All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2006 // All 34 pump motors that Army Corps of Engineers contractors installed in New Orleans’ 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals have been rebuilt, but retesting over the weekend showed that many of them...
Sep 12 2006 // Risk Management Solutions, a Newark, Calif.-based provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risk, released its probabilistic Germany River Flood model to assess both off and on-flood plain...
Sep 12 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a model bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer policies through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).This...
Sep 7 2006 // New York City’s thirst for drinking water is clashing with Anthony Harlacher’s desire not to be flooded.Harlacher, who has endured three major floods in two years, is spending tens of thousands of dollars to...
Sep 5 2006 // A Rockingham County, N.H. relief agency estimates it will cost $3.8 million to help 76 families who haven’t been able to return to their homes since May’s flooding, but it could take months before the state can...
Sep 4 2006 // News CurrentsOne year later: Gulf Coast agents & Katrina recovery How 3 Mississippi Gulf Coast agents, their families and communities are progressingLast October, Insurance Journal spent two days in Mississippi...
Sep 4 2006 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita exposed many misconceptions and misunderstandings that consumers had, or claimed to have had, with respect to their insurance coverage for hurricane related damage. The aftermath of these two...
Sep 4 2006 // On Aug. 15, 2006, a decision was handed down in the first post-Katrina insurance lawsuit to go to trial. Because there are thousands of lawsuits raising the same claims with millions, if not billions, of dollars at stake,...
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance agents and insurers in Pennsylvania were breathing a sigh of relief following a court ruling that says agents do not have a duty to inspect all properties before binding or renewing flood insurance coverage.Had...
Sep 1 2006 // A package of flood bills contained in California Assembly Bill 1665 failed to pass in the last hours of the Legislature’s session. The bill was seen as an effort to protect the flood-prone Delta and Central Valley...
Aug 31 2006 // There have been 483,693 claims filed and more than $10.5 billion paid to Mississippians for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the Mississippi Insurance Department.Those numbers were as of August 1, 2006 and include...
Aug 27 2006 // People who want insurance companies to pay for their losses after levee breaks in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina are waiting for word from a federal judge.U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval, who is in charge of 33...
Aug 22 2006 // As homeowners along the Gulf Coast have started rebuilding and repairing since Hurricane Katrina hit nearly a year ago, they’ve been learning a new vocabulary and have been bombarded with recommendations.In many...
Aug 22 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced it has deployed staff to the Texas disaster recovery center in El Paso to assist residents with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’ compensation...
Aug 22 2006 // One year after Hurricane Katrina, the insurance industry says that nearly 95 percent of homeowners insurance claims have been settled in Louisiana and Mississippi, insurance companies have paid billions in storm damage...
Aug 18 2006 // About a decade ago, as he watched utility trucks from out of state help fix widespread power outages in New Hampshire, a light went on for Bow, New Hampshire’s public works director, Chum Cleverly.If power companies...
Aug 18 2006 // A federal judge’s ruling that damage from wind-driven water isn’t covered on standard homeowner policies should motivate more Mississippians to purchase flood insurance, says state Insurance Commissioner George...
Aug 18 2006 // A national insurance trade said it supports the recent Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s decision in the case of Wisniski v. Brown & Brown Insurance Co., that ruled insurance brokers do not have a duty to inspect...
Aug 17 2006 // The purchase of flood insurance in New Hampshire has risen by 26.2 percent since May of last year — a jump attributed to October’s flooding and some updated maps that identified new areas at risk.Policy purchases...
Aug 17 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office announced that a federal disaster declaration for El Paso has been approved by President Bush as a result of recent flooding in the area.“This disaster declaration means much...