"Flood is not covered"
What this denial really means
The insurer classified your loss as flood (rising water), which a homeowners policy excludes. The fight is over whether the water was wind-driven rain (often covered) versus rising flood water.
Your appeal steps
- Pin down the cause: wind-driven rain entering through a wind-opened roof is a wind loss, not a flood loss.
- Request the denial in writing, with the specific policy language and exclusion cited.
- If the entry point was wind-created, document it (photos of the roof breach) and dispute the flood classification.
- File a complaint with the Florida Department of Financial Services if the loss was mischaracterized.
Verifiable record
$ navigator appeal --reason flooddenial : "Flood is not covered"issued_at : 2026-10-03T22:24:51.771Zsha256 : c11b1311bb3b8d7fba1419fb2b0e64852287c4ce5e73039df193d6d8183a433astatus : record sealed — informational only
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