Being knowledgeable of NFIP coverages and changes is crucial in communicating the need for flood insurance to your clients. Fortunately, Selective and Big I Flood leverage a variety of channels to keep members up to speed, including:

• Access to Big "I" Virtual University, which has a section dedicated to the answering the most difficult flood insurance questions and offers links to the most important NFIP news.
  

• Continuing education classes offered by state associations and taught by Selective Territory Managers or other industry experts.
  

• Webinars offered by most state associations through Agents and Brokers Education Network. 
  

• Regularly issued communications from Selective about NFIP legislative changes and how they impact agents and customers.
  

• Numerous publications providing industry updates:
  

• Insurance News & Views (IN&V) weekly e-newsletter

• Two for Tuesday weekly e-newsletter

• Big "I" Advantage Newsletter quarterly publication 
  

• Independent Agent (IA) magazine special features

• NFIP reform as announced in state association publications