Maryland County Washing Away, Residents Face Hard Choices August 25, 2020 By Scott Dance High tides surging from a narrow creek destroyed the car Kathy Blake once parked in her gravel driveway here. Over...
UK Plans to Spend $6.6 Billion on Building Flood Defenses Through 2027 July 14, 2020 By Alex Morales Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed 5.2 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) of spending on flood defenses through 2027 as his government...
Government-Produced Flood Maps May Have Underestimated Properties at Risk June 29, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman First Street Foundation, a nonprofit agency, is making accurate climate change-adjusted flood scores available for every property in the U.S....
Dam Failures Cause $200M in Damage; Michigan Seeks Disaster Declaration June 9, 2020 By Anna Liz Nichols Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is requesting a federal disaster declaration for the Midland area, where a failure of two dams...
Guest Post: Looming Large: Liability for Flood Losses June 9, 2020 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP Thanks to Friend of the Academy of Insurance, Joe Harringon, for this guest post. Joe is an independent business researcher...
Neptune Flood, Plymouth Rock to Offer Flood Coverage in Northeast June 8, 2020 Neptune Flood, an AI-driven flood insurance company, has partnered with Northeastern auto and home insurance provider Plymouth Rock Assurance to...
Maine Insurance Superintendent Encourages All Mainers to Purchase Flood Coverage June 3, 2020 Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa is encouraging all Mainers to consider purchasing flood insurance, even those who live outside of...
Top 100 Cities: 6 in 10 Homes in High-Risk Flood Zones Lack Flood Insurance May 28, 2020 As the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, and central Michigan experiences severe flooding, a new report analyzing 100 of the largest...
Chubb Not Responsible for Superstorm Sandy Damage to Two Insureds’ Homes May 26, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield A New Jersey appeals court has upheld a trial court’s ruling that Chubb Insurance Co. is not responsible for damages...
Willis Research Network Partners with ‘Cloud to Street’ to Raise Flood Resilience May 6, 2020 The Willis Research Network (WRN) has formed a new partnership with “Cloud to Street,” a global flood-mapping and monitoring platform...