NU Online News Service, April 20, 4:20 p.m. EST

In advance of a House committee hearing on flood insurance, an industry trade group wrote urging the panel to back a long term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program.

The message from Leigh Ann Pusey, president and chief executive of the American Insurance Association, to the House Financial Services Committee Insurance Program (NFIP) also voiced opposition to two catastrophe-related bills — The Homeowners Defense Act (HR 2555) and the Multiple Peril Insurance Act (HR 1264).

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