Heartland’s friends at the National Wildlife Federation are filing a lawsuit to prevent expansion of the National Flood Insurance Program to cover environmentally sensitive wetlands near Washington State’s Puget Sound.
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With Flood Awareness Week upon us, consumers would be well-served to watch out for fraudsters passing off flood-damaged cars.
Rep. Norton’s bill points one possible way forward for a truly private market in terrorism risk insurance.
Claims to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association stemming from the September 2008 storm continue to pile up.
While the Florida reinsurance market shows signs of hardening, a new national auto insurance survey shows just how complicated rates can be.
It wasn’t a perfect session, but ultimately, advocates of insurance reform in Florida saw lawmakers pass two of the four major insurance bills before the Legislature.
Florida’s insurance system will be in better shape than it was last year, but the legislation passed during the just-completed 2012 session won’t fix deep underlying problems.
The Chardon murders provoke an understandable impulse to want to do something to avoid future tragedies. But it is best to look at approaches that produce results, for both citizens and taxpayers.
AIG has sold off a few more assets and posted big profits in 2011. But the U.S. Treasury continues to play politics in choosing the “right” moment to finally end the bailout.
In just over a decade, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s market share has tripled to include over half of the policies written in the Tier 1 coastal region of the state
