August 26, 2010 - The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said his department is better able to quickly respond to disasters now, five years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast.
FEMA was ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/08/26/112763.htm
August 24, 2010 - One in five of the Louisiana sheriffs, school boards, parish councils and other storm-ravaged local government agencies who borrowed federal funds after hurricanes Katrina and Rita won't have to ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/08/24/112677.htm
August 20, 2010 - More than $12 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help recovery efforts in four counties in West Virginia hit by severe storms in June.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/08/20/112617.htm
August 16, 2010 - The federal government is affirming it will pay 90 percent of the disaster recovery costs from tornadoes and floods that hit Mississippi in late April and early May.
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran announced ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/08/16/112470.htm
August 16, 2010 - Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and ...
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August 11, 2010 - The federal government's flood insurance program that had mostly been concerned with protecting homes and businesses must now protect salmon and killer whales.
Federal fisheries experts have told the ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/08/11/112321.htm
August 10, 2010 - If a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast and whips up oil from BP's massive spill, cleanup workers will not be able to swoop into action to fix the mess. A new Obama administration edict requires that the ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/08/10/112324.htm
July 27, 2010 - Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state.
Anyone with property damage has until today to file ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/07/27/111905.htm
July 19, 2010 - Federal disaster grants totaling more than $3 million have been approved to help businesses and residents slammed by storms and flooding in southern West Virginia last month.
The Federal Emergency ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/07/19/111698.htm
July 15, 2010 - The National Wildife Federation claims in a lawsuit that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood insurance program is hurting sea turtles by spurring coastal development.
The lawsuit filed in ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/07/15/111598.htm
July 15, 2010 - Insurers are urging the House of Representatives to pass legislation today that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years. The measure, HR 5114, the "Flood Insurance ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/07/15/111618.htm
July 7, 2010 - Far from the spotlight shining on the Nashville victims of May's deadly floods, Mike Anglin looks at the now-empty space next to Indian Creek where his doublewide mobile home stood and wonders how he ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/07/07/111362.htm
July 5, 2010 - A group scrambling to upgrade Mississippi River levees in southwestern Illinois before new floodplain maps potentially raise insurance costs said it can make the fixes for $160 million to $170 ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2010/07/05/159825.htm
July 5, 2010 - After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2010/07/05/159848.htm
July 5, 2010 - Insurance company interests have long held that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association charges rates that are not actuarially sound for the risks it insures, making it impossible for private ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2010/07/05/159850.htm
June 28, 2010 - With Tropical Storm Alex skirting the east coast of Mexico and heading north, if residents along the Texas Gulf Coast are thinking it's a good time to purchase flood insurance from the National Flood ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/06/28/111120.htm
June 24, 2010 - After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/06/24/111051.htm
June 21, 2010 - Owners of nearly 800 properties in a western Indiana town could be forced to buy flood insurance unless the town can provide federal officials proof that its levee system will provide protection.
The ...
www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/06/21/110912.htm
June 21, 2010 - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has clarified that in the event of a declared flooding disaster, flood insurance coverage will apply even if oil from the BP deep well blowout mixes with ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2010/06/21/159768.htm
June 21, 2010 - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has clarified that in the event of a declared flooding disaster, flood insurance coverage will apply even if oil from the BP deep well blowout mixes with ...
www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2010/06/21/159785.htm
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