November 8, 2024
Flood Insurance Task Force Recommendation Advances

Acting on a recommendation from the Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force, State Rep. Perry Warren successfully amended a Senate bill to add two hours of flood insurance training to the continuing education requirements of insurance brokers.

S.B. 1241, sponsored by state Sen. Chris Gebhard, R-Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon, deals with pre-examination education requirements for insurance producer licensees. The bill passed the House and is now back in the state Senate for a concurrence vote. As vice-chair of the House Insurance Committee, Warren proposed the flood insurance continuing education amendment in the committee.

The House passed this bill as Hurricane Milton was approaching landfall in the United States. The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force, with Warren and State Sen. Steve Santarsiero as members, met throughout the first half of this year to work to lower the rates of flood insurance and mitigate the impact of floods for residents and municipalities. This amendment implements one of the recommendations of the task force. "I look forward to working with my colleagues in both chambers to continue to enact the recommendations," said Warren.

The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force was created by Act 22 of 2023 as a result of legislation that Warren sponsored. Santarsiero originally proposed the task force as a member of the PA State House.