Research
The reThought Flood® reSearch Group.
reThought Flood®, the technology-centric underwriting agency focused on US flood risks, has launched the reSearch Group to better understand various aspects of flooding and flood insurance.
Inaugural publication
Defining the X-Factor: flood-zone relevance in April's Ohio Valley flood event.
The Group’s inaugural research publication made startling findings about the flood-zone location of buildings flooded during the event — one third of flooded Ohio Valley buildings were in X zones, outside FEMA’s high-risk flood zones.
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Flooded Ohio Valley buildings were located in X zones — outside the zones most people assume mark the boundary of flood risk.
More research is coming.
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