All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 22 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its recommendations for changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) when it goes up before Congress for reauthorization next year.The...
Aug 19 2016 // Calling the recent flooding event in Louisiana one of the most significant natural disasters in the United States, catastrophe modelling firm RMS said flood insurance participation is low in the parishes most affected by...
Aug 19 2016 // Some 86,500 people have filed for federal aid after deadly flooding hit Louisiana in the past several days and damaged some 40,000 homes, Gov. John Bel Edwards told a news conference on Aug. 18.He said the death toll from...
Aug 19 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued an emergency rule allowing greater protection and flexibility for insurance policyholders impacted by recent flooding.The emergency rule gives flood-affected...
Aug 18 2016 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a reminder to insurance companies regarding the Certificate of Destruction title requirements for flooded vehicles.The department issued the bulletin following the federal...
Aug 18 2016 // Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them out if one strikes.As disaster season peaks, a new national consumer survey commissioned by Trusted...
Aug 17 2016 // As waters receded in parts of Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge, some residents returned to their flood-damaged homes on Aug. 16 for the first time and found a soggy mess.David Key used a small boat to get to...
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. government weather scientists and their research partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for what the federal agency...
Aug 16 2016 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that the extensive flooding in southern Louisiana, from west of Baton Rouge to Mississippi, was caused by a slow-moving tropical depression–like low-pressure system that...
Aug 16 2016 // Internal emails show Texas energy regulators describing a “mess” of leaking crude oil heading downstream near Houston following heavy storms in May, raising new questions about how the state has handled...
Aug 15 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its recommendations for changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) when it goes up before Congress for reauthorization next year.The...
Aug 15 2016 // Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region Sunday, three days after rain-swollen...
Aug 11 2016 // When the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio highlighted climate change, it wasn’t hard to imagine the buzz – positive and negative – that would be generated.The show included references to rising sea levels,...
Aug 8 2016 // New maps for Dare County, N.C., are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water.The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk...
Aug 5 2016 // China’s seasonal “Mei-Yu” rainfall in July led to the worst flooding since 1998, bringing total combined economic losses of an estimated US$33 billion, according to a report published by Impact...
Aug 4 2016 // Surplus lines may not be the most widely understood segment of the property/casualty insurance industry but for risk managers of large organizations it’s often the go-to market for complicated risks for which...
Aug 3 2016 // Heavy rains have caused major flooding but no reported injuries in the West Virginia Northern Panhandle community of Follansbee. Follansbee Fire Chief Larry Rea tells media outlets that two people were removed from their...
Aug 2 2016 // New York authorities charged a Long Island engineering firm and one of its former executives with forging damage reports for homes swamped by Hurricane Sandy, altering the documents in such a way that owners’ flood...
Aug 1 2016 // Federal assistance has reached $72 million for West Virginians affected by devastating floods last month.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the money includes grants, loans and claims to individuals and state and...
Aug 1 2016 // American Strategic Insurance (ASI), has promoted Jessica Peskin to vice president of Marketing for ASI’s Builders division in St. Petersburg, Fla. Peskin formerly served as an account executive for ASI’s...