER
Please Note: No continuing education credit is offered for this course in any state.
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Agent Webinar Learning Series: Marketing and Selling Flood Insurance
As a trusted insurance advisor, it is essential to be informed about your local flood risks to educate your clients and ensure they have coverage to protect the lives they’ve built. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) can help!
NFIP’s agent webinar learning series highlights the types of flood risks, marketing strategies, and valuable resources available for selling flood insurance and assisting current clients. See below for the current selection of free webinars.
Spring Flooding Webinar Recording
Springtime brings warmer weather but also plenty of rainfall, melting snow, and ice jams with it. View the webinar on demand for resources and talking points you can use to prepare your clients for the risk of spring flooding.
Flood After Fire Webinar Recording
Wildfires are on the rise, and residents living in or near burn scars are at an increased risk of flooding for years after a fire is extinguished. View the webinar on demand for more information on marketing strategies and the resources NFIP offers to help you educate your clients on this risk.
Hurricane Season Webinar Recording
Warmer weather brings opportunities for thunderstorms to evolve into hurricanes and other severe storms. In this webinar, we share resources and talking points you can use to prepare your clients for the risk of hurricane season flooding
Online NFIP agent courses
Insurance agents can also find NFIP flood insurance training online through the FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study Program.
Please note: These courses are not approved for CE credit by any State Department of Insurance.
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With a growing number of condominium developments throughout the US, particularly in states with a high-risk for flooding, insurance agents can expand their book of condominium business by writing coverage through the NFIP. Insuring Condominiums provides a broad overview of the different ways that condominiums can be insured through the NFIP. Short video segments guide insurance agents through the key elements they need to know to effectively write condominium exposures, Insuring Condominiums (IS-1108).
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Insurance agents regularly view the NFIP as an outlet to write personal lines exposures for their clients, but they may not be aware of additional opportunities to cover their policyholders’ commercial exposures. Writing Commercial Exposures provides practical insights designed to assist agents with identifying, targeting, and writing commercial risks through the National Flood Insurance Program, Writing Commercial Exposures (IS-1110).
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After severe flooding, local communities must assess a building’s damage to assure compliance with local floodplain management ordinance provisions. Before building repair or reconstruction is permitted, it may be necessary to require certain measures to reduce future flood damage. Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) coverage is available under the NFIP Standard Flood Insurance Policy to assist policyholders with the cost to comply with these requirements. The Increased Cost of Compliance course provides an overview of ICC coverage and eligibility and takes the learner through the claims process to gain a better understanding of this important coverage benefit, Increased Cost of Compliance (IS-1100).
Upon successfully passing the course exam, you will receive a certificate of achievement noting CE earned through International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Each hour of instruction completed earns 0.1 CE units through IACET.
If you are taking a FEMA EMI Independent Study course in order to earn CE, be sure to confirm in advance that your professional board or other preferred accrediting entity will accept IACET CE. You can also check IACET's website for a list of entities that accept IACET CE. FEMA accepts IACET CE.
EMI Independent Study course exams require a FEMA Student Identification (SID) number. Register for a FEMA SID Number.