Federal Insurance Administration

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The Federal Insurance Administration is a former U.S. government agency within the Department of Housing and Urban Development that was responsible for administering federal flood insurance and related disaster insurance programs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Federal Insurance Administration canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States federal agency ⓘ
abbreviation FIA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1979 ⓘ
fieldOfWork disaster insurance ⓘ
emergency management ⓘ
flood insurance ⓘ
insurance regulation ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
hasEffect expanded availability of flood insurance in the United States ⓘ
shifted part of flood risk from individuals to the federal government ⓘ
hasObjective encourage sound floodplain management through insurance mechanisms ⓘ
reduce financial impact of flooding on individuals and businesses ⓘ
hasPart National Flood Insurance Program ⓘ
hasResponsibility administration of federal flood insurance programs ⓘ
administration of related disaster insurance programs ⓘ
coordination with state and local governments on flood insurance matters ⓘ
implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program ⓘ
managing federal reinsurance for flood risks ⓘ
promoting the availability of flood insurance to property owners ⓘ
setting federal flood insurance rates and terms ⓘ
hasScope commercial flood insurance ⓘ
public building flood insurance ⓘ
residential flood insurance ⓘ
history created to address the lack of affordable private flood insurance in the United States ⓘ
its functions were transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
industry insurance ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatedUnderDepartment United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
parentAgency United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
United States disaster preparedness and recovery system ⓘ
United States federal flood policy framework ⓘ
programTypeManaged federal reinsurance program ⓘ
risk-sharing insurance program ⓘ
regulates eligibility for participation in federal flood insurance programs ⓘ
federal flood insurance coverage terms ⓘ
replacedBy Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
serviceArea flood-prone communities in the United States ⓘ
supervises participating private insurers offering federal flood insurance ⓘ
usesInstrument flood hazard mapping and zoning requirements ⓘ
flood insurance policies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 → affectedAgency → Federal Insurance Administration ⓘ
Executive Order 12127 → consolidatedFunctionFrom → Federal Insurance Administration ⓘ