The president and CEO of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is calling on the U.S. Congress to pass at least a six-month extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). David A. Sampson said in a press…
A potential solution to overland flood risk in Canada “could follow” the model of Britain’s Flood Re, MSA Research Inc. suggested in a report released Monday to Canadian Underwriter. Toronto-based MSA released its Quarterly Outlook Report for Q1 2017. In…
Earthquakes are estimated to cost the United States US$6.1 billion annually in building stock losses, according to an updated report published last week by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The new loss estimate represents a 10% increase over the…
Private insurance companies in the United States are “clamouring” to write flood risk for properties while the nation’s National Flood Insurance Program encourages development in floodprone areas and needs to be “significantly reformed,” speakers recently told a committee of the…
DES MOINES, Iowa – A century-old train trestle stands as one of the trophies of Des Moines’ push to spruce up its downtown. Bicyclists and pedestrians pose for pictures beside the brightly painted beams of the Red Bridge and gather…
The Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center predicted on Thursday. For the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, forecasters predict a…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Thursday its first-ever reinsurance agreement under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The agreement will allow the NFIP to share flood risk with private reinsurance companies to help defray the cost of…
AIR Worldwide is estimating that “industry ground-up insurable losses” from the flooding in Louisiana during August will be between US$8.5 billion and US$11 billion. The catastrophe modelling firm explained in a press release issued on Monday that the “industry ground-up…
Earl Ray Tomblin, the Governor of West Virginia, announced on Friday an extraordinary session of the state legislature to address the state’s share of costs associated with flooding in late June of this year. “The June flooding was unprecedented in…
Nearly 60,000 single-family homes in New Orleans with a reconstruction cost value (RCV) of more than US$12 billion will move out of Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), according to updated maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Officially…
Due to significant improvements in drainage and flood protection, more than 53% of all properties in New Orleans were removed from special flood hazard areas and, as a result, will benefit from more affordable flood insurance, the mayor of the…