FEMA

  • The National Flood Insurance Program is a primary source of flood insurance but Risk Rating 2.0, could change that.

    December 12
    Ashley Tozo
    Insurance Office of America
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency in April announced the first significant update to the beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program, which covers about 5 million properties. Premiums have risen steadily, but the program is more than $20 billion in debt, thanks in part to rising seas and stronger storms. Now, a quarter of the participants will see lower costs, while the remainder will see premiums rise in increments as high as 18% annually.

    October 1
    Damaged homes in floodwater after Hurricane Ida in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, La, on Sept. 2.
  • Deanne Criswell, the first woman to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in April took over a 20,000-person operation exhausted by managing responses to disasters linked to global warming: wildfires and the 2020 hurricane season, the most active on record.

    September 22