All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2006 // An update describing local, state and national industry and government issues, focusing on the latest legislative topics affecting the insurance industry and independent insurance agents in West Virginia will be held...
Jan 26 2006 // U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole told the Senate Banking Committee on proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, meeting in Washington that North Carolinians recognize their vulnerability to flooding and are...
Jan 25 2006 // Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs, the attorney who represents thousands of Mississippi policyholders and has filed suit to obtain payment for flood damages from their insurance carriers, maintains that damages were...
Jan 25 2006 // The controversy over litigation about wind vs. flood damage and what could happen in the market place and to the industry if Mississippi Attorney General James Hood and attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs are...
Jan 24 2006 // Although the overall commercial property/casualty marketplace has seen little impact from the severe 2005 hurricane season, coastal property is experiencing a sharp increase in prices for wind and flood coverage, according...
Jan 24 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi joined the Automobile Club of Southern California Tuesday to warn Southland used-car buyers who might be duped into purchasing a flood-damaged vehicle hauled from...
Jan 23 2006 // The goal of HB 982, approved Jan. 20 by the Mississippi House of Representatives is to make the basics of home insurance more understandable to homeowners and would require home buyers to refuse flood insurance in writing....
Jan 23 2006 // With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest levels in seven years, residents can make pre-flood preparations to lessen the damage to their families, homes and belongings. Following are tips Allstate...
Jan 23 2006 // Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs, Californians have come to expect certain things living in the Golden State. Most recently, it has been the rainy season, which many insurance agents and...
Jan 22 2006 // Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs, Californians have come to expect certain things living in the Golden State. Most recently, it has been the rainy season, which many insurance agents and...
Jan 22 2006 // With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest levels in seven years, residents can make pre-flood preparations to lessen the damage to their families, homes and belongings. Following are tips Allstate...
Jan 22 2006 // Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs, Californians have come to expect certain things living in the Golden State. Most recently, it has been the rainy season, which many insurance agents and...
Jan 22 2006 // It’s one thing to prepare for a disaster to mitigate damage, but what should policyholders do if the damage is already done? The Association of California Insurance Companies offered the following tips – that...
Jan 20 2006 // As Floridians continue to recover from the storms of 2004 and 2005, and the 2006 season fast approaches, it is vital that all property owners living and doing business in areas designated as flood zones by the National...
Jan 19 2006 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has developed a series of topographic maps for...
Jan 18 2006 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has issued a consumer alert cautioning Floridians against buying used vehicles that may have been flood-damaged by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. As many as 600,000 vehicles throughout...
Jan 13 2006 // Urging residents to make disaster preparedness and insurance readiness a top priority, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and FEMA officials cautioned Sacramento County residents, Friday, to take proactive...
Jan 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi cautioned Los Angels residents on Wednesday to take strong, proactive steps to prepare for the next inevitable disaster by looking at flood insurance and updating their home...
Jan 9 2006 // The National Flood Insurance Program has launched a FloodSmart Agents Web site to provide access to agent materials and new content in a password-protected agents-only section of www.FloodSmart.gov. After registering for a...
Jan 6 2006 // The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms:* Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. It will be helpful to have...