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FEMA Responds to Florida’s Flood Rate Request, Sort Of

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has responded to Florida’s request to review the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rates but it may not be as forthcoming and helpful as Florida officials had hoped. In a letter dated Dec. 29, …

Florida Commissioner McCarty Asks FEMA for NFIP Rate Data by Dec. 15

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty has followed through on his promise to State Senator Jeff Brandes to investigate the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) rating practices of Florida insureds. In an Oct. 2 letter to Craig Fugate, administrator of …

Q&A: Florida Representative Backs Call for NFIP Transparency

Florida State Representative Bill Hager says the state is turning up the heat on the National Flood Insurance Program as Florida residents become increasingly concerned with the high rates they are paying for flood insurance coverage. Lawmakers like Hager, State …