Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agent Groups Commend Final Vote to Reauthorize National Flood Program
Jun 21 2004 // Both the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (The Big “I”) and the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) commended the House of Representatives’ passage of the...
Senate Votes to Renew National Flood Insurance Program
Jun 16 2004 // The U.S. Senate passed legislation by unanimous consent on June 15 that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years. The reauthorization was part of S. 2238, which reforms the program. The...
Guy Carpenter, EQECAT Announce Probabilistic German Flood Risk Model
Jun 14 2004 // Guy Carpenter and EQECAT announced their intention to jointly develop the “DACH Flood” software, which they described as “an accumulation tool that will allow users to assess their exposure to flood in...
ACE Select Markets Gives “Top Ten” Disaster Protection Tips for Homeowners
Jun 11 2004 // ACE Select Markets has published a list of its “Top Ten Tips” for homeowners on what to do to prevent and/or mitigate the consequences when a natural disaster strikes. “Devastating floods in the United...
PIA Urges Congress to Renew NFIP
Jun 9 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents joined other associations in calling for the National Flood Insurance Program to be renewed before it expires at the end of the month. The PIA has initiated a...
Wis. Gov. Requests Federal Damage Assessment for Eight Counties
Jun 9 2004 // Governor Jim Doyle has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a preliminary damage assessment in cooperation with Wisconsin Emergency Management and local officials as a first step to determine if...
New Orleans to Get New Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Jun 8 2004 // Under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Map Modernization Program, the city of New Orleans, FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working together to develop new flood insurance rate...
Summer Means Wild Weather in Some Western States
Jun 7 2004 // Summer is here and with it comes unstable weather conditions that can cause problems for consumers and agents alike in some parts of the United States. As if ushering in the season, insurers and insurance organizations are...
Flooded Pa. Homeowners Bailed Out by Feds
Jun 3 2004 // The federal government has offered $3 million to purchase and demolish 26 homes near Abington, Pennsylvania that were inundated by Tropical Storm Allison. The Federal Emergency Management Agency made the funding available...
ICT: Flooding is Hurricane Season’s Real Danger
Jun 2 2004 // As all eyes turn toward the Gulf of Mexico at the start of the 2004 hurricane season, the Insurance Council of Texas issued a reminder to Texans that they should beware of the potential for deadly floodwaters across the...
W. Va. Gov. Tours Flood Damaged Region, Expects Federal Help for Suffering Residents
Jun 1 2004 // West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise on Tuesday told emergency officials in flood-damaged southern West Virginia that he is confident the federal government will authorize disaster relief money to help residents who have suffered...
PCI Says Recent Midwest Floods Show Need to Reauthorize NFIP
May 28 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has issued a bulletin pointing to a weekend of destructive storms in the Midwest, as proof of the “need for an immediate reauthorization of the National Flood...
Allstate Study Warns on Coastal Floods
May 26 2004 // Allstate Insurance Company announced that a study it conducted in 2003 identified more than 750,000 homes in coastal hurricane states that may not have flood insurance. The study looked at current Allstate homeowners...
La. Commissioner Warns of Preparing for Hurricanes
May 26 2004 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley said checking all of one’s property insurance policies now could help save them from financial ruin during the hurricane season that begins June 1 and stays through...
Texas A.G. Warns Flood Victims to Be Aware of Scam Artists Following Weekend Storms
May 18 2004 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has alerted homeowners and businesses to be aware of scam artists who may attempt to exploit flood victims in the aftermath of fierce weekend storms plaguing Robertson and surrounding...
Elected Federal Officials Claim They’re Aware of Agents’ Influence
May 17 2004 // At IIABA Conference, Agents Capture Attention of Lawmakers Frank, Baker, Allen and Bunning From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to hear and be heard on a wide range of issues from...
Insurers Face Class Action Over Isabel Claims
May 12 2004 // Today a class action lawsuit against various insurance companies was filed in United States District Court, Baltimore, Maryland alleging that the insurance companies failed to deliver the promised benefits to thousands of...
National Flood Reports on Isabel Claims
May 11 2004 // The National Flood Insurance Program has completed reviews of the first group of claims review requests received from policyholders who suffered Hurricane Isabel-related damage. As part of the ongoing review, the National...
Poe Financial Group Honored at NFIP Conference
May 11 2004 // Southern Family Insurance Company, a member of the Florida-based Poe Financial Group, was recognized by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) during its annual conference in Seattle. Southern Family Insurance, which...
Low Cost Flood Policies
May 3 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is offering new preferred risk policy products for both the commercial market and renters markets. The policies offer lower-cost flood insurance options, and...
