Several U.S. senators, including Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, have requested the Biden administration to repeal Risk Rating 2.0, a flood insurance program that has seen skyrocketing premiums ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is dismissing recent reports that its acting administrator was unaware of hurricane season, calling David Richardson's widely circulated remark a "joke" ...

Even with the adoption of Risk Rating 2.0, the program remains grossly underfunded. Since 2005, the NFIP has averaged $2 billion in annual losses, and storms like Helene and Milton are expected to ...

He said some Louisiana residents spent thousands of dollars to elevate their homes. Before FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 went into effect, those homeowners saw lower flood insurance premiums.

or NFIP, which supplies flood insurance to the public and businesses through a network of insurance providers. The agency began implementing a rating standard known as Risk Rating 2.0 in October 2021, ...

FEMA announced its 2025 traditional reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), continuing its risk management practice against catastrophic flood losses. The agency has ...

NCAA President Charlie Baker claimed TV ratings for the NCAA ... ruling the plaintiffs’ request for an emergency delay "was not reasonable" and "would risk confusion and upend months of planning ...

(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) A Washington Post analysis shows how Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in areas devastated by Hurricane ...

The new standard “will allow us to enhance resilience in flood-prone communities by taking future flood risk into consideration when we rebuild structures post-disaster,” said FEMA ...

Risk Rating 2.0 was built to achieve greater equity through improved accuracy. FEMA Risk Rating 2.0 rates were not expected to dramatically change for most current policyholders. From 1996 to 2019 ...

Nevertheless FEMA accords all Hawaii’s islandwide counties “high” or “very high” tsunami risk ratings. On the West Coast, where the tsunami threat is much deadlier and nearer ...