Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
EQECAT Upgrades German Flood Model
Oct 4 2006 // EQECAT, Inc. has released its upgraded German Flood model, part of its EuroFlood™ platform, which it said would enable “the European and international insurance industry to manage more effectively exposures from...
N.Y. City to Adjust Reservoirs to Lessen Delaware River Flooding
Sep 27 2006 // New York City has agreed to periodically lower the water level in three of its upstate reservoirs in an attempt to ease flooding along the Delaware River, according to environmental officials. By leaving the reservoirs...
STATES TRY TO STRENGTHEN FLOOD INSURANCE TRAINING FOR AGENTS
Sep 25 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a model bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer policies through the National Flood Insurance Program. This effort relates...
Nursing Home Owners Charged with Negligent Homicide, Cruelty in La.
Sep 22 2006 // It took only four hours for a Louisiana grand jury to charge the owners of St. Rita’s Nursing home – where 35 people died in post-Hurricane Katrina flooding – on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty...
One Year After Hurricane Rita Texas Insurers Offer Advice
Sep 22 2006 // As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Rita’s visit to Texas, residents along the Gulf Coast of Texas can and have learned a lot about the devastating effects of a hurricane, an insurance industry...
NM Public Regulation Commission Provides Information For Flood Damage
Sep 14 2006 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, Consumer Relations Division, is assisting New Mexicans who have experienced rain or flood damage with information on insurance coverage, and filing flood, property and...
House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Coastal Insurance Market
Sep 13 2006 // The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, heard testimony today from industry advocates to discuss the need for public and private sectors to work...
Floodgate Pumps Still Vibrating in New Orleans, But Some Are Usable
Sep 13 2006 // All 34 pump motors that Army Corps of Engineers contractors installed in New Orleans’ 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals have been rebuilt, but retesting over the weekend showed that many of them...
RMS Releases Germany River Flood Model
Sep 12 2006 // Risk Management Solutions, a Newark, Calif.-based provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risk, released its probabilistic Germany River Flood model to assess both off and on-flood plain...
States Look to Strengthen Flood Insurance Training for Agents
Sep 12 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a model bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer policies through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This...
Flooded Pa. Homeowners Blame Spillover from N.Y. City Reservoirs
Sep 7 2006 // New York City’s thirst for drinking water is clashing with Anthony Harlacher’s desire not to be flooded. Harlacher, who has endured three major floods in two years, is spending tens of thousands of dollars to...
76 N.H. Families Still in Need After May Floods
Sep 5 2006 // A Rockingham County, N.H. relief agency estimates it will cost $3.8 million to help 76 families who haven’t been able to return to their homes since May’s flooding, but it could take months before the state can...
News Currents
Sep 4 2006 // News Currents One year later: Gulf Coast agents & Katrina recovery How 3 Mississippi Gulf Coast agents, their families and communities are progressing Last October, Insurance Journal spent two days in Mississippi...
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawn legislation, bulletins in Miss. and La.
Sep 4 2006 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita exposed many misconceptions and misunderstandings that consumers had, or claimed to have had, with respect to their insurance coverage for hurricane related damage. The aftermath of these two...
First post-Katrina court decision a victory for insurers
Sep 4 2006 // On Aug. 15, 2006, a decision was handed down in the first post-Katrina insurance lawsuit to go to trial. Because there are thousands of lawsuits raising the same claims with millions, if not billions, of dollars at stake,...
Court: Pennsylvania agents have no duty to inspect flood risks
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance agents and insurers in Pennsylvania were breathing a sigh of relief following a court ruling that says agents do not have a duty to inspect all properties before binding or renewing flood insurance coverage. Had...
California Assembly Fails to Pass Flood Bill
Sep 1 2006 // A package of flood bills contained in California Assembly Bill 1665 failed to pass in the last hours of the Legislature’s session. The bill was seen as an effort to protect the flood-prone Delta and Central Valley...
Katrina By the Numbers: $10.5 Billion in Claims Paid in Miss.
Aug 31 2006 // There have been 483,693 claims filed and more than $10.5 billion paid to Mississippians for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the Mississippi Insurance Department. Those numbers were as of August 1, 2006 and...
U.S. Judge to Decide if Levee Break Cases go Forward in La.
Aug 27 2006 // People who want insurance companies to pay for their losses after levee breaks in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina are waiting for word from a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval, who is in charge of...
Rebuilt Homes Higher, More Varied, In Line with Stricter Building Codes
Aug 22 2006 // As homeowners along the Gulf Coast have started rebuilding and repairing since Hurricane Katrina hit nearly a year ago, they’ve been learning a new vocabulary and have been bombarded with recommendations. In many...
