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#1 Coverage Needed: Hundreds of Thousands in SE Now in Flood Zones With New Maps
Jun 24 2024 // Many more properties, including hundreds of thousands of homes across Florida and other parts of the Southeast, will be required to purchase flood insurance after July 31, due to revisions in federal flood maps. For some...
#2 Insured Losses from Recent South Florida Floods Reaching into the Millions
Jun 21 2024 // Recent flooding in south Florida caused insured losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, from auto and homeowners claims, Aon and AM Best reported. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is also reminding...
#3 Survey: Most Homeowners Believe Their Policy Covers Flood
Jun 20 2024 // Most U.S. homeowners don’t know the policy covering their home doesn’t cover flooding, a new survey shows. Respondents in a survey out this week from Trusted Choice, a group representing the members of the...
#4 Floodwaters Inundate Midwest, Where Flood Insurance is Rarely In Force
Jun 26 2024 // Floodwaters damaged hundreds of properties this week across parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota as the Midwest recovers from days of intense rainfall. Three days of torrential downpours resulted in as much...
#5 Insurers Expect Major Loss Event From Floods in Southern Germany
Jun 4 2024 // Insurers are preparing for an above-average loss event as a result of floods in southern Germany. “The pictures from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg foreshadow the worst. Our companies are already receiving many...
#6 House Collapses Into Flood-Swollen River Near Minnesota Dam Amid Storms
Jun 28 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the upper Midwest. Video...
#7 For Shrinking Mississippi River Towns, Frequent Floods Worsen Fortunes
Jun 14 2024 // WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America’s most storied river. Flooding has...
#8 Tropical Storm Alberto to Bring Flooding to Coastal South Texas
Jun 19 2024 // Tropical storm Alberto has caused flooding and more than three feet of storm surge in parts of coastal south Texas but is not expected to strengthen to hurricane force, meteorologists say. Alberto is the first named storm...
#9 Markets/Coverages: FloodFlash Offers Parametric Flood Product Across US
Jun 24 2024 // FloodFlash announced its expansion to cover all mainland US locations. The sensor-enabled parametric flood insurer provides flood coverage in excess of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) where the private markets...
#10 Mississippi River Flooding is Pushing People Out of Their Homes, Data Shows
Jun 12 2024 // WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. But persistent and sometimes devastating flooding has added to the woes of...
#11 Insured Flood Losses in Germany Could Range From US$2.1B to US$3.2B: Moody’s RMS
Jun 14 2024 // Insured losses from floods that hit Central Europe between Thursday, May 30 and Monday, June 3 will likely fall within the range of €2 billion to €3 billion (US$2.1 billion to US$3.2 billion), according to...
#12 Paper Links Social Learning and Flood Insurance Uptake
Jun 11 2024 // Short but severe flooding that followed hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 triggered a nationwide increase in flood insurance take-up driven by a county’s social network proximity to flooded areas, says a new...
#13 Southern Germany Floods to Cost Insurers $2.6 Billion-$3.9 Billion: Verisk
Jun 20 2024 // Estimated insured losses from flooding, which hit Southern Germany on May 15-June 5, will range from €2.4 billion (US$2.6 billion) to €3.6 billion (US$3.9 billion), according to Verisk, the data analytics and...
#14 Floodwaters Force People From Homes in Some Parts of Iowa
Jun 24 2024 // Floodwaters forced people out of their homes in parts of Iowa, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief Saturday from yet another round of extraordinary heat. Sirens blared at 2 a.m....
#15 Scholz to Visit Southern German Region Battling Severe Flooding
Jun 3 2024 // Southern Germany continues to battle flooding from heavy rainfall that’s disrupted transportation and pushed emergency services to their limits. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who plans to visit some of the affected regions...
#16 Austin Flood Mitigation Makes Residents Eligible for 25% Insurance Discount
Jun 10 2024 // Austin residents can now receive up to a 25% discount on their flood insurance thanks to the city’s upgraded Community Rating System score from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Last month, FEMA...
#17 Climate Change Made Deadly Brazil Floods Twice As Likely, Study Finds
Jun 5 2024 // Greenhouse gases produced by human activity made the recent deadly flooding in Brazil twice as likely as it would have been in the preindustrial era, according to a rapid analysis of the event by World Weather Attribution...
#18 Europe Braces for Heat Following Greek Fires and Swiss Floods
Jun 24 2024 // European capitals are bracing for heat wave conditions, following wildfires in Greece and flooding in Switzerland over the weekend. High pressure over southern Scandinavian will bring the highest temperatures this year to...
#19 North Carolina, Florida Home Sellers Facing New Flood Disclosure Requirements
Jul 2 2024 // As of this week, home sellers in North Carolina must now disclose previous flood damage to properties. And come Oct. 1, Floridians must make similar disclosures, potentially boosting the demand for flood insurance. The...
#20 Study: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma Triggered Uptick in Flood Insurance
Jul 1 2024 // Short but severe flooding that followed hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 triggered a nationwide increase in flood insurance take-up driven by a county’s social network proximity to flooded areas, says a new...
