Louisiana officials and federal lawmakers are warning that a lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program could freeze real estate sales, disrupt renewals for hundreds of thousands of policyholders, ...

If the government shuts down as expected on Wednesday, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will no longer be able to issue new policies or renewals, which could cause headaches for homeowners ...

The Continuous Coverage for Flood Insurance Act is intended to let policyholders maintain qualifying private flood insurance ...

Most US homeowners insurance policies don’t cover flood damage, and the federally subsidized NFIP accounts for nearly 90% of ...

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 National Flood Insurance Program's authorization expired due to a government funding standoff. Existing policyholders are still covered, but new policies and some renewals are not a given. The ...

In spite of rising costs, Floridians aren’t ditching their flood insurance policies, a new study found. But the rest of the ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) issued the following statement following Senate approval of a 60-day extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in conjunction with an agreement ...

The government flood insurance program stopped renewing its 4.6 million policies after Congress let the authorization lapse Sept. 30. Neptune Insurance Holdings CEO Trevor Burgess recently joined a ...

Robin Bates isn’t quite sure what the future looks like. On Wednesday, she watched volunteers use chainsaws to break up debris from recent flooding. They carried away a car tire. They loaded ...