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Florida urged to improve building standards as Fema cuts flood subsidies
04 April 2024State currently has highest insurance rates in US, nearly double second-placed Louisiana
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NFIP has entered "actuarial death spiral", made flood insurance impossible to afford
26 January 2024Senators press for reform of government flood programme which now has over $20bn of debt
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Fema's Risk Rating 2.0 comes under further political scrutiny
21 September 2023US government agency has until Monday to deliver documents on embattled flood model
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NFIP suffered biggest ever flood loss from hurricane Ian
14 November 2022Private flood insurance market rose 42% in 2021, AM Best finds
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Fema defends Risk Rating 2.0 flood model from criticism
25 November 2021But new model does not look to future climate change predictions
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Risk Rating 2.0 "causing havoc" for US flood insurance
02 November 2021Senator Bill Cassidy accuses NFIP's new flood insurance model of raising rates
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White House report highlights NFIP vulnerability to climate change
15 October 2021Fema is looking to revamp flood standards to account for worsening effects of climate change
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US state regulators accused of hampering private flood insurance
12 August 2021Milliman says the vast majority of flood risk in US is uninsured as climate change impact grows
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Fema delays flood model to 2021 after Congress pushback
11 November 2019Fear of hike in US flood insurance rates sees delay until after Presidential election
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US flood insurance: new model, new hope?
04 April 2019The federal flood insurance system has been setting milestones in mismanagement since it was introduced in 1968. Will a new risk model and other guidance improve the situation, and allow private insurers to participate? Sarfraz Thind reports
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