NFIP News
27 Carriers in Play With $1.3B FEMA Flood Program Reinsurance Renewal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported its 2020 traditional reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program, a transaction in which 27 private reinsurers assumed $1.33 ...
Trump Signs Spending Bills with Flood, Terror Insurance Renewals Into Law
President Trump signed two government funding measures into law last week that included two provisions of interest to the property/casualty insurers: a reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance ...
Neptune Flood’s Albert: InsurTech Enables Cheaper and More Efficient Flood Coverage
While few carriers are in the flood insurance market, Neptune Flood Insurance sees opportunity. Most of the market is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, but founder and CEO Jim Albert ...
FEMA Postpones Switch to New Risk-Based Flood Insurance Rating Until 2021
The federal government is delaying implementation of a major change to its pricing formula for federal flood insurance that bases rates on a more accurate assessment of the real flood threat for each ...
As the Private Flood Market Grows, Claims Professionals Will Be Tested
A nudge into the market by carriers offering private flood insurance is becoming more of a shove, which might bring new opportunities for claims adjusters and maybe create a more efficient claims ...
Climate Change Fallout: FEMA May Have to Buy Millions of Flood-Prone Homes
As the climate crisis worsens, more Americans will be forced from their homes. Many won't be able to afford it, and the U.S. isn't prepared for a massive, government-subsidized migration away from ...
Munich Re, AAIS Partner to Develop Private Flood Insurance Incentives
Munich Re said it will work with an insurance industry non-profit to help close the flood insurance gap in the U.S. and creative potential incentives for a private market. The global reinsurer's ...
Hurricane Barry Produced Nearly $300M in Insured Losses: Karen Clark & Company
Hurricane Barry fizzled quickly into a tropical storm, but the weather event generated nearly $300 million in insured losses, according to the catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company. KCC ...