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FEMA calls for flood insurance expansion via private markets and NFIP
20th March 2017
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official, Roy Wright, has underlined a need to expand flood insurance protection across the U.S., supported by the multi-year reauthorisation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and growing interest for participation from insurers and reinsurers. Addressing the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs ... Read the full article
Trump’s budget proposes scrapping funding for NFIP flood maps
16th March 2017
President Donald Trump's first proposed budget includes a measure that would scrap all funding for the National Flood Insurance Program's Flood Hazard Mapping Program. The Flood Hazard Mapping Program sees the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) working to identify flood hazards, assess flood risks and work alongside states and communities to ... Read the full article
Flood risk privatisation back on the U.S. political agenda
13th March 2017
The Housing and Insurance Subcommittee met recently to discuss the state of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and potential reforms, including the opportunity for the private sector to develop an effective private flood risk insurance market. The development of a private flood risk insurance and reinsurance market in the U.S. ... Read the full article
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