Private Flood Insurers Not Yet Ready to Fill Massive U.S. Protection Gap January 24, 2019 By L.S. Howard The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues...
AmWINS to Acquire The Flood Insurance Agency January 14, 2019 Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group has agreed to acquire The Flood Insurance Agency, a Florida-based managing general agency that specializes...
States Urge Insurers to ‘Spread the Word’ on Flood Insurance to Boost Sales November 5, 2018 By Mark Hollmer It might be time for carriers and agents to encourage their clients to buy flood coverage even if they’re not...
Verisk Product Scores Properties on Flood Risk; Could Replace Outdated Flood Maps October 23, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Data analytics firm Verisk is touting the launch of WaterLine, an underwriting tool that scores flood risk for all properties...
The Lowdown: Top Private Flood Carriers, High Tides, Storm Surges & More September 9, 2018 As I watch the daily tracking of Hurricane Florence and anticipate its potential destruction, I am compelled to revisit this...
Flood Model Development Helps Hiscox Re & ILS Enter U.S. Flood Protection Market July 25, 2018 By L.S. Howard Less than 12 percent of U.S. homeowners have a flood insurance policy, despite the fact that flooding is the country’s...
U.S. Flood Models Still in Infancy, So Underwriters Must Be ‘Cautious Consumers’ July 24, 2018 By L.S. Howard The market for privately written inland flood insurance in the United States is growing rapidly, but flood modeling is still...
Top Private Flood Insurers and Market Report July 3, 2018 During 2017, the private flood insurance market expanded considerably with 50 new carriers. In total, insurers reported direct private flood...
California OKs New Private Flood Insurance Product March 6, 2018 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a new private flood insurance product The residential product, which Jones announced the...
Startup Neptune Offering Digital Private Flood Product to Agents, Carriers in Nationwide Expansion January 25, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson A digital startup private flood insurance provider, Neptune Flood, has secured $2 million in seed round funding and has plans...