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Flood insurance
Insurance increasingly unaffordable as climate change brings more disasters
Aug 31, 2020
In California, homeowners in high wildfire-risk areas are finding insurance is harder to find, costs more and is worth less.
After multiple natural disasters, Florida residents have fewer options for insurance coverage
Jan 30, 2019
Larger insurance providers have been cutting back on Floridians' property insurance coverage.
With recovery from 2017 storms still underway, hurricane season begins June 1
by
Jed Kim
May 25, 2018
Last year was the most damaging hurricane season on record, with storms Harvey, Irma and Maria wreaking hundreds of millions of dollars of destruction across the United States. The 2018 season gets underway in June, and some forecasters are predicting a normal to above-normal season. What does that mean for getting flood insurance coverage? Click […]
Median home prices are up in areas with the biggest risk of natural disaster
by
Amy Scott
Sep 21, 2017
But people may be taking some risks more seriously.
Some investors bet big against disasters
by
Ryan Kailath
Sep 13, 2017
Catastrophe bonds spread insurance risk for events like hurricanes.
Their homes escaped flooding, but the fear lingers
Sep 1, 2017
"Everyone becomes on edge when you hear any type of heavy rainfall," a Louisiana homeowner says.
Congress should have seen the signs that a Harvey-like event was coming
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Emily Henderson
Aug 31, 2017
Politico's Michael Grunwald discusses a decades-old report about repetitive losses in the Naional Flood Insurance Program.
For public good, not for profit.
Harvey adds to the mounting debt of federal disaster aid
by
Reema Khrais
Aug 29, 2017
As the devastation continues to mount in Texas, so does the heavy debt owed by the National Flood Insurance Program. The program, which is managed by FEMA, already borrowed nearly $25 billion, most of it to cover claims from Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. The program was supposed to effectively manage the cost of flood […]
Midwest flooding underscores a need for flood insurance reform
May 4, 2017
Floodwaters have displaced hundreds of people and lead to several deaths in the Midwest. Now the damage assessment starts. The National Flood Insurance Program helps homeowners buy affordable flood insurance, but it’s $25 billion in debt. Congress has a chance to reform it before it’s up for reauthorization in September, and those reforms could include […]
Why many Louisiana homeowners lack flood insurance
Aug 17, 2016
Most Louisiana homeowners aren't covered.