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It does so by providing affordable insurance to property owners, renters and businesses and by encouraging communities to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations. We offer nfip national flood insurance program products. The national flood insurance program nfip, which was authorized through january 19, 2018, was not reauthorized by congress and has lapsed. Adjuster authorization the national flood insurance program.