Gulf Coast properties News

Officials on Gulf Coast Have ‘Unanswered Questions’ on BP Settlement

Gulf Coast officials worry that their communities won’t get their fair share of Alabama’s $2.3 billion portion of the BP oil spill settlement. Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft told Alabama’s Press Register that members of the Gulf Coast Recovery Council …

Mississippi Residents, Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Disclose Insurance Costs by Area

A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose, by geographic area, how much they are charging to insure property. The idea, which originated in Alabama, …

East, Gulf Coast Insured Properties Top $10 Trillion: AIR

The estimated insured value of residential and commercial properties in just the coastal counties of the U.S. East and Gulf Coast states now exceeds $10 trillion. The estimated value of these properties in the coastal counties of the states of …