Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jennifer Johnson and her mother Steffi Cooper leave their flood damaged home in the Weatherhill Pointe neighborhood of Carrboro, N ...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which insures nearly 5 million properties across the U.S., has officially lapsed following the government shutdown. As of midnight on Sept. 30, FEMA can no ...

The spring flood season is here, so now is a critical time to secure flood protection for your home or business.

FEMA, meanwhile, is implementing a program called Risk Rating 2.0. For context, Hornstein said NFIP was established in 1968 when private insurers didn’t have enough solid data to write policies for ...

If Congress does not reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by September 30, major parts of the program will expire—a lapse that could cause major problems in the mortgage industry.

The nation’s largest flood insurance program – managed by the federal government – has been expired for more than a week, possibly leaving thousands of homeowners in limbo. The National Flood ...

As Congress negotiates a short-term deal to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown on October 1, homeowners might not be thinking about their flood insurance. But most flood insurance ...

Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in ...

The flood insurance program faces a Sept. 30 deadline. Major elements can disappear without Congressional action. Participation in the program is already extremely low and sinking fast because of ...

The following information was released by Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) is requesting input from National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) stakeholders and other ...

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 ...

As residents across the Milwaukee area assess the scope of damage from the weekend deluge, just 1,186 households have federal flood insurance policies in place. As emergency crews continue responding ...