FEMA to allow monthly flood insurance payments amid rising costs
Late last year, FEMA, which administers the National Flood Insurance Program, announced that policyholders will soon have the ...
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Insurance reform worsens affordability in flood-prone Louisiana
Flood insurance is a tenet of life in water-burdened Louisiana. The low-lying portions of the state face rising water from the disappearing coast and more frequent heavy rainfall from hurricanes and ...
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Insurance reform worsens affordability in flood-prone Louisiana
Flood insurance ... Southeast Louisiana. FEMA recently introduced a customer support tool to help address some of the transparency problems with risk assessment, hoping to share rate calculations ...
Zillow Says This Louisiana City Has the Worst Flood Risk
New Orleans ranks as the worst U.S. city for flood risk. Learn why, what it means for homebuyers, and how to protect your new home with flood insurance and other options.
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Tensions rise between mayor, city council; state of mental health in Louisiana; why people are dropping their flood insurance
Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a major point of tension between New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the city ...
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The L.A. fires are just the beginning of a crisis spreading across the country
In 2023, Florida, Louisiana and North Carolina all had higher “nonrenewal rates,” instances in ... The National Flood Insurance Program has a terrible track record of undercharging.
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After delay, borough adopts updated flood insurance maps
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly this week unanimously approved an ordinance to adopt updated flood insurance rate maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The assembly had ...