6 MITIGATION INCENTIVES PREMIUMS ARE MOSTLY RISK BASED BEING DEPE...

5.6  Mitigation  Incentives  

Premiums are mostly risk based being dependent on the history of flooding, flood probability, and the

location of the insured property. An insurer will investigate the flood risk for each individual case and

then

tailor premiums accordingly. Insurers, however, calculate risk premiums using different methods

therefore a degree of competition to sell more attractive policies is possible (Faure and Bruggeman,