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#1 Update: National Flood Insurance Program Expires

Sep 25 2025 // About six months after Congress passed a short-term reauthorization, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expired Oct.1—a prospect that will cause coverage lapses for policyholders with expiring contracts at the...

#2 Florida’s Citizens Is Deferring Flood Coverage Proof While NFIP Is Shut Down

Oct 6 2025 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is deferring the required proof of flood insurance while the federal government shutdown continues and the National Flood Insurance Program is in limbo. “Citizens...

#3 Flood-Focused Neptune’s IPO Joins Boom in Niche Insurer Debuts

Sep 29 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the...

#4 Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance

Sep 29 2025 // Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In a letter to...

#5 Kentucky Distillery Bounces Back From Flood That Halted Bourbon Production

Sep 25 2025 // The long history of bourbon production at Buffalo Trace Distillery has been connected to the Kentucky River — summed up as a blessing and curse by a plaque on the grounds. In the 1800s, long before the Buffalo Trace name...

#6 Flood Insurer Neptune Shares Climb 24% After $368 Million US IPO

Oct 2 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. shares jumped 24% after the flood insurance company’s shareholders raised $368.4 million in a US initial public offering. Shares of the St. Petersburg, Florida-based firm closed at...

#7 Six States to Receive Federal Disaster Aid From Summer Floods

Sep 15 2025 // President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding...

#8 4 Dead After Flooding in Arizona, Including in Historic Mining Town

Sep 29 2025 // Four people died after heavy rain caused flooding in Arizona, including three in a rural 19th-century mining town where floodwaters on Friday forced people to seek safety on rooftops and washed out a propane...

#9 Camp Mystic Plans Partial Reopening After Devastating Texas Floods

Sep 24 2025 // Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, will reopen one of its campsites in 2026, according to an email shared with families. Camp Mystic...

#10 Jefferson Parish’s Improved Flood Rating to Bring Cost Savings for Residents

Sep 17 2025 // Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s...

#11 Hong Kong Boosts Flood Management as Climate Change Fuels Heavy Rains

Sep 12 2025 // Two years ago, extreme rainfall inundated Hong Kong, turning roads into raging rapids, submerging cars and flooding malls, making it one of the city’s most costly weather events ever. When another round of...

#12 Central Texas Floods Reveal Need to Improve Disaster Response in Unincorporated Areas

Sep 30 2025 // Rain was already coursing through the usually dry creek near Abraham Stallins’ home in the Texas Hill Country when a flash flood warning lit up his phone. It was just after midnight on July 5, and many neighbors were...

#13 Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Improves Flood Rating

Oct 6 2025 // Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s...