Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages
Feb 26 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
Editor’s Note: Flooding hazard alert: Melting ice and snow increases risk
Feb 25 2007 // We all know that catastrophes come in all forms and shapes, not just as hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and mudslides. In light of the recent devastating winter ice and snow storms that crossed the Midwest and then moved to...
Katrina lawsuits: Are the winds of fortune changing for insurers?
Feb 25 2007 // In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when it became apparent that property losses would total billions of dollars, the insurance industry was understandably concerned that courts in Mississippi and Louisiana...
News Currents
Feb 25 2007 // FEMA map puts El Paso neighborhoods in flood zone The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of...
News Currents
Feb 25 2007 // Agents welcome windstorm debate; insurers warn against subsidies The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and...
Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages
Feb 25 2007 // By Judge L.T. Senter Jr. At the trial of this cause of action, this court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating,...
FEMA tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
Feb 25 2007 // Parts of the Beachwood-Franklin neighborhood in Merced, Calif., are seen after being flooded from a levee break that occurred on April 4, 2006 . (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star, Jack Bland, file photo.) The Federal Emergency...
FEMA Map Would Place El Paso Neighborhoods in Flood Zone
Feb 20 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of homeowners with mortgages into buying flood...
Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages
Feb 12 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this Court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
Levees in 27 states at risk; could trigger flood insurance mandate
Feb 12 2007 // The Army Corps of Engineers reported recently that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and requiring millions of dollars in repairs. Six states in...
Flood Insurance: FEMA resources offer better ways to serve clients
Feb 12 2007 // As we are well aware, flooding caused by hurricanes and tropical storms can wreak havoc along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast from June through November. What many fail to realize, however, is that flood risk is not...
Commercial clients ‘swallow a bitter pill’ when it comes to cat coverage
Feb 12 2007 // When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of steep prices, new limits on policies, higher deductibles and a shortage in the...
Judge refuses to dismiss Feds, Corps from La. flood suit
Feb 12 2007 // Residents of the three areas in or near New Orleans that were flooded worst by Hurricane Katrina can sue the Army Corps of Engineers over claims that a poorly designed navigation channel caused catastrophic flooding during...
Sales of flood insurance up sharply
Feb 12 2007 // Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply last year. From November 2005 to November of last year, the number of federal policies jumped more than 13 percent, far more than normal. Sales in coastal and other vulnerable...
Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages
Feb 12 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this Court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
Declarations
Feb 12 2007 // History of hostility “Am I going to be as hostile as the last guy? I’m going to fulfill my legal obligations to protect consumers.” — California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, summing up an...
West has highest number of “unacceptable” levees
Feb 12 2007 // Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Flood was a wakeup call to the nation on the vulnerability of the nation’s levee systems. So after completing its notification of levee owners, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Sales of flood insurance up sharply
Feb 11 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...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Risky levees in 27 states could trigger flood insurance mandate The Army Corps of Engineers reported that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and...
Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages
Feb 11 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this Court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
