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 …
After all the effort we have now read that Pinellas County put into making its infrastructure and residents more resilient to flooding thru improved CRS requirements, let’s take a look at another populous county, this one on …
With the news that FEMA is delaying the premier of its new flood insurance rates from April 1 to October 1 – and phasing them in – comes new details on exactly …
There are three states whose legislatures are teeing-up bills to provide the needed structure and encouragement for development of a private flood insurance market. The idea is to help consumers, whether residential or commercial …
The popular real estate website Realtor.com has done a great public service by recently adding flood risk to its listing of homes across the nation – both those currently for sale and those off the …
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 …
FEMA’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps that have been premiering in South Florida over the past couple of months have a new feature for some coastal residents. It’s a special designation that some Florida Keys …
