My focus here is the flood zone designation of most of the commercial businesses district and many private residences in St. Regis. The designation will have a negative affect on property values.

U.S. states have set up insurers to provide protection in disaster-prone areas that private insurance has avoided. They are taking on more risks as calamities become widespread.

With the US government shutdown effectively paralyzing the National Flood Insurance Program, private firms such as Neptune Insurance Holdings are seizing the opportunity to push for the near-total ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — As the federal government shutdown stretches into its third week, Florida Realtors say ripple effects are starting to hit the state’s housing market. At a meeting of Central ...

ST. MARY PARISH — With the federal government shut down, questions continue to rise about what it means for homeowners who rely on FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The program, which ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) - FEMA is proposing new requirements for communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. The draft plan for Oregon shifts the NFIP’s focus to include ...

It's the middle of hurricane season, and meteorologists say we've been lucky so far. Of the nine named storms and three hurricanes that have formed this season, only one short-lived tropical storm has ...

(CNN) — Slower mortgage approvals, stalled rural home loans and a freeze on new flood insurance policies: The government shutdown, which began at midnight on October 1, could gum up some of the gears ...

The government shutdown that began this week furloughed thousands of federal workers, froze essential government functions across the nation — and also halted an essential part of Florida’s booming ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) — The National Flood Insurance Program has lapsed after Congress failed to reauthorize it by yesterday’s midnight deadline, cutting off coverage options for nearly half a ...

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 ...