Insurance.com reports that FEMA cuts to disaster response funding will likely increase home insurance rates and limit ...

No new or renewed policies during the lapse; FEMA says valid claims will still be paid with available funds. NAR estimates about 1,300 property sales per day—roughly 40,000 closings a month—could be ...

The following information was released by Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) is requesting input from National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) stakeholders and other ...

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition recently secured a court order requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to take concrete steps to reverse the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Roughly a year after a federal program to fund critical infrastructure upgrades in communities vulnerable to natural disasters was dissolved, millions of dollars in cancelled grant ...

The following information was released by the office of Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields: Congressman Fields (LA-06) joined colleagues in urging congressional leadership to take immediate action on ...

After repeated flood insurance rate hikes, Jefferson Parish residents will soon see an extra 10% discount on the price of their policies, now that the parish has notched the best flood rating in the ...

CENTRAL, La. (WAFB) - Some residents in Central say their flood insurance premiums continue to rise despite the city’s improved flood mitigation rating. Central has earned a CRS rating of five out of ...

A $36-million project to reduce flooding in Crisfield, Maryland, has been put on hold because of the termination of FEMA's BRIC program, one of many programs that had been awarded grant money.