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Video: Flood Insurance PSA
We know! We talked about flood insurance last week, but it’s an important issue, especially with the likelihood of El Nino forming within the next few months and the potential for California and much of the southwest to end up drenched as a result. This FEMA PSA about flood insurance is from 2009, but it’s […]
Read moreNew Map Means More Fargo Property Owners Might Need Flood Insurance
While Texas and many of the states in the southern half of the Great Plains and in the South itself are still suffering under extreme drought conditions, even after last week’s rain, several thousand property owners in Fargo, North Dakota are learning that they may at risk of floods, and might require federal flood insurance, […]
Read moreFEMA Says: TX Fire Victims Need Flood Insurance
This may seem counter-intuitive, but FEMA is advising the survivors of last spring and summers’ wildfires in Texas to consider flood insurance on their homes and offices. Why flood insurance? Because when the wildfires burned away the trees, grasses and other vegetation in the scorched areas, the healthy plant roots that usually soak up a […]
Read moreOklahoma Governor Seeks Disaster Aid Because of Quakes
The state of Oklahoma felt at least five small earthquakes over last week’s Thanksgiving holiday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there was a 2.4 magnitude quake at 6:55 AM on Saturday, November 26th, with an epicent4er about five miles south of Sparks. This was the fifth temblor in the area since Thursday the 24th, […]
Read moreFEMA Stresses Need for Hurricane Response Training
Earlier this week, Craig Fugate, director of FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) emphasized the importance of public officials learning how to respond to hurricanes and other powerful storms, and also said that the state of the economy was not an excuse to forgo preparation. Speaking at the National Hurricane Conference in Atlanta, Fugate said, […]
Read moreCalifornia Senators Introduce Earthquake Insurance Affordability Act
Last week, Democratic U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both form California, introduced a new piece of legislation designed to reduce the cost of earthquake insurance for Californians and other individuals who buy earthquake insurance coverage from non-profit, state-run, earthquake insurance programs. The legislation, dubbed the Earthquake Insurance Affordability Act, allows the California Earthquake […]
Read moreInsurance Brief: Arkansas Man Sentenced for Defrauding FEMA
A resident of Fort Smith, Arkansas has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to FEMA in order to receive disaster aid meant for Hurricane Katrina victims, the Insurance Journal reports. In addition to the prison sentence, United States District Judge Robert Dawson also ordered Anthony Owens, Sr., age 46, to pay restitution […]
Read moreFEMA Discounts Flood Insurance for Homeowners Affected by Remapping
Homeowners across the United States who are concerned that they may be required to purchase flood insurance due to a recent push to redraw floodplain maps can relax a little; they’re being offered the mandatory coverage at a deep discount for two years. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois said recently that the Federal Emergency Management […]
Read moreFlood Insurance Changes in Illinois and Nebraska
It’s difficult enough to know when flood insurance is required when you live in a relatively stable region, but property owners in three counties in southwestern Illinois are in a kind of flood zone limbo, while they wait for new Mississippi River flood maps to be drawn. According to Illinois Senator Richard Durbin, the Federal […]
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