Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oahu Property Owners Urged to Buy Flood Insurance
Dec 31 2010 // Emergency management officials are urging Oahu property owners to buy flood insurance at current rates before new flood maps — and resulting higher prices — kick in next month. The Federal Emergency Management...
How to Fix Nation’s Flood Insurance Program
Dec 31 2010 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking a top-to-bottom review of the efforts to reform the nation’s flood insurance program. The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has...
How to Fix Nation’s Flood Insurance Program
Dec 30 2010 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking a top-to-bottom review of the efforts to reform the nation’s flood insurance program. The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has...
Rising Rivers Prompt Evacuations of Australian Towns
Dec 30 2010 // The military flew out a town’s entire population of 300 people by helicopter Wednesday in eastern Australia where waters continued to rise after days of drenching rain. A total of 1,000 people were evacuated from the...
Heavy Rains, Floods Disrupt Australia Coal Mining, Port, Freight Operations
Dec 29 2010 // Heavy rains and flooding in Australia’s key coal-producing Queensland state have impacted mining operations and brought parts of the coal infrastructure, including rail and ports, to a standstill, operators said on...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West
Dec 23 2010 // In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of what they used to be, and unemployment and home foreclosure rates up, said Kevin...
Hundreds Victim to California Rainstorms
Dec 22 2010 // Following a series of powerful storms that brought heavy, record-setting rain, snow and high winds to California, insurers report their employees are on-hand to help victims. Meanwhile, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has...
California Rain Shatters Records; More Coming
Dec 21 2010 // A storm walloped parts of California with up to 7 inchesof rain and spawned minor flooding, mudslides and road closures Dec. 20, but forecasters warn the bad weather’s real impact may be yet to come. More than 3...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission
Dec 21 2010 // Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover...
Fact or Fiction? Insurance Tidbits of Known and Little-Known Information
Dec 20 2010 // Have you ever wondered what big events helped shape regulation of the current U.S. insurance industry? Or if drivers of certain cars have more risk? What about the most attractive insurance job in the industry? These are...
Aon Benfield Releases Annual Cat Report; Insured Losses at $38 Billion
Dec 17 2010 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corporation, has released its Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide...
Droughts, Floods, Snow and Cold Hit Global Commodities
Dec 15 2010 // Droughts and deluges in Australia, snow in Europe and cold snaps in the United States are pushing up prices of a range of commodities from sugar to heating oil and soybeans. Australia typically ranks as second in the...
Coalition Calls for $60M for Iowa Flood Prevention
Dec 10 2010 // A coalition of lawmakers, local officials, farmers and business people are calling on Iowa to invest $60 million to prevent flood damage and improve water quality in Iowa’s Cedar River Basin. The Cedar River...
Calif. Assemblyman Villines to Serve on Flood Protection Board
Dec 9 2010 // Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed former Assembly minority leader Michael Villines to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board Villines lost a bid for state insurance commissioner last month. The new...
Aon Benfield Cat Report for November Highlights Cold and Floods
Dec 6 2010 // In its latest monthly assessment of the world’s catastrophes for November Aon Benfield highlights the first winter weather event of the season across Europe with “notable affects.” the report, published...
Nashville Music Industry Back on Track After Floods
Dec 5 2010 // In a white clapboard house on a quiet street in Berry Hill, a six-month marathon effort to save dozens of flood-damaged musical instruments remains a daily labor of love with the goal of salvaging Nashville’s...
It Figures
Dec 5 2010 // $30 Million A Harris County, Texas, jury rendered a $30 million verdict against the Houston-based owner of SunMart convenience stores for defrauding gasoline purchasers, according to the Texas Attorney General’s...
Talk About the Weather
Dec 5 2010 // Floods, Windstorms, Droughts, Heat Waves and Wildfires There was a time in the not-so-distant past when events such as these would have been considered somewhat unusual in Europe. But these days, extreme weather events are...
Report: Flood of Problems Led to Iowa’s Lake Delhi Dam Breach
Dec 3 2010 // Several problems, including design flaws, likely led to the breach of an eastern Iowa dam last summer that decimated a nine-mile long lake, a panel of independent engineers said. The findings identified design and...
New Mexico Town Could Be Liable for Residents’ Flood Damage
Dec 2 2010 // More than a dozen Farmington, N.M., residents and businesses have put the city on notice that they want reimbursement for damages caused by flooding in August. Some 14 claims have been filed, meeting a 90-day deadline to...
