All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2010 // The federal government is affirming it will pay 90 percent of the disaster recovery costs from tornadoes and floods that hit Mississippi in late April and early May. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran announced the federal share...
Aug 16 2010 // Alabama will get some $1 million in federal cash for the city of Albertville’s recovery from April’s tornado and storms.U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of...
Aug 16 2010 // GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s prolonged use of the gecko, State Farm’s whyagent.com Web site,...
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
Aug 16 2010 // GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s prolonged use of the gecko, State Farm’s whyagent.com Web site,...
Aug 13 2010 // Asia’s heavy monsoons, a record heatwave in Russia and severe droughts in Africa show the need for new yardsticks to rate extreme weather to guide everybody from road builders to insurance companies, a U.N. expert...
Aug 11 2010 // The federal government’s flood insurance program that had mostly been concerned with protecting homes and businesses must now protect salmon and killer whales.Federal fisheries experts have told the Federal Emergency...
Aug 10 2010 // Devastating floods in Pakistan and Russia’s heatwave match predictions of extremes caused by global warming even though it is impossible to blame mankind for single severe weather events, scientists say.This year is...
Aug 9 2010 // Farmington, N.M., city councilors have passed an ordinance that will keep residents eligible for flood insurance coverage backed by the federal government. The vote came less than a week after the northwestern New Mexico...
Aug 6 2010 // American International Group Inc. reported a $2.7 billion quarterly loss compared to a net profit of $1.8 billion for the same quarter a year earlier. The second quarter 2010 loss was primarily due to a $3.3 billion...
Aug 6 2010 // The U.S. Department of Commerce is providing Waterloo, Iowa, with a $7 million grant for flood control efforts.U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, D-Iowa, announced the Economic Development Administration grant on Aug. 3. It’s...
Aug 3 2010 // Floods in Pakistan and China have taken thousands of lives and damaged hundreds of thousands of homes, according to a new report on catastrophic events in July by a reinsurance team.A European heatwave, wildfires in Russia...
Aug 2 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded its actions during the May floods reduced the Cumberland River’s flood crest in Nashville by 5 feet, but the agency suffered numerous communications problems during the...
Aug 2 2010 // Offering comprehensive homeowners coverage in today’s insurance market is not only good business, but a necessity. Insuring the property for full replacement cost is key. With the current economical impact on the...
Jul 27 2010 // Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state. Anyone with property damage has until today to file with the Federal...
Jul 27 2010 // Damage from last week’s flooding in Milwaukee County, Wis., now exceeds more than $28.5 million, according to Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. He reported that 6,368 residential homes in Milwaukee County sustained damage...
Jul 23 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded its actions during the May floods reduced the Cumberland River’s flood crest in Nashville by 5 feet, but the agency suffered numerous communications problems during the...
Jul 23 2010 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Chanthu slammed into southern China near Wuchuan City in Guangdong Province on Thursday, “further drenching a region already inundated by a month of...
Jul 22 2010 // The Obama Administration is again opposing a move to add wind insurance to the federal flood insurance program, as has been pushed by Rep. Gene Taylor, D.-Miss.A statement from the Office of Management and Budget says...
Jul 22 2010 // The Mississippi River is back above flood stage from the southern tip of Iowa through Missouri, leaving some communities on edge as more storms threaten to bring more water.Parts of southern Iowa, northern Missouri and...