Should Insurers Be RequiredTo Bear Future Flood Losses?By Matt BradyWith its expenses skyrocketing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, carriers administering the National Flood ...
Fla. Dems Offer Hurricane PlanBy Matt BradyDemocrats in the Florida House of Representatives unveiled a plan last week to restructure the state's Hurricane Catastrophe ...
Claims News Service, Oct. 18, 3:16 p.m. EDT -- The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big "I"), the nation's largest insurance association, is pleased that Congress is taking up
Claims News Service, Oct. 13, 8:20 a.m. EDT -- MONTGOMERY, Al. -- Flood damage, unlike lightning, does strike in the same place more than once. More than 20,000 communities enrolled in the National
Litigators, lawmakers seek to bail out those without coverageBy ARTHUR D. POSTALWashingtonPassage of legislation to ease the turmoil created by the lack of flood ...
Hurray For Hunter!Stop the presses! The industry's peskiest gadfly--J. Robert Hunter, director of insurance at the Consumer Federation of America--might actually be on the ...
Mortgage Group Proposes Retroactive FEMA PaymentsBy MATT BRADY AND ARTHUR D. POSTAL, WASHINGTON BUREAU"We'll give you a new roof, but you will have to ...
Claims News Service, Sept. 23, 4:05 p.m. EDT - In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the National Flood Insurance Program is modifying the way it settles claims to expedite the response to those
Disputes Over KatrinaCoverage Are InevitableBy Randy J. ManiloffThe pictures of destruction and despair caused by Hurricane Katrina are incomprehensible. While each picture may be ...
Risk Management Solutions recently announced that insured losses from Hurricane Katrina are estimated to be $40-$60 billion, of which $15-$25 billion are related to the Great New Orleans Flood. Total