All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and independent agents and brokers in many regions around the...
Feb 26 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
Feb 25 2007 // We all know that catastrophes come in all forms and shapes, not just as hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and mudslides. In light of the recent devastating winter ice and snow storms that crossed the Midwest and then moved to...
Feb 25 2007 // In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when it became apparent that property losses would total billions of dollars, the insurance industry was understandably concerned that courts in Mississippi and Louisiana...
Feb 25 2007 // FEMA map puts El Paso neighborhoods in flood zoneThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of...
Feb 25 2007 // Agents welcome windstorm debate; insurers warn against subsidiesThe Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and...
Feb 25 2007 // By Judge L.T. Senter Jr.At the trial of this cause of action, this court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the...
Feb 25 2007 // Parts of the Beachwood-Franklin neighborhood in Merced, Calif., are seen after being flooded from a levee break that occurred on April 4, 2006 . (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star, Jack Bland, file photo.)The Federal Emergency...
Feb 20 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of homeowners with mortgages into buying flood...
Feb 12 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this Court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
Feb 12 2007 // The Army Corps of Engineers reported recently that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and requiring millions of dollars in repairs. Six states in...
Feb 12 2007 // As we are well aware, flooding caused by hurricanes and tropical storms can wreak havoc along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast from June through November. What many fail to realize, however, is that flood risk is not...
Feb 12 2007 // When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of steep prices, new limits on policies, higher deductibles and a shortage in the...
Feb 12 2007 // Residents of the three areas in or near New Orleans that were flooded worst by Hurricane Katrina can sue the Army Corps of Engineers over claims that a poorly designed navigation channel caused catastrophic flooding during...
Feb 12 2007 // Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply last year. From November 2005 to November of last year, the number of federal policies jumped more than 13 percent, far more than normal.Sales in coastal and other vulnerable...
Feb 12 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this Court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...
Feb 12 2007 // History of hostility “Am I going to be as hostile as the last guy? I’m going to fulfill my legal obligations to protect consumers.”— California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, summing up an...
Feb 12 2007 // Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Flood was a wakeup call to the nation on the vulnerability of the nation’s levee systems. So after completing its notification of levee owners, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Feb 11 2007 // Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply across the country last year after homeowners witnessed the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and realized that typical insurance policies didn’t cover many...
Feb 11 2007 // Risky levees in 27 states could trigger flood insurance mandateThe Army Corps of Engineers reported that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and...