All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2014 // Charleston’s storied historic district of about 4,800 structures lies on a peninsula almost entirely in a flood plain. And there’s concern that raising premiums to help get the federal flood insurance program...
Apr 7 2014 // Bill Cherry has seen his share of storms buffet his house and his Breezeway Restaurant and Motel near Topsail Beach in North Carolina, a slip of a barrier island just over two blocks wide.But with sharp increases in...
Apr 7 2014 // There’s no easy fix for the National Flood Insurance Program, now drowning in a $24 billion sea of red ink.But experts and advocates say Congress does have some options that could make the troubled program...
Apr 7 2014 // There’s no easy fix for the National Flood Insurance Program, now drowning in a $24 billion sea of red ink.But experts and advocates say Congress has options that could make the troubled program financially stable,...
Apr 7 2014 // There has been much discussion regarding the increasing frequency and intensity of storms around the world. While both underwriters and insurance buyers are concerned with exposure to potential catastrophic losses from...
Apr 3 2014 // The Rhode Island Association of Realtors says bad winter weather and worries about increasing flood insurance premiums likely played roles as home sales and prices in the state declined in February.The group said on Mar 27...
Apr 2 2014 // Ironshore’s Personal Lines unit has expanded property coverage protection for high net worth homeowners. Ironshore will offer a primary flood option as part of its homeowners insurance for properties valued at $1...
Apr 2 2014 // Thousands of Maine homeowners and businesses could see their rates for flood insurance rise as the federal government attempts to put the troubled National Flood Insurance Program back on sound financial footing.Most of...
Apr 2 2014 // Federal Emergency Management Agency teams have come to Montana to begin assessing damage from flooding.Ed Tinsley, of Montana Disaster and Emergency Services, told the Independent Record that the teams will be looking at...
Apr 1 2014 // A study from Munich Re notes that although natural catastrophe losses in 2013 were dominated by floods, “detailed analyses have shown that protective measures can drastically reduce losses. For example, the June 2013...
Apr 1 2014 // Premiums for thousands of Delaware property owners may increase significantly because of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, but it seems many residents may not know about impending rate hikes of up to 25...
Apr 1 2014 // Steve Morris lives in a century-old restored cottage on a tucked away corner of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The home survived big hurricanes in 1938 and 1954, and Morris has never worried about flooding.But the home...
Mar 31 2014 // Republican candidates for Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seat debated Saturday whether Congress has pushed hard enough for deepening the Savannah harbor and whether the federal government should keep giving homeowners a...
Mar 31 2014 // Changes in the federal flood insurance program are likely to mean higher premiums for thousands Maryland residents, and not just those living in Ocean City or along the Chesapeake Bay.Residents of smaller inland towns like...
Mar 31 2014 // Realtor Bob Preston has lived on New Hampshire’s seacoast his entire life and his family has sold and rented properties there for decades. He’s never had a property flood but still pays for federally mandated...
Mar 28 2014 // Much of downtown Montpelier, Vermont, is perched along the banks of the North Branch of the Winooski River, a waterway that has poured into buildings, forcing many homeowners to purchase flood insurance.Now 242 Montpelier...
Mar 28 2014 // While the federal government wades through a complicated effort to keep the National Flood Insurance Program solvent, the capital city has very little at stake in the debate.That could be changing, though. Data compiled by...
Mar 28 2014 // The Florida Senate is backing a bill to entice private insurance companies to sell flood policies in the state that’s the most vulnerable to storm surge.The Senate this week unanimously passed the bill (SB 542)...
Mar 27 2014 // Jeff King had put his house in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., up for sale for $90,000 last year, put off by the city’s struggles with crime and the desire for a better school district for his four children, when he got a...
Mar 27 2014 // Stephen Nelson and Mary Anne Mayo are still struggling with the destruction from Superstorm Sandy, nearly 18 months after it swept through their Westport, Conn., home, taking their first-floor belongings into the Saugatuck...