Bills filed in Congress would provide a tax break for those buying flood insurance, in a move to improve nationwide flood coverage, plus FEMA touches down in Fort Myers Beach for …
Fort Myers Beach does its homework and will finally be off FEMA probation, President Trump announces some Florida members to serve on the new FEMA review council, FEMA delivers a new update on ending …
2025’s hurricane outlook appears a little less intense than 2024, Fort Myers Beach may get back in FEMA’s good graces for flood insurance reductions, and Pinellas County gets special ‘Elevate Florida’ workshops …
A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds many properties may be underinsured in non-coastal flood zones, FEMA’s maps may be lulling homeowners into a false sense of security, and …
FEMA strikes Fort Myers Beach flood discounts, Florida’s litigated insurance claims are down rather dramatically so far this year, third-party litigation funding emerges as a multi-billion-dollar industry, and Florida’s insurance commissioner orders a 1% …
Local government officials in Southwest Florida and their nearly 127,000 residents affected are breathing a sigh of relief this morning at the news that FEMA has reversed its decision to eliminate …
A new resolution is introduced to help off-set federal flood insurance price hikes, HUD sets a new two-foot flood standard for homes, and Pinellas County sees upward of a 40% decrease in the cost of its …
Congressional hearings continue on long-term reauthorization of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which is set to expire September 30. More elected officials from coastal states are weighing in on the NFIP’s Risk Rating 2.0 “Equity …
The National Flood Insurance Program hit another claims payout record in 2020, along with news that Florida had five of the eight counties in the country accounting for half of all payouts. Meanwhile, one of those, Pinellas …
For years, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been asking Congress for more resources, not the least of which, for help handling the back-to-back-to-back big disaster years of 2017 through 2019. So it’s no surprise to hear …
