Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Reminds Insurers of Flooded Vehicle Requirements
Aug 18 2016 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a reminder to insurance companies regarding the Certificate of Destruction title requirements for flooded vehicles. The department issued the bulletin following the federal...
Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance
Aug 18 2016 // Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them out if one strikes. As disaster season peaks, a new national consumer survey commissioned by Trusted...
As Louisiana Surveys Flood Damage, Death Toll Rises
Aug 17 2016 // As waters receded in parts of Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge, some residents returned to their flood-damaged homes on Aug. 16 for the first time and found a soggy mess. David Key used a small boat to get to...
U.S. Launches ‘Biggest Ever Improvement’ in Flood Forecasting
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. government weather scientists and their research partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for what the federal agency...
AIR Worldwide: Louisiana’s Record Rainfall Caused by Low-Pressure System
Aug 16 2016 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that the extensive flooding in southern Louisiana, from west of Baton Rouge to Mississippi, was caused by a slow-moving tropical depression–like low-pressure system that...
Report Questions Texas Regulators’ Handling of Flood-Related Oil ‘Mess’
Aug 16 2016 // Internal emails show Texas energy regulators describing a “mess” of leaking crude oil heading downstream near Houston following heavy storms in May, raising new questions about how the state has handled...
NAIC Drafts Changes for NFIP, Encourages Long-Term Reauthorization
Aug 15 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its recommendations for changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) when it goes up before Congress for reauthorization next year. The...
6 Dead, Tens of Thousands Evacuated in Louisiana Flooding
Aug 15 2016 // Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region Sunday, three days after rain-swollen...
Climate Change And Gisele, The Law of the Land
Aug 11 2016 // When the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio highlighted climate change, it wasn’t hard to imagine the buzz – positive and negative – that would be generated. The show included references to rising sea...
North Carolina County Removing Thousands of Homes from Flood Zones
Aug 8 2016 // New maps for Dare County, N.C., are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk...
Just 2% of China’s July Floods Covered by Insurance, vs. Nearly 70% in U.S.: Aon
Aug 5 2016 // China’s seasonal “Mei-Yu” rainfall in July led to the worst flooding since 1998, bringing total combined economic losses of an estimated US$33 billion, according to a report published by Impact...
SLSOT Using Data to Better Communicate with Surplus Line Market Stakeholders
Aug 4 2016 // Surplus lines may not be the most widely understood segment of the property/casualty insurance industry but for risk managers of large organizations it’s often the go-to market for complicated risks for which...
Major Flooding Hits West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle
Aug 3 2016 // Heavy rains have caused major flooding but no reported injuries in the West Virginia Northern Panhandle community of Follansbee. Follansbee Fire Chief Larry Rea tells media outlets that two people were removed from their...
New York AG Charges Engineering Firm with Doctoring Sandy Claims Reports
Aug 2 2016 // New York authorities charged a Long Island engineering firm and one of its former executives with forging damage reports for homes swamped by Hurricane Sandy, altering the documents in such a way that owners’ flood...
West Virginia Federal Flood Aid Reaches $72M
Aug 1 2016 // Federal assistance has reached $72 million for West Virginians affected by devastating floods last month. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the money includes grants, loans and claims to individuals and state...
American Strategic Insurance Promotes Peskin in Florida
Aug 1 2016 // American Strategic Insurance (ASI), has promoted Jessica Peskin to vice president of Marketing for ASI’s Builders division in St. Petersburg, Fla. Peskin formerly served as an account executive for ASI’s...
North Carolina County Removing Thousands of Homes from Flood Zones
Jul 29 2016 // New maps for Dare County, North Carolina, are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water. The Virginian-Pilot of...
Climate Change Modeling is Closer than You Think
Jul 28 2016 // For the last few years you got a common response from catastrophe modelers who advise the property/casualty industry when asked about including the effects of climate change in modeling. It went something like: “The...
Former Bismarck, North Dakota Leader Files Complaint Against Over flooding
Jul 27 2016 // A former city commissioner in Bismarck has filed a complaint with the North Dakota Department of Health accusing the city of neglecting to address sewer wastewater and storm water problems on the city’s south side...
West Virginia Offering Millions in Minigrants to Flood-Damaged Businesses
Jul 27 2016 // The state is making millions of dollars in minigrants available for small businesses damaged by deadly floods last month. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Monday that grants up to $10,000 will be awarded to small businesses...
