White House $29B Disaster Aid Includes Flood Insurance Changes October 9, 2017 By Andrew Taylor The Trump administration last week asked Congress for $29 billion in disaster aid to cover ongoing hurricane relief and recovery...
Future Reports to Include Both Private, Public Flood Insurance Loss Estimates October 6, 2017 Beginning with Hurricane Harvey, the private sector Property Claim Services will publish aggregate flood loss information supplied by the federal...
Trump Administration Seeks $29B in Hurricane Disaster Relief Funds October 5, 2017 By David Shepardson and Richard Cowan The Trump administration on Wednesday asked U.S. lawmakers to approve $29 billion in disaster relief funds to assist victims of...
Hey Congress, Hurricanes and Health Care Have a Lot in Common: Bloomberg View September 18, 2017 By Elisabeth Rosenthal As Congress continues to struggle with health insurance reform, members should be ruminating on the scenes of “recovery” beaming in...
AIR Worldwide Estimates $65B – $75B in Texas Property Damage from Harvey Flooding September 7, 2017 Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has estimated property losses from the flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey’s record-breaking...
Why the Number of Coastal Homeowners with Flood Insurance Has Been Shrinking September 7, 2017 By Terry Spencer, Michael Kunzelman and Meghan Hoyer Amanda Spartz nearly did not renew her home’s flood insurance policy after her first year in Florida. Two hurricanes came...
Hurricane Harvey Could Spur Congress to Act on Flood Insurance August 28, 2017 By Suzanne Barlyn The destruction that heavy rain and floods from Hurricane Harvey could inflict on Texas would add to the pile of...
Trump FEMA Chief Backs Reducing Federal Role in Disaster Relief, Flood Insurance August 23, 2017 By Christopher Flavelle President Donald Trump’s emergency management director said he’s pushing for an overhaul of disaster relief so that states, cities and...
Mississippi Rep., Insurance Chief Urge Development of Private Flood Market August 8, 2017 By Jeff Amy Mississippi’s top insurance regulator and its only Democratic congressman are both ready to cede some of the federal flood insurance...
Private Insurers Cautiously Dip Toes Into Florida Flood Market Waters July 27, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Florida’s efforts in establishing a private flood insurance market have been hailed as a model by many other states looking...