Latest Coastal Headlines
All the headlines from our Coastal Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bill to Revamp State-Run Plans Passes in La.
Jun 25 2003 // A Louisiana bill that would overhaul the state’s FAIR and Coastal plans passed both the Senate and House and is headed to Gov. Mike Foster’s desk for his signature. House Bill 1788, which creates the Louisiana...
La. House Committee Approves Bill Pairing Coastal & FAIR Plans
May 6 2003 // The Louisiana House Insurance Committee approved a bill combining the Coastal and FAIR Plans, two of the state’s so-called “insurers of last resort,” under a new state-created entity called the Louisiana...
N.C. Coastal Bill Seeks Balance on Insurance Rates
Oct 8 2002 // The latest version of a coastal insurance bill requires that the North Carolina Beach Plan provide a homeowners policy with rates that are not “inadequate, excessive or unfairly discriminatory,” and which must...
FEMA Study Predicts Massive Coastal Erosion
Jul 10 2000 // One out of every four houses within 500 feet of the U.S. shoreline will become a casualty of erosion within the next 60 years. This hard-hitting fact is among many included in the report, Evaluation of Erosion Hazards,...
U.S. Coasts Threatened, According to FEMA Report
Jun 27 2000 // A study by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that 25 percent of the buildings within 500 feet of the country’s coastlines will be threatened by erosion in the next 60 years. The study, released Tuesday,...
