Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in ...

The National Flood Insurance Program, a public insurance program sponsored by the federal government insures 4.7 million policyholders and protects more than $1.28 trillion in assets. Congress has ...

Parametric flood insurance offers a trigger-based payout that can supplement traditional policies by addressing coverage gaps ...

If the government shuts down as expected on Wednesday, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will no longer be able to ...

Flooding is the dominant climate threat facing Canadians today. Here’s how a federally subsidized program could help home owners in high-risk areas. If that weren’t enough cause for concern, the ...

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The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program is going broke. Increased flood strikes in more places, combined with outdated ways of predicting flood risk, are putting property owners at risk and the ...

When their home was hit by flooding, the Currys learned their flood insurance would give them some relief but their ...

The flood insurance program faces a Sept. 30 deadline. Major elements can disappear without Congressional action. Participation in the program is already extremely low and sinking fast because of ...

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No hurricane-strength storms have formed yet this year in the Atlantic basin, but the limiting activity isn’t certain to ...