July 2, 2007
More than $1 billion in flood damage is avoided each year through mitigation efforts. More than 20,300 communities have flood maps as a basis for flood insurance rates, insurance purchase requirements, and local floodplain management programs. An estimated 9,000 square …
July 2, 2007
In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee failures brought widespread criticism of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA has been dedicated to building a stronger, more nimble and more capable organization. We’re expanding our …
July 2, 2007
More than $1 billion in flood damage is avoided each year through mitigation efforts. More than 20,300 communities have flood maps as a basis for flood insurance rates, insurance purchase requirements, and local floodplain management programs. An estimated 9,000 square …
June 21, 2007
For Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon in the best of all possible worlds 100 percent of the citizens in his state would have flood insurance coverage for their homes. As such, Donelon has been on a statewide “Storm Awareness Tour,” …
June 20, 2007
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the 2007 storm season in Kansas so far has accumulated $230 million in losses of insured property and crops during the month of May 2007. “We experienced a terrible loss in Greensburg from the …
June 18, 2007
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.– Anatole France (1844 – 1924) Apparently, when it comes to …
June 18, 2007
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.– Anatole France (1844 – 1924) Apparently, when it comes to …
June 18, 2007
Camera, lights, action “In addition to improvements in economic and political conditions, a number of countries are developing into attractive film locales.” — Chris Palmer, director of risk control for Aon/Albert G. Ruben and author of the annual Risks in …
June 18, 2007
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. — Anatole France (1844 – 1924) Apparently, when it comes …
June 18, 2007
Declarations Camera, lights, action “In addition to improvements in economic and political conditions, a number of countries are developing into attractive film locales.” — Chris Palmer, director of risk control for Aon/Albert G. Ruben and author of the annual Risks …