FEMA Responds to Florida’s Flood Rate Request, Sort Of February 17, 2016 By Amy O'Connor The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has responded to Florida’s request to review the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rates...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Asks FEMA for NFIP Rate Data by Dec. 15 October 5, 2015 Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty has followed through on his promise to State Senator Jeff Brandes to investigate the...
North Carolina Town to Challenge Federal Flood Maps September 14, 2015 Officials in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., plan to challenge new federal flood plain maps in a move that could save some...
Beyond Katrina: Lessons in Mitigation, Insurance and Community August 21, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Among the lessons to be learned from Hurricane Katrina are that communities and all stakeholders should prioritize flooding as the...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Says NFIP Rates May Be Unfairly Discriminatory August 18, 2015 Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said on Aug. 14 that the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) rates for Florida may...
Florida’s Prepared Insurance Joins Write Your Own Flood Program April 21, 2015 Prepared Insurance Company (PIC), a Florida property/casualty carrier, has been approved to participate in the Write Your Own Flood Program...
Reports Advise How to Make Flood Insurance Affordable March 31, 2015 A new report suggests the federal flood insurance program may want to target mitigation grants to households with high premiums,...
Hope for Avoiding ‘Flood Insurance Nightmare’ Lies in Red River Levee Work February 19, 2015 The threat of a flood insurance nightmare in Louisiana’s Rapides Parish and elsewhere was delayed, but not eliminated, by Congress...
PIA, Floodbroker.com Offer Agents Flood Insurance Sales Tool June 9, 2014 The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has formed a partnership with Floodbroker.com that allows agents to sell flood...
North Carolina Coastal Homeowners Weigh Self-Insuring for Floods March 27, 2014 By Bruce Smith Bill Cherry has seen his share of storms buffet his house and his Breezeway Restaurant and Motel near Topsail Beach...