With the release of Risk Rating 2.0, it’s clear that home elevation will become the key to successful mitigation and flood insurance premium reduction. No expert in the country advocates as hard as Rod Scott to ensure mitigation strategies are implemented and funded nationwide. Rod is the co-founder of the Flood Mitigation Industry Association (FMIA), and overall advocate for the mitigation and elevation of flood prone buildings. Rod talks to us about his extensive experience in the field of flood mitigation, and how he has taken the lessons learned from his hometown in Mandeville, Louisiana, (where 85% of the buildings are elevated) and worked to apply them nationally. Listen as Tim and Joe talk to Rod about how we can educate our local officials, and Congress, to fund home elevation projects in our communities.

He’s been dubbed “One of the Ten People Who Made a Difference in the South” and “CEO of the Year”. No matter how he’s referred to, there’s no mistake that Michael Hecht Is critical to the New Orleans business scene. As President and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc, Michael has overseen the creation of the Coalition for Sustainable Flood Insurance (CSFI), which played a major part if the passage of the Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act (HFIAA). Now, with both a September 30th legislative deadline looming and the implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 on the horizon, GNO Inc, CSFI and Michael Hecht have new challenges with similar impacts to flood insurance and the economy. Join us as we talk with Michael about GNO Inc’s efforts to understand Risk Rating 2.0, and what legislative proposals they would like to see in an NFIP reform package. Michael also discusses the New Orleans specific impacts flood reform present, and how recent storm events are examples of the importance flood insurance plays in our nation.

A common theme from most of our guests have been the idea of flood insurance education. From lenders, insurance agents, to real estate professionals and community officials. Flood insurance and mitigation education affects all of us. Chris Greene, otherwise knows as the Flood Insurance Guru is an expert in flood insurance education, advocacy and knowledge. With his poop hat, pig hat or other prop, Chris entertains and educates with almost 1,000 flood education videos and podcasts. As Chris says about his pig hat, “The reason I bought that one is because people say my house will flood when pigs fly. Well guess what, pigs are flying”. Chris discusses what he does, the critical importance of flood education, and why he’s knows as the “Flood Insurance Guru”