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Flood Insurance, Terrorism Cover, FIO Will Be on the 2019 P/C Congressional Agenda

Reform and long-term renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program will be high on the property/casualty insurance industry's agenda when the new Congress begins its work in January 2019. Congress ...

U.S. Flood Insurance Reform Gets SmartSafer Lobbying Push

The latest attempt to overhaul the U.S. federal flood insurance program hit a stumbling block, but a coalition of business and environmental groups renewed their push on Wednesday for lawmakers to ...

Trump Administration Proposes Curtailing Flood Insurance in Flood-Prone Regions

President Donald Trump proposed ending federal flood insurance for new homes in areas most at risk of flooding, a change that could curtail new construction in vast parts of Florida, Louisiana and ...

CBO: Federal Flood Program Is Diving Deeper Into Debt Even Without Major Storms

The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no catastrophic storm like Katrina or Harvey. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is ...

A Working National Flood Insurance Bill by Fall? It’s Possible

The 2016 election season won't hamper ongoing work on renewing and reforming the U.S. government's struggling National Flood Insurance Program well before it expires in September 2017, a leading ...