Takeout program for the private market leads the list
Contained within the FEMA Review Council’s final report is perhaps one of the most important and far-reaching changes for the Sunshine State – a proposal to jettison National Flood Insurance Program …
Plus, another attempt to eliminate Risk Rating 2.0
Florida’s emergency fund is checked by the House, FEMA puts up money for Hurricane Milton repairs to Tropicana Field, and eight GOP senators lead another charge to scrap FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 …
Plus, Congress’ proposed FEMA fix
Forecasters adjust expectations for the rest of the 2025 hurricane season, a bipartisan FEMA reform bill emerges in Congress, and the My Safe Florida Home program opens applications with $280 million to help homeowners get …
Plus, big wheels & AI-powered emergency alert
Florida legislative leaders approve $850 million to cover expenses for now from the 2024 hurricanes, a new AI system can help us stay alert before and after hurricanes strike, and some enormous all-terrain …
Tropical Storm Helene brought many things up through the Appalachian Mountains and Eastern Tennessee in late September of 2024: historic rainfall, terrible floods, significantly damaged infrastructure and a wake-up call for many counties completely ill-equipped to handle flooding at this …
‘Elevate Florida’ to ease homeowners cost burden
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) recently launched its much anticipated Elevate Florida program, the first residential mitigation program of its kind in the Sunshine State. FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie alluded to …
Unprecedented Florida-FEMA agreement
As Floridians scramble to rebuild after an eventful 2024 hurricane season, they’ll want to start several feet above flood level. Elevating homes above the base flood elevation – the level of high water in a so-called …
Federal disaster aid for Tallahassee tornados
The recent South Florida deluge generates several thousand automobile insurance claims for flooded vehicles and a data call, Tallahassee gets a federal disaster declaration for last month’s tornados, there’s new money for home mitigation …
Recovery and relief funding ongoing
Six months after Hurricane Idalia struck the Florida Big Bend region as a major Category 3 hurricane, FEMA and the federal government have provided more than $820 million to help with disaster recovery with more …
Another big Cat year in the making, renewed uncertainty for reinsurance pricing
The very latest on Hurricane Idalia and Ian claims, how natural catastrophes are on track to set another record this year, the impact of those natural disasters on …