FEMA Chief Resigns After Six Months, Criticism Over Floods November 17, 2025 By Zahra Hirji, Lauren Rosenthal and Myles Miller The Trump administration’s top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, resigned on Monday after about six months...
NAMIC Voices Support for FEMA Reform Bill November 13, 2025 By Chad Hemenway It did not taking long for one of the industry’s trade associations to spring to action following Congress’s return to...
Trump Denies Disaster Declarations for Maryland, Vermont and Illinois October 27, 2025 By Gabriela Aoun Angueira President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe last...
Disaster Relief Fund Hits Critical Low as Shutdown Endures October 23, 2025 By Hadriana Lowenkron and Zahra Hirji As the US government shutdown hurtles through a fourth week, the main source of federal funding for disaster relief efforts...
State Officials Say New Rules, Delays for FEMA Grants Put Disaster Response at Risk October 21, 2025 By Gabriela Aoun Angueira State officials on the front lines of preparing for natural disasters and responding to emergencies say severe cuts to federal...
Viewpoint: Can Parametric Insurance Bridge the FEMA Gap? October 15, 2025 By Alex Kaplan The way communities nationwide recover from natural disasters may never be the same. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expired...
Trump Restores $187M Funding Cuts for New York Counterterrorism October 6, 2025 By Susan Haigh and Gabriela Aoun Angueira President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New...
US Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs October 1, 2025 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal The closure of the federal government will curtail or halt some US climate disaster preparedness and environmental programs — and...
FEMA, Customs and Border Protection Staff Data Stolen in Breach October 1, 2025 By Margi Murphy and Patrick Howell O'Neill A hacker gained access to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s computer networks for several months earlier this year and stole...
Lengthy Government Shutdown to Impact Insurers, Says AM Best September 30, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Unless Congress reaches a compromise on funding by midnight, there will be no budget and the government will shut down—sending...