Latest FEMA Headlines
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TENN. SENATORS NOTE $6 MILLION IN FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR JACKSON:
Jan 12 2004 // U.S. Sens. Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander, both Tennessee Republicans, recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved two grants totaling more than $6 million to pay for electric utility...
Tenn. Senators Note $6 Million in Federal Disaster Aid for Jackson
Dec 17 2003 // U.S. Senators Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved two grants totaling more than $6 million to pay for electric utility system...
IIABA Supports Passage of Flood Reforms
Jul 25 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is applauding approval of flood insurance reform legislation by a House committee that will reportedly extend the program for five years and institute...
House Financial Services Committee Passes Flood Legislation
Jul 24 2003 // On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Michael G. Oxley, R-Ohio, favorably passed H.R. 253, the “Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers’ Pocket Act.” Sponsored by Rep....
FEMA Notifies Seibels Bruce of Intent to Discontinue Contract
Sep 16 2002 // The troubles of South Carolina-based Seibels Bruce Group Inc. mounted with the announcement that the company received notice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that FEMA does not intend to offer Seibels...
Damage from Texas Floods Could Top $1 Billion
Jul 22 2002 // Now that floodwaters in Central and South Texas have begun to recede, officials are anticipating hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to residential and commercial property at a time when the state’s homeowners...
First Floridian Co. Recognized by FEMA
Jul 18 2002 // First Floridian Auto and Home Insurance Co. of Tampa was recently recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its work as the first insurer to sponsor construction of a “Fortified…for safer...
Insurers To Be Reimbursed for Cerro Grande Fire Claims
Aug 9 2001 // The federal government is working to reimburse insurance companies for all claims they paid to their customers for damage caused by the Cerro Grande fires in New Mexico last year. Payments are expected to begin in January...
ILF to Hold Hearing On National Flood Insurance
Jul 6 2001 // The Board of Directors of the Insurance Legislators Foundation (ILF), a research and educational arm of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), will hold a hearing to address flood-related insurance...
Calif. Sits on Epicenter of National Quake Survey
Oct 2 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California. But quakes are not a problem for just the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of the...
California Sits on Epicenter of National Quake Damage Survey
Sep 21 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California–but quakes are not just a problem for the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of...
FEMA Study Predicts Massive Coastal Erosion
Jul 10 2000 // One out of every four houses within 500 feet of the U.S. shoreline will become a casualty of erosion within the next 60 years. This hard-hitting fact is among many included in the report, Evaluation of Erosion Hazards,...
U.S. Coasts Threatened, According to FEMA Report
Jun 27 2000 // A study by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that 25 percent of the buildings within 500 feet of the country’s coastlines will be threatened by erosion in the next 60 years. The study, released Tuesday,...
Whose Responsibility Is It’ Educating Agents and Insureds about Flood Insurance
Jun 12 2000 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that almost 11,000 households in the U.S. are at risk for flooding, which accounts for 90 percent of all disasters nationwide. Yet, the vast majority of American...
