Conservation, CarFax-Like Disclosure, Means-Test in Mix of Flood Insurance Reforms March 21, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal flood insurance program has a knack for inspiring ideas from reformers across the political spectrum on how to...
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...
Why Federal Flood Program Is Sinking Deeper Into Debt: CBO Report September 5, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no...
Why Now Is Time to Privatize Flood Insurance: a Candid Conversation with Hiscox USA CEO Walter September 14, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The private insurance industry is ready and anxious to take on flood risk, and politicians should reform the federal program...
With Premium Refunds in Process, Washington Criticism of Flood Insurance Ebbs July 28, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance agent, insurance carrier and real estate lobbyists praised federal regulators in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Bill to Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Stymied by Shutdown Politics October 2, 2013 By Tamara Lush A bipartisan proposal to delay federal flood insurance rate hikes that took effect Tuesday is being stymied by a bitter...
Mississippi Officials Seek Ways to Stem Flood Insurance Rate Hikes August 23, 2013 Calling pending flood insurance increases “drastic and draconian,” U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo of Gulfport met Wednesday with state and local...
Coastal Lawmakers Seek Delays in Flood Insurance Changes, Rate Hikes July 8, 2013 By Andrew Taylor Just a year after Congress imposed significant changes in the government’s oft-criticized flood insurance program, howls of protest from homeowners...