Insurance, Housing Groups Urge Renewal of Flood Program That Expires Sept. 30 September 15, 2021 The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, along with a large coalition of other insurance, lending and housing industry groups,...
House Votes to Extend Flood Insurance Program 1 Year; Senate Yet to Vote September 23, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The House of Representatives yesterday extended the National Flood Insurance Program until Sept. 30, 2021 as part of a measure...
Trump Signs Month-Long Government Funding That Includes Flood Insurance Program November 21, 2019 By Richard Cowan President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday that will extend funding for a wide range of federal agencies through Dec....
Congress Agrees on $19 Billion Disaster Aid Bill with Flood Insurance Brief Extension May 23, 2019 By Erik Wasson and Steven T. Dennis Lawmakers said that they agreed to a $19.1 billion disaster-aid bill after months of disagreement and that President Donald Trump...
Democrats’ Climate Change Concern Ebbs When Congress Faces Flood Insurance November 30, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle and David Schultz A Congressional stalemate over flood insurance highlights the difficulty of enacting the type of reforms urged last week in a...
Flood Insurance Lapse Avoided But Longer Term Extension Still Uncertain November 29, 2018 The House and the Senate have approved a seven-day extension of the federal flood insurance program that keeps the program...
Analysts Weigh Chances Next Congress Will Actually Reform Flood Insurance November 28, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson With the clock ticking on the National Flood Insurance Program’s authorization that is set to run out this Friday, Nov....
Flood Insurance Program to Lapse Nov. 30 Unless Congress Acts November 19, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Once again the fate of the nation’s flood insurance program is coming down to the wire. Authorization for the program...
Hurricane Florence a Reminder of Flood Insurance Reforms Stalled in Congress September 11, 2018 By Ari Natter U.S. taxpayers who spent billions of dollars after a trifecta of hurricanes last year are poised to do so again...
Commentary: How Florida’s Flood Insurance Model Could Work Nationwide August 1, 2018 By Lisa Miller While Congress works on various reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the time is ripe for the private...