All the headlines from our Coastal Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 29 2022 // Cross Insurance announced the acquisition of Newburyport, Massachusetts-based Harold Humphrey Insurance Agency, Inc. and its sister agency, Byfield Insurance Agency, Inc., both offering personal and small business...
Jan 11 2022 // Despite studies showing a new federal flood-risk rating is more equitable and accurate, opposition to higher flood insurance rates continues to build in some parts of the country.In coastal Harrison County, Mississippi,...
Nov 16 2021 // Members of Congress are still bickering over the wisdom of passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package, but Louisiana lawmakers and state officials have moved to developing plans for spending the influx of cash for roads,...
Oct 18 2021 // While lawmakers from various coastal states are decrying the new flood insurance rating system rolled out by FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Oct. 1, Michigan insurance regulators expect Risk Rating...
Sep 15 2021 // The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to study how and why coastal hazards like excessive flooding are causing roads to crack and crumble. “We’re trying to better understand the...
Sep 13 2021 // Authorities in Shanghai and neighboring coastal regions canceled flights, and suspended schools, subways and trains as Typhoon Chanthu approached China after drenching Taiwan though causing little damage there.The storm,...
Aug 24 2021 // The Coastal Windstorm Insurance Coalition in Texas is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.Established originally as the Windstorm Action Committee in Galveston, the coalition has expanded in recent years to include...
Jun 23 2021 // California wildfires were burning in tinder dry vegetation in rugged central coast mountains and near an Eastern Sierra trailhead where hikers begin treks to the summit of Mount Whitney.More than 500 firefighters were...
Jun 4 2021 // Florida has again taken the top spot for strongest building code with Virginia right behind in second place.That’s according to the 2021 edition of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) report...
May 12 2021 // SageSure, a managing general underwriter and insurtech specializing in catastrophe-prone property markets, and SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (SURE), have partnered to expand insurance capacity for homeowners...
Mar 19 2021 // ShoreOne has appointed Ben Hoover as chief marketing officer. Hoover will lead the marketing and distribution strategy for ShoreOne’s growth along the Atlantic Seaboard.Hoover, who has previous underwriting and...
Mar 5 2021 // Attorney General Jeff Landry has said he’s backing a $100 million settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and mining corporation Freeport McMoRan to end a lawsuit over damage to Louisiana’s coastal...
Dec 30 2020 // Constellation Affiliated Partners has acquired Florida-based MGU Coastal Insurance Underwriters and Cybercom. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Coastal Insurance Underwriters, founded by President and...
Dec 9 2020 // The public comment period on a state/federal study of needs and opportunities along the Texas coast has been extended for another month, according to the Texas General Land Office.The GLO and the U.S. Army Corps of...
Oct 22 2020 // Just as Louisiana begins an ambitious slate of projects to rebuild its crumbling coastline, the essential ingredients — sea sand and river silt — will be harder to come by.That’s not because these materials are...
Oct 19 2020 // SageSure, a homeowners insurtech, has launched a new line of commercial insurance products in traditionally underserved coastal markets.Launching in South Carolina followed by Florida, SageSure’s commercial product...
Sep 9 2020 // Hurricane Laura was hardly done ripping across Louisiana before scientists started combing through satellite imagery and drone footage and preparing to survey coastal areas to see what damage was caused by the monster...
Sep 7 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ property insurer last resort for wind and hail in the state’s coastal counties voted in August to file a 0% rate change with the Texas Department of InsuranceThe Texas Windstorm...
Sep 3 2020 // State authorities have released new simulations that show how a powerful tsunami could overwhelm Washington state’s coastal and shoreline communities.The Department of Natural Resources says there are some locations...
Aug 17 2020 // Louisiana is getting another $205 million in BP oil spill money to restore its coast.Most of that — $176 million — will use sediment dredged from the Mississippi River to build 1,200 acres (485 hectares) of marsh in...