Overseers of levees in southwestern Illinois welcomed the advance of a federal measure that could give thousands of property owners up to a five-year reprieve in having to buy costly flood insurance in areas with questioned defenses against rivers. The …
Title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc. has sold its flood insurance operations to WRM America Holdings LLC. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, WRM America of Uniondale, New York, will acquire 100 percent of the equity interests of Fidelity …
Insurance agents in states along the swollen Missouri River basin say federal officials are causing widespread confusion among property owners by pushing the sale of flood insurance policies that might not cover damage from the river flooding that began this …
Missouri regulators are asking insurance companies to go beyond normal procedures to cover furniture, electronics and other belongings that must be moved because of flooding. The state insurance department says policies for homeowners and renters normally cover personal property for …
The only earthen levee along the troublesome Blanchard River in the northwest Ohio city of Findlay is no longer recognized as viable for flood control. The Courier newspaper reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency has decertified the levee. Findlay flood …
In a season of flooding by some of the nation’s biggest rivers, it’s streams most Americans have never heard of that could cause some of the worst problems in the Midwest. Hundreds of tributaries that feed the congested Missouri River …
South Dakota Sen. John Thune has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to clarify how the National Flood Insurance Program applies to the current flooding along the Missouri River. FEMA has determined that the flood started on June 1 when …
A new flood map for Louisiana’s Lafayette Parish is expected to offer a mixed bag, shrinking flood zones in some areas while making large tracts of vacant land more difficult to develop. The final version of the Federal Emergency Management …
United Way officials in Vermont say they want to collect information to help make the case to the federal government that the state should be eligible for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency due to recent flooding and …
Residents of unincorporated St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana are getting $1.9 million in premium decreases for federal flood insurance. Officials say that’s the result of an improvement in the parish’s flood rating — translating into an average 10 percent drop …
