Insurance, Banking Groups Balk at Limits on Flood Insurance Operations During Shutdown December 27, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson As indicated by a report by Insurance Journal over the holidays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is limiting the...
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...
How Taxpayers Subsidize Rebuilding Homes After Flooding… Repeatedly November 28, 2018 By Emery P. Dalesio Floodwaters rose about 15 inches (40 centimeters) into Danielle Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city...
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...
FEMA Head ‘Ticked Off’ Over Cycle of Inadequate Storm Preparation, Insurance, Evacuations October 15, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long angrily criticized the failure of citizens to heed evacuation warnings and leaders to...
After Florence Floods, Uninsured Awaken to Painful Reality September 19, 2018 By Patrick Rucker Flood insurance was far from Stephanie Walker’s mind in 2015 when she moved her family into a home in Fayetteville...
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...
Flood Insurance Program Warns Flagstaff About Post-Fire Flooding August 14, 2018 The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program is telling people in the Flagstaff area affected by a recent...
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...