For half a century, a federal program has covered most at-risk properties. Now, a private company is pitching a plan to ...

MIAMI — Among those feeling the pain of the government shutdown are people in coastal areas and other locations where they need flood insurance. The government-backed National Flood Insurance Program ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is charged with helping people and organizations prepare for and recover from the unexpected. But in the current political environment, it is FEMA itself that ...

If your house isn’t sitting next to a river or the ocean, flood insurance probably feels unnecessary. But the numbers say otherwise. According to FEMA, 99% of U.S. counties have experienced a flooding ...

For more than a month, a lapse in funding froze Americans' largest provider of flood insurance. The National Flood Insurance Program, which accounts for 90% of all U.S. flood policies, often couldn't ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee may be landlocked, but the state is urging residents to get flood insurance as soon as they can to prevent financial loss from what researchers call “the most ...

The study, published Tuesday in the Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience, suggests that in the last few years, hundreds of thousands of Americans have dropped their flood insurance policies or ...

The clock is ticking on the federal flood insurance program, and Florida real estate could take the biggest hit if Congress fails to act. The National Flood Insurance Program, which covers nearly 1.8 ...