All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 17 2006 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman is reminding residents that based upon the National Weather Service spring flood forecast, it is likely that some areas along the Red River and some of its tributaries will...
Mar 16 2006 // A U.S. House panel has given its approval to a bill directed at making the government’s flood insurance program financially sound by, in part, increasing rates charged on nonresidential property and vacation homes,...
Mar 15 2006 // An earthen dam on Hawaii’s island of Kauai burst without warning Tuesday morning. One body was found and as many as seven people were reported missing as two houses were swept away and the island’s main coastal...
Mar 13 2006 // The Mississippi lawsuit to force insurance companies to honor their policies and pay for damage caused by storm surge has been remanded back to the Chancery Court of Hinds County. Since the state is seeking injunctive, the...
Mar 7 2006 // A levee break in the southeastern corner of Sonoma County, Calif., has flooded part of state Highway 121 and is threatening a half-dozen homes and a winery, according to the California Highway Patrol.The levee is located...
Mar 6 2006 // A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely scrutinizing Florida and are hesitant to renew homeowners policies. Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center,...
Mar 2 2006 // Despite Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, a new survey says that most Americans are not very concerned about buying flood insurance for their homes.Only 14 percent of Americans say they have purchased flood insurance...
Mar 2 2006 // An estimated 500,000 cars were damaged by hurricanes last year. Unfortunately, many of these vehicles have been purchased by dishonest auto dealers, cleaned up and then sold, with their flood damage history illegally...
Mar 1 2006 // Damage inspectors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have begun meeting with California homeowners and renters who registered for disaster assistance after the severe flooding of December and January. FEMA...
Mar 1 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) – which has more than 1,400 member companies that underwrite 43 percent ($196 billion) of the property/casualty insurance premium in the United States...
Feb 28 2006 // The status of the Insurance Commission was recently discussed by Commissioner Jane Cline and J. David Daniel, a member of the Big ‘I’ executive committee gave tips about how independent insurance agents can...
Feb 27 2006 // New Hampshire towns damaged by last October’s floods would have their disaster relief expenses capped at $5,000 under a bill approved by the House last week.The bill would allocate $2.9 million to pay the...
Feb 20 2006 // As is obvious from a perusal of newspaper articles and legal journals, the devastating damage throughout the entire Gulf Coast Region from the recent hurricane season has raised numerous legal issues regarding insurance...
Feb 20 2006 // Southern Oregonians whose homes were flooded during recent rainstorms are getting used to waiting.They’ve got to wait for insurance adjusters to tell them how much they’ll cover for damages, and for...
Feb 19 2006 // In general, “Valued Policy” statutes require an insurer to ascertain the value of the property being insured at the time a policy is written and to pay that value to the insured when there is a total loss.As is...
Feb 19 2006 // Southern Oregonians seek help after floodsSouthern Oregonians whose homes were flooded during recent rainstorms are getting used to waiting. They’ve got to wait for insurance adjusters to tell them how much...
Feb 17 2006 // Community Relations specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are working with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) and county emergency management directors to reach out to people...
Feb 15 2006 // A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely scrutinizing Florida and are hesitant to renew homeowners policies during a panel moderated by Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane...
Feb 15 2006 // As the fallout of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina continues in Washington, D.C. this week during Senate Committee hearings, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved and sent to President...
Feb 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) said it supports Friday’s Senate vote on a bill, S. 2275, which would extend the borrowing authority of the National Flood...