All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2005 // Southwestern Utah has not been declared a federal disaster area despite more than $150 million in damages caused by flooding in mid-January. St. George and the surrounding areas in Washington County were the hardest hit...
Feb 3 2005 // CDS Business Mapping LLC, a provider in online hazard mapping, is now offering manual flood determinations and flood certifications.As a result of these new services, users will be able to get flood determinations for...
Feb 1 2005 // Pilgrim Insurance, a unit of The Plymouth Rock Group of Companies, in Boston, has been accepted by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration to participate in the Write Your Own Flood Program (WYO). This program...
Jan 25 2005 // Pennsylvania residents, businesses and municipalities received about $140 million in federal aid to help them recover from flood damage caused by remnants of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan last year.Of that, the Federal...
Jan 21 2005 // Arizona’s Pima County supervisors approved the construction of five detention basins to control flooding in downtown and central Tucson.Construction bids for the $17.5 million project will go out in late spring, said...
Jan 13 2005 // In the aftermath of the Southern California storms, flooding and mudslides that have already claimed at least 10 lives, insurers are urging residents to exercise caution in cleanup now that the storms are...
Jan 10 2005 // A severe winter storm, packing winds up to 150 km/hr (94 mph) and heavy rains has paralyzed much of Northern Europe, caused at least 14 deaths, knocked out power over wide areas and severely interrupted sea, air and land...
Jan 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: The private client group of American International Group has a product that adds flood coverage to certain homeowners’ policies. This move is aimed at properties located in low- to moderate-risk...
Dec 30 2004 // Californians this week are once again dealing with the effects of a fierce rainy season.No California county is immune from the risk of flooding. In the past 10 years alone, there have been three large-scale, widespread,...
Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The private client group of American International Group has a product that adds flood coverage to certain homeowners’ policies. This move is aimed at properties located in low- to moderate-risk...
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Dec 7 2004 // U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye toured the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus recently, and came away saying flood damage would top $50 million.The veteran Democrat visited the campus in preparation for asking for federal...
Dec 6 2004 // Two Virginia members of Congress are asking U.S. officials to take a closer look at possible mishandling of flood claims by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-1st, and Sen. George Allen, also a...
Nov 26 2004 // West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise recently announced that the Disaster Recovery Board approved more than $3.8 million to assist West Virginians who have experienced repetitive flooding. “The money distributed through the...
Nov 23 2004 // As the 2004 hurricane season concludes next week, residents of four Louisiana communities will reportedly pay less for flood insurance and enjoy greater flood protection, thanks to recent efforts by local officials....
Nov 15 2004 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the beginning of a national roll-out that adds flood coverage to eligible...
Oct 29 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced the launch of RiskLink and RiskBrowser 4.5, the latest versions of its catastrophe modeling systems.The upgraded systems include new underwriting capabilities, expanded...
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Monarch E&S announces a new program for primary flood coverage, both personal and commercial lines.Dollars: Limits of $250,000 per dwelling, $100,000 for personal property for personal lines and...
Oct 23 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long showed Friday just how high he would go to get re-elected.He climbed to the top of the New Bern Fire and Rescue Department’s 40-foot training tower during a campaign...
Oct 21 2004 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell this week released the following letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation in reference to flood relief for the Commonwealth:Dear Senator Santorum: “As a follow up to our...