More than 140 victims of the 2003 tropical storm Isabel are suing Homeland Security Undersecretary Michael Brown, David Maurstad, who runs the National Flood Insurance Program, 17 insurance companies and others charging that these officials conspired and knowingly paid claimants …
Circuit Court Judge Kevin Davey has ruled in a class-action lawsuit in Tallahassee, Fla. that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, must pay the full amount of damage homes were insured for, even if they were primarily …
With the arrival of spring, hard rains are bound to fall. Heavy rain has pounded much of the country in recent days–and more is expected in the days and weeks to come. Flooding is nature’s most common natural disaster, affecting …
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 Republican, wrote to …
Thirty-two state and local officials responsible for administering local floodplain management programs graduated this week from a floodplain-management training course sponsored by the Georgia Floodplain Management Office in coordination with Region IV of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The …
Amid allegations of fraud, missing and wrongly moved federal funds and a cover-up by the Inspector General’s Office, U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes, both Democrats from Maryland, have called for a Department of Justice investigation into the Federal …
St. Paul Travelers and its subsidiary First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders who may be affected by Hurricane Frances. Because of the company’s response to Hurricane Charley, more than 100 Catastrophe Team members are already …
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) this week applauded action by the Senate to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and called on the House of Representatives to quickly follow suit. On Oct. 27, the U.S. Senate …
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley said preliminary damage estimates show Tropical Storm Bill caused around $16 million in insured damages in Louisiana. Included in that figure are federal flood insurance claims. Wooley said the losses caused by Bill are …
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the recent storms that hit central Mississippi are turning out to be much more expensive than previously thought. Dale said preliminary numbers on the cost of the storm, which brought a combination of …