Disaster coverage used to be a quiet line in your homeowners policy. Now it is splintering into separate products, each with ...

When disaster strikes, the financial aftershocks can be as devastating as the event itself. For small business owners and ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Marilyn Mendez Arnett lives in an area of Tampa currently considered a ‘non-flood zone’ by FEMA, but that could change as the federal agency reports flood maps are under assessment for ...

Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer has issued an emergency order to help policyholders in the aftermath of the recent flooding event. Her order went into effect on Dec. 15 and will run ...

A for sale sign posted in a flooded area of Holiday Acres Mobile Home Park in Hialeah after an intense rainstorm in June 2024. Experts say it’s a matter of when flooding risk affects Florida home ...

A flooded home is overwhelming enough. Navigating flood insurance can make the situation even harder. Here are seven things you want to know if your home flooded. Flood insurance is a separate policy ...

INTO FRIDAY. MORE ON THE TIMING A LITTLE BIT LATER. ALL RIGHT DEREK, THANK YOU. JEFFERSON PARISH HOMEOWNERS FEELING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK, SAYING THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING A LOWER ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said private flood insurance solutions are needed as the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) faces potential changes under the ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...

A federal government shutdown has halted the issuance of new National Flood Insurance Program policies. Private flood insurance is filling the gap, allowing real estate transactions to continue.

The prolonged government shutdown has disrupted the National Flood Insurance Program, leaving roughly half a million Louisiana policyholders in limbo and complicating property sales, U.S. Sen. Bill ...

Homeowners' insurance and flood insurance are typically sold as separate policies. Most flood insurance policies have a 30-day waiting period before they become active. It is difficult to get new ...