Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) News

Flood Insurance Premium Hikes from New Maps Could Be Delayed Until 2015

Some flood insurance premiums required under a 2012 law now won’t be raised until the fall of 2015 at the earliest. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said the $1 trillion bipartisan funding bill passed by Congress last month contains …

FEMA Seeks Dismissal of Mississippi Suit to Block Flood Insurance Rate Hikes

The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed. In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers …

FEMA Chief Disappoints Senators, Says He Can’t Delay Flood Insurance Rates

Pressure continues to build in Congress to delay implementation of flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for thousands of property owners across the country. But the man in charge of administering the program says he does not have the …

FEMA Awards More Than $31.2M to Texas for Firefighting Costs

More than $31.2 million was recently awarded to the state of Texas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for reimbursement of costs to fight wildfires in Bastrop, Cass, Coke, Grimes, Jeff Davis, Kimble, King, Knox, Marion, Montgomery, Palo Pinto, …