Poorer Americans Dropped Federal Flood Insurance When Rates Rose December 17, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman When the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),...
NFIP Reauthorized With Passage of Funding Bill to End Government Shutdown November 14, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The National Flood Insurance Program has been reauthorized until the end of January 2026. With the passage of HR 5371,...
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Retroactively Restore NFIP November 11, 2025 By Ezra Amacher Two U.S. Congressmen, one a Democrat from Louisiana and the other a Republican from Mississippi, have introduced legislation to retroactively...
Lengthy Government Shutdown to Impact Insurers, Says AM Best September 30, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Unless Congress reaches a compromise on funding by midnight, there will be no budget and the government will shut down—sending...
Davies Expands Flood Division to Manage Large-Scale Claims in North America July 28, 2025 Professional services and technology firm Davies launched a dedicated flood services division, expanding on its existing flood claims management. The...
Central Texas Floods Highlight State’s Risky Profile, Triple-I Analysis Finds July 16, 2025 By Ezra Amacher The catastrophic floods in central Texas on July 4 occurred in an area where fewer than 3% of homeowners have...
APCIA Says Record Shows ‘Minimal Complaints’ on Hurricane Milton, Helene Claims May 21, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The American Property Casualty Insurance Association chimed in to a recent Senate subcommittee hearing to defend the industry’s response to...
FEMA to Borrow $2B to Pay Flood Claims After Hurricanes Helene and Milton February 13, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from...
More Than 250,000 U.S. Properties Reported to Have Repeated NFIP Claims September 19, 2024 By Ezra Amacher More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program...
In the Dark: Telling The Truth About Flooding Requires Accurate Maps and Strong Disclosure Laws September 10, 2024 By Joel Scata Hundreds of thousands of Americans already live in homes that have repeatedly flooded. To get a good handle on the...