All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 11 2004 // Flood victims in disaster-declared counties reportedly do not need to be concerned that disasters in other states will mean a reduction in funds available for West Virginia. Applications filed for assistance in West...
Oct 4 2004 // Agents who advertise flood insurance in the newspaper, magazine, Yellow pages or on the radio are eligible for reimbursement under a program relaunched by the National Flood Insurance Program.Agents are eligible for...
Oct 4 2004 // Lawsuits resulting from a Hatboro, Pa. apartment explosion that killed six people and injured six others have been settled for $40.5 million, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said.The June 16, 2001, explosion and fire at the...
Oct 1 2004 // Problems within the federal flood insurance agency have kept victims of Tropical Storm Isabel from getting adequate settlements for storm damage, according to a report by a flood insurance activist.The report, which...
Sep 30 2004 // In a letter to President Bush on Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration and Federal assistance for areas of southern Minnesota affected by severe flooding that occurred on...
Sep 29 2004 // Individuals and business owners who have private flood insurance may still qualify for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state and federal officials said.Home and business owners who...
Sep 28 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance agents (PIA) and The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced that they have teamed up to enable PIA member agents to offer their customers flood insurance...
Sep 24 2004 // Flood Zone Correction Inc. (FZC), a flood zone correction company, has announced an alliance with Willis Group, one of three global insurance brokers. For a two-year term, Flood Zone Correction Inc. will provide flood zone...