At the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit last week, the state’s emergency management director announced a multi-million-dollar program that many homeowners, lawmakers and insurers have long hoped for: New grants and low-interest loans that will help elevate homes above …
The high price of flood insurance can make it difficult for some Iowa residents to sell their homes. The Quad-City Times reports Duane Randleman has been trying to sell for a year-and-a-half and showed his house to more than 60 …
The hazard posed by potential flooding is increasingly on the minds of many business owners, said Lou Gritzo, vice president and manager of research at Johnston, R.I.-based business property insurer FM Global. Gritzo recently spoke with Insurance Journal to discuss …
Property owners in Iowa City’s 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums because of city efforts on a variety of flood-related projects. Property owners in the flood plain will see the 15 percent …
