Floods News

Oregon State to Assist Crop Insurance Program

An innovative climate and weather monitoring system developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis will soon be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses, both to improve services to farmers across the nation and prevent abuse in …

TS Tomas on Track to Strike Haiti, Jamaica; May Gain Strength

The most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center, posted at 11:00 a.m. EDT, puts Tropical Storm Tomas about 125 miles, 205 kms south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 295 miles, 475 kms west-southwest of Port au Prince, Haiti. Maximum …

Iowa to Spend $10M on Flood Mitigation

Iowa officials say they’ll use about $10 million in federal grant money on projects that they say will manage runoff and mitigate future flood damage. Iowa received an $84.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development …

10 Things You Should Know About Landlord Liability and Exposure

1. Injury Responsibility A landlord is held responsible for an injury on the rented premises if it can be shown that the landlord or his agent was somehow negligent in maintaining the property, and that the negligence in doing so …

10 Things You Should Know About Landlord Liability and Exposure

1. Injury Responsibility A landlord is held responsible for an injury on the rented premises if it can be shown that the landlord or his agent was somehow negligent in maintaining the property, and that the negligence in doing so …

It Figures

$220 Million Estimated 2010 storm losses in Kansas climbed to $220 million as of the end of August, according to the Kansas Department of Insurance. There were approximately 59,400 storm claims filed during the same period. The department said estimated …

Gulf Region Property Markets Still Troubled 5 Years After Katrina

Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance, according to a report from the RAND Corp. …

10 Things You Should Know About Landlord Liability and Exposure

1. Injury Responsibility A landlord is held responsible for an injury on the rented premises if it can be shown that the landlord or his agent was somehow negligent in maintaining the property, and that the negligence in doing so …

Gulf Region Property Markets Still Troubled 5 Years After Katrina

Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance, according to a report from the RAND Corp. …

10 Things You Should Know About Landlord Liability and Exposure

1. Injury Responsibility A landlord is held responsible for an injury on the rented premises if it can be shown that the landlord or his agent was somehow negligent in maintaining the property, and that the negligence in doing so …