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#2206599 - 02/20/19 07:30 PM Flood Insurance on Contents
mdog76 Offline
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We are making a loan for a customer who specializes in demolitions. They are purchasing a building to serve as their office and the property is in a flood zone. Question is about the tools and equipment that is also on the property. These "contents" are able to be moved from jobsite to jobsite and are not on the flood property 24/7. Does that matter in this case or are the contents still covered as if they are on the property all the time.

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#2206603 - 02/20/19 07:43 PM Re: Flood Insurance on Contents mdog76
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You are taking these items as collateral also?
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#2206682 - 02/21/19 02:45 PM Re: Flood Insurance on Contents mdog76
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If you are taking them as collateral, check with an insurance agent to determine if they are insurable. This is a tricky area and difficult for us to tell you what contents can and cannot be insured.
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#2206882 - 02/22/19 07:02 PM Re: Flood Insurance on Contents mdog76
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Sorry for the late update but the contents are being taken so we good from a compliance standpoint. Found out that all the equipment is already pledged as collateral for other loans we have for this customer. I reached out to FDIC examiner and they said it does cross over into safety and soundness and would come down to how much risk the bank/management was willing to take.

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#2206892 - 02/22/19 07:31 PM Re: Flood Insurance on Contents mdog76
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In order for contents to require to be covered by insurance, the loan has to be secured by both the building and the contents. If you have one loan on the contents and another loan on the building, then content coverage would not be required. But on commercial type loans, you need to watch out for cross-collateral agreement in your loan documents.
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