Warren Measure Advances Flood Task Force’s Recommendation

Acting on a recommendation from the Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force, state Rep. Perry Warren successfully amended Senate legislation (S.B. 1241) to add two hours of flood insurance training to the continuing education requirements of insurance brokers it was announced on Tuesday.

The bulk of 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 today and heads back to the state Senate for a concurrence vote. Warren, the vice-chair of the House Insurance Committee, proposed the flood insurance continuing education amendment in the committee.

“The House passed this bill as Hurricane Milton is approaching landfall in the United States. The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force 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,” Warren said. “This amendment implements one of the recommendations of the task force and I look forward to working with my colleagues in both chambers to continue to enact the recommendations.”

The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force was created by Act 22 of 2023 as a result of legislation sponsored by Warren. Both Warren and state Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-Bucks, who originally proposed the task force as a member of the House, served on the task force, which issued its recommendations in July.