Hurricane Ian is the poster child for the coming climate clash
By Eugene Linden Gov. Ron DeSantis called Hurricane Ian a “once-in-500-years event.” If only. Floridians could then rebuild after Ian ...
Tag: National Flood Insurance Program
FEMA flood insurance rates show little or no increase for Florida policyholders
By Lisa Miller April 1st marks the final rollout of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) new rate changes, and ...
Amanda Bryant: FEMA is using more sophisticated risk modeling to determine pricing for flood insurance – so rates are going up
An interview with Amanda Bryant, National Flood Insurance LLC As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which ...
Big changes to the National Flood Insurance Program are going to mean higher premiums for most Floridians
By Shana Udvardy, Union of Concerned Scientists If you’re a homeowner or thinking of buying a home in Florida, you ...
The National Flood Insurance Program soon will start using a new risk-assessment method
By Amanda Bryant, Associate in National Flood Insurance The National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) new rating methodology, Risk Rating 2.0, ...
“America has a ‘resilience deficit’; Will FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 help or hurt?
By: Albert J. Slap, President, Coastal Risk Consulting The U.S. sustained 298 weather and climate disasters since 1980, where overall ...
Owners can determine their property’s risk of flooding by using this free online tool
By John Englander, oceanographer and author Flood Factor® is a recently upgraded tool that will calculate a simple flood risk ...
Florida’s insurance marketplace needs a course correction to cope with stronger storms and more flooding
By Virginia Clancy, TAPCO Underwriters I hope the word “unprecedented” is not used as much in 2021, but it certainly described ...
Many Floridians who own property vulnerable to flooding don’t have flood insurance
By Jennifer Scherff, My Flood Insurance We need to talk about flood insurance. The topic of flooding has been very ...
As flood threats rise, Floridians have a right to know their risk
By Amanda Bryant, My Flood Risk For more than a year, flood preparedness advocates in Florida have urged lawmakers to protect homebuyers ...