Analysis: Louisiana Braces For Flood Insurance Sticker Shock October 4, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana homeowners, many of them still digging out of Hurricane Ida’s...
U.S. Rolls Out First Update to Flood Insurance Pricing in 50 Years April 6, 2021 By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of Americans will pay significantly more to insure their homes in coastal areas and...
Emergency Experts Contemplate What FEMA Should Do Next December 14, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Perhaps no single federal agency has been tested as much by 2020 as the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It has...
Delta Losses Bring Hurricane Damages to $26B for Year October 14, 2020 By Jim Sams Hurricane Delta caused from $700 million $1.2 billion in insured losses from wind damage and storm surge, and an additional...
Viewpoint: How Engineering Fraud Inspired Birth of the American Policyholder Assn. November 27, 2019 By Doug Quinn The morning dawned cold and gray on Feb. 18, 2015 in Uniondale, N.Y. Law enforcement officers gathered outside the offices...
FEMA Urged to Adopt Parametric Insurance and Blockchain to Address Coverage Gap November 21, 2019 By Jim Sams Blockchain technology and parametric insurance should be included in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s toolbox as it strives to close...
Advocates Push Model Law for Private Flood, Quibble about Education Mandate October 28, 2019 By Jim Sams An organization of state lawmakers is moving ahead toward adoption of a “model law” designed to encourage the sale of...
Growing Private Flood Market Will Test Claim Professionals October 14, 2019 By Jim Sams A nudge into the market by carriers offering private flood insurance is becoming more of a shove, which might bring...
Southern Illinois Village at Risk if no FEMA Levee Approval August 12, 2019 PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, Ill. — The fate of a Mississippi River levee that’s awaiting a decision on federal accreditation could...
Senate Passes $19.1 Billion Relief Package for Natural Disasters May 24, 2019 By Erik Wasson and Steven T. Dennis The Senate passed a $19.1 billion disaster-aid plan Thursday for areas hit by hurricanes, Midwest floods and California wildfires after...