Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Coping with catastrophe
Jan 29 2007 // Ten things agents and brokers can do to help clients obtain adequate cat coverage When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of...
Remapping California flood zones might spur wave of policy sales
Jan 29 2007 // Homeowners who witnessed the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina seem to have boosted flood insurance sales dramatically in 2006, and federal government actions also might force others to purchase flood coverage, as...
Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Declarations
Jan 29 2007 // Congressional fight “This is going to be a fight. These guys have dumped a lot of money in campaigns. They dumped $27 million in the presidential race, most of it going to the winner just a couple of years ago. But...
Hundreds of Seattle residents want city to pay for flood damage
Jan 29 2007 // Hundreds of Seattle residents want the city to pay them for flood damage caused by the city’s stormwater and sewage systems that were overwhelmed during Dec. 2006’s windstorm. More than 200 people have filed...
Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007
Jan 28 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007
Jan 28 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Declarations
Jan 28 2007 // Congressional fight “This is going to be a fight. These guys have dumped a lot of money in campaigns. They dumped $27 million in the presidential race, most of it going to the winner just a couple of years ago. But...
News Currents
Jan 28 2007 // Hundreds of Seattle residents want city to pay for flood damage Hundreds of Seattle residents want the city to pay them for flood damage caused by the city’s stormwater and sewage systems that were overwhelmed during...
Federal Judge Puts Part of State Farm Katrina Settlement on Hold
Jan 27 2007 // The federal judge who must sign off on a proposed $50 million class action settlement involving State Farm’s handling of Hurricane Katrina claims has said he needs lots more information before agreeing to the deal...
W. Va. Judge Dismisses 400 Flood Claims Against Coal Firms
Jan 26 2007 // A circuit judge has dismissed the claims of about 400 victims of a devastating flood in southern West Virginia in 2001. Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur M. Recht said in last week’s ruling that the plaintiffs who...
Hundreds of Seattle Residents Want City to Pay for Flood Damage
Jan 22 2007 // Hundreds of Seattle residents want the city to pay them for flood damage caused by the city’s stormwater and sewage systems that were overwhelmed during the December windstorm. More than 200 people have filed claims...
28 Die as Storm Lashes Europe; Transport Chaos, Widespread Damage
Jan 19 2007 // The mild winter weather that much of Europe has been enjoying for the last month came to a sudden halt earlier this week when the most violent storm to hit the continent since 1999 swept in from the Atlantic. So far 28...
Flood Policy Sales Rise 24% in Texas
Jan 11 2007 // The popularity of federal flood insurance policies in Texas is on the rise, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. ICT reported that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) records show that the number of flood...
Conn. Communities Pressured to Repair Flood Control Systems
Jan 10 2007 // Federal scrutiny of levees around the country increased after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, prompting several community in Connecticut to begin repairs on their flood control infrastructure. The Army Corps...
Monsoon Floods Hit Malaysia
Jan 9 2007 // Flooding from monsoon rains hit northern and eastern Malaysia as thousands of victims in a southern state waited for waters to recede in homes inundated weeks ago, news reports said Monday. Villages and towns in Kelantan,...
Ark. Town put on Federal Notice Over Flood-Plain Management
Jan 9 2007 // The city of Malvern, Ark., could face costly consequences if it doesn’t address concerns the Federal Emergency Management Agency has with how the city manages flood-plain property. FEMA has put the city on notice and...
Sales of Federal Flood Insurance Policies Rose 13% in 2006
Jan 8 2007 // Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply across the country last year after homeowners witnessed the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and realized that typical insurance policies didn’t cover many...
