Latest Coastal Headlines
All the headlines from our Coastal Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Commissioner Farmer: Lessons from Historic Floods
Jun 6 2016 // South Carolina’s coastal property insurance market is strong, but the state’s significant catastrophe risk remains an ongoing threat and not one that should be taken lightly. That is the message South Carolina...
South Carolina Insurance Head Talks Lessons Learned After Historic Flood
May 31 2016 // This aerial photo show flooding around homes in the Carolina Forest community in Horry County, between Conway and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The state was pummeled in early October by a historic rainstorm that caused widespread...
Texas’ Coastal Wind Insurer Expects $4.9B in Funds for 2016 Hurricane Season
May 27 2016 // While its reinsurance plans for the 2016 hurricane season haven’t yet been nailed down, Texas’ insurance company of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast expects to have around $4.9 billion in...
Louisiana Governor Wants Oil Industry to Pay for Coastal Restoration
May 23 2016 // Gov. John Bel Edwards is pushing to get the oil and natural gas industries to pay for restoring Louisiana’s fragile coast by encouraging them to settle lawsuits alleging they caused extensive damage to coastal...
The Nature Conservancy Looks to Address South Florida Climate, Catastrophe Risks
Apr 11 2016 // The Nature Conservancy has announced plans to work with catastrophe risk modeling firm RMS, as well as with the Global Disaster Preparedness Center and others, in an effort to address climate impacts in South Florida. The...
N.H. Report Recommends More Planning Against Coastal Hazards
Mar 21 2016 // A report says New Hampshire’s coastal communities’ exposure to future flood risks is significant, and now’s the time to plan to minimize that. The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission spent 2...
Rural Coastal Counties Fear Economics of Battle Against Rising Seas
Mar 15 2016 // Tyrrell County sits just inland from North Carolina’s Outer Banks barrier islands. With 3,600 people living and farming along 400 square miles, it’s an ecologically rich enclave. It also ranks No. 1 among 319...
Pollution, Drought, El Niño Leading to Collapse of Florida’s Coastal Environments
Mar 15 2016 // Central Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, North Florida’s Apalachicola Bay and a trio of coastal estuaries in South Florida are in the throes of ecosystem collapses that threaten sea grass, fisheries, recreation...
Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Promotes Kim Bushong to Vice President
Mar 8 2016 // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, March 8, 2016- Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. recently promoted Kimberly Bushong to Vice President. Kim graduated from Florida State University with her Bachelor of Science in Finance and Risk...
Florida Approves 81,500 Citizens Policies for May 2016 Take-Out
Mar 3 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 80,000 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens). The...
Lawsuit Says N.J.’s Post-Sandy Coastal Zone Rules ‘Don’t Make Sense’
Feb 17 2016 // Some New Jersey residents and environmental groups are suing to try to block the state’s new rules governing coastal development in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, saying they allow too many people and buildings to be...
Florida Approves 66,500 Policies from Citizens for April Take-Outs
Feb 3 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 65,000 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The following two...
Group Asking Residents Use Drones to Map El Niño Flooding in California
Jan 25 2016 // Forget about selfies. In California, residents are using smartphones and drones to document the coastline’s changing face. Starting this month, The Nature Conservancy is asking tech junkies to capture the flooding...
Massive Blizzard Brought Flooding to Jersey Shore, Coastal Towns
Jan 25 2016 // A massive winter storm that dumped as much as 3 feet of snow on the eastern United States raised flood waters in communities up and down the Atlantic Coast Saturday, closing roads and prompting evacuations. The first round...
Report: Mississippi Insurers Not Overcharging Coastal Residents
Jan 25 2016 // Results of Mississippi’s Clarity Act Data Call are in and they confirm what insurance experts in the state say they already knew: insurers are not overcharging coastal residents in Mississippi. In fact, many...
Report: Mississippi Insurers Not Overcharging Coastal Residents
Jan 12 2016 // Results of Mississippi’s Property Insurance Clarity Act Data Call are in and they confirm what insurance experts in the state say they already knew: insurers are not overcharging coastal residents in Mississippi. In...
Florida Approves Removal of 71,000 Policies from Citizens for March Takeouts
Jan 5 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 70,000 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens). The...
Study: Billions at Stake if Pace of Land Loss Continues on Louisiana Coast
Dec 21 2015 // A new state study places a price tag on the costs Louisiana could suffer if land loss continues at the pace predicted by scientists — and it’s in the billions of dollars. The Coastal Protection and Restoration...
Florida Approves Removal of Up to 75,115 Policies from Citizens
Dec 11 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 72,534 personal residential policies and 2,581 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The following...
Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 11 2015 // Source: States at Risk Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme...
