All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 13 2004 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators are maintaining that many residents affected by last month’s flooding in Burlington and Camden counties are being denied monetary relief because of narrowly defined federal flood...
Jun 23 2004 // West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is warning residents to beware of callers and door-to-door solicitors fraudulently claiming to be representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or groups...
Jun 10 2004 // Gov. Bob Wise has signed an agreement between the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, allowing aid to begin flowing to the West Virginia residents affected by the recent floods.“This is a continuation...
Jun 8 2004 // Under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Map Modernization Program, the city of New Orleans, FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working together to develop new flood insurance rate...
Jun 1 2004 // Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are touring storm damaged counties in Kentucky today to determine if the commonwealth qualifies for federal disaster relief. The Governor’s Office...
May 11 2004 // The National Flood Insurance Program has completed reviews of the first group of claims review requests received from policyholders who suffered Hurricane Isabel-related damage. As part of the ongoing review, the National...
Apr 13 2004 // The Federal Emergency Management Authority has agreed to a plan that could relieve New York City of up to $350 million in costs for debris removal from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.The $350 million had become an issue...
Jan 12 2004 // U.S. Sens. Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander, both Tennessee Republicans, recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved two grants totaling more than $6 million to pay for electric utility...
Dec 17 2003 // U.S. Senators Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved two grants totaling more than $6 million to pay for electric utility system...
Jul 25 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is applauding approval of flood insurance reform legislation by a House committee that will reportedly extend the program for five years and institute...
Jul 24 2003 // On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Michael G. Oxley, R-Ohio, favorably passed H.R. 253, the “Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers’ Pocket Act.”Sponsored by Rep....
Sep 16 2002 // The troubles of South Carolina-based Seibels Bruce Group Inc. mounted with the announcement that the company received notice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that FEMA does not intend to offer Seibels...
Jul 22 2002 // Now that floodwaters in Central and South Texas have begun to recede, officials are anticipating hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to residential and commercial property at a time when the state’s homeowners...
Jul 18 2002 // First Floridian Auto and Home Insurance Co. of Tampa was recently recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its work as the first insurer to sponsor construction of a “Fortified…for safer...
Aug 9 2001 // The federal government is working to reimburse insurance companies for all claims they paid to their customers for damage caused by the Cerro Grande fires in New Mexico last year. Payments are expected to begin in January...
Jul 6 2001 // The Board of Directors of the Insurance Legislators Foundation (ILF), a research and educational arm of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), will hold a hearing to address flood-related insurance...
Oct 2 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California. But quakes are not a problem for just the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of the...
Sep 21 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California–but quakes are not just a problem for the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of...
Jul 10 2000 // One out of every four houses within 500 feet of the U.S. shoreline will become a casualty of erosion within the next 60 years.This hard-hitting fact is among many included in the report, Evaluation of Erosion Hazards,...
Jun 27 2000 // A study by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that 25 percent of the buildings within 500 feet of the country’s coastlines will be threatened by erosion in the next 60 years. The study, released Tuesday,...