The cost hikes stem from mandates by Congress to require rates charged by the National Flood Insurance Program, which is run by FEMA, to reflect the cost of flood risk to individual covered properties ...

Joshua Carroll owns Valley Auto Spa in Big Stone Gap, one of the many businesses and homes in Southwest Virginia impacted by Hurricane Helene. The storm was Category 4 when it hit the Florida coast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In spite of rising costs, Floridians aren’t ditching their flood insurance policies, a new study found. But the rest of the nation ...

FEMA’s new flood insurance Risk Rating 2.0 methodology takes into consideration factors like a property’s distance from the ocean. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently released data ...

The National Flood Insurance Program, which accounts for 90% of all U.S. flood policies, often couldn’t sell or renew coverage during the 44-day government shutdown.1 The budget bill that ended the ...

Clearwater FL homeowners face rising renovation costs as FEMA’s 50% Rule increases flood zone compliance requirements ...

Ever since the National Flood Insurance Program was created in 1968, the federal program has struggled to find the sweet spot of how much to charge for the coverage.

Among the many (many) expensive elements of owning a home is figuring out the necessary insurance coverage to have. With homeowners insurance premiums rising across the country, and many insurance ...

For more than a month, a lapse in funding froze Americans’ largest provider of flood insurance. The National Flood Insurance Program, which accounts for 90% of all U.S. flood policies, often couldn’t ...

In spite of rising costs, Floridians aren’t ditching their flood insurance policies, a new study found. But the rest of the nation is dropping flood policies at a rate that could endanger the federal ...