As Tropical Storm Irma moves north through Florida, a group whose members include insurers is urging American politicians to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, which expires Sept. 30. SmarterSafer announced Sept. 7 it “continues to support a reauthorization of…
A bill aimed at increasing participation by the private sector in the flood insurance market in the United States was tabled Wednesday in the House of Representatives, a U.S. congressman from Florida announced. The Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization…
Residential flood insurance should be available and affordable and the government should provide a backstop without being an “insurer of first resort,” the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada said in a document released this week. Personal flood insurance “must be…