All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2007 // Stephen Haddrill, the Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), reproached the UK Government for its failure to do more to protect the country from increased exposures to floods.Responding to the...
Oct 8 2007 // The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular,...
Oct 8 2007 // Florida’s valued policy law means property insurance companies are only responsible for actual damages caused by perils that are specifically cited in the policy, the Florida Supreme Court has affirmed in a key...
Oct 8 2007 // The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular,...
Oct 8 2007 // The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular,...
Oct 8 2007 // The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular,...
Oct 8 2007 // Workable competition “We all like competition when it works but we’ve seen enough failures to know that without proper safeguards, businesses will seek to add to their bottom line at the expense of the public...
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure updating the nation’s flood insurance program that will give homeowners the option of purchasing windstorm coverage as part of their flood policy.The legislation...
Oct 8 2007 // Declarations“We all like competition when it works but we’ve seen enough failures to know that without proper safeguards, businesses will seek to add to their bottom line at the expense of the public and the...
Oct 8 2007 // The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular,...
Oct 8 2007 // Florida’s valued policy law means property insurance companies are only responsible for actual damages caused by perils that are specifically cited in the policy, the Florida Supreme Court has affirmed in a key...
Oct 8 2007 // At the center of the controversy is a provision by Congressman Gene Taylor of Mississippi that would expand the NFIP to include an optional multiple peril policy — to allow property owners to purchase wind and flood...
Oct 8 2007 // DeclarationsFlood reforms “Flood insurance reforms are needed because, as we have seen, storms will become stronger and more intense, and we need a program that can contend with the worst that Mother Nature can throw...
Oct 8 2007 // 5 The number of years recently passed House legislation would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program. The measure aims to update the nation’s flood insurance program through 2013, give homeowners the option...
Oct 8 2007 // The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular,...
Oct 8 2007 // House-passed flood insurance bill provides optional windstorm coverageThe U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure updating the nation’s flood insurance program that will give homeowners the option of...
Oct 5 2007 // A pre-established formulaic predictability model would virtually solve the issue of indeterminable loss cause that was so wide-spread in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, according to South Carolina’s Insurance...
Oct 1 2007 // Floodwaters from Hurricane Lorenzo were receding Sept. 29 in eastern Mexico after rains triggered mudslides and floods that killed at least five people and drove tens of thousands from their homes.Meanwhile, Tropical Storm...
Sep 28 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure updating the nation’s flood insurance program that will give homeowners the option of purchasing windstorm coverage as part of their flood policy.The legislation...
Sep 28 2007 // If a bill similar to one the House just passed that expands the National Flood Insurance Program reaches President Bush’s desk, he will veto it, the White House says.The administration said it supports efforts to...