Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Statehouse Flooding Has Cost in Excess of $2 Million
Aug 1 2006 // Flood damage at the New jersey Statehouse parking garage that was built in a Delaware River flood plain has cost the state about $2 million since September 2004, according to state officials. The 1,100-space garage in...
Federal Grants for N.H. Flooding Top $8 Million
Aug 1 2006 // The federal government has provided New Hampshire with more than $8.2 million in relief grants for May’s floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported providing the most grants, $780,059, to Salem...
Va. Officials to Review Bridge Project’s Role in Flooding
Jul 27 2006 // The Virginia Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced plans to investigate whether the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project contributed to flooding last month that seriously damaged about 150 homes in Fairfax...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt, president of James...
Flooding in Pennsylvania destroys 518 homes
Jul 24 2006 // The floodwaters that inundated parts of Pennsylvania last month destroyed at least 518 homes and affected another 7,100 homes and businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The preliminary...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Witt pointed out that as he looks across Florida, the Gulf coast states and America, he has recently seen more devastating events than have ever been witnessed in the history of the nation. He said that in today’s...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt,...
FEMA CHANGES RULES; WHO SHOULD PAY?
Jul 24 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently issued new flood maps that require people in many parts of New Orleans to elevate their houses, according to Jeff Albright, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Excess flood market steps up when national flood program falls short
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms, have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Fidelity National P/C acquires Southern Family flood policies
Jul 24 2006 // Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has received approval from the Circuit Court of Florida to purchase all of the existing flood insurance policies of Southern Family Insurance Co. through the Florida...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have...
The excess flood market steps up when national flood program falls short
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
The excess flood market steps up where NFIP drops off
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever before the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was...
Coastal communities only halfway ready for a major storm
Jul 24 2006 // Survey finds Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia most prepared Average insured homeowners throughout Gulf and Atlantic coastal communities have taken just half the steps which would best position them to recover...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, then all of a...
FEMA CHANGES RULES MID-STREAM; WHO SHOULD PAY?
Jul 24 2006 // FEMA recently issued new flood maps that require people in many parts of New Orleans to elevate their houses, according to Jeff Albright, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Louisiana....
Miss. Judge Has Katrina Insurance Lawsuit Case
Jul 21 2006 // A groundbreaking case that challenges one of the nation’s largest insurers for refusing to cover damage from Hurricane Katrina’s monster storm surge went into the hands of a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S....
First Katrina Insurance Trial Set for Closing Arguments
Jul 20 2006 // A federal judge heard closing arguments Wednesday in the first courtroom challenge of the insurance industry’s denial of billions of dollars of homeowners’ claims after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge...
