Losses are increasingly hitting lower-risk areas where insurance take-up can be weakest and client awareness lowest, says ...

Only 2.4% of U.S. properties have federal flood insurance, despite 8.4% facing severe or extreme risk — a coverage gap ...

These 10 communities have the highest number of properties that were newly mapped into a high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area.

The nation’s flood insurance program struggles to balance affordability, flood protection and cost to taxpayers, leaving ...

New changes to FEMA’s flood maps means that thousands more residential properties are now located within the high-risk ...

It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town of Hilton Head’s floodplain manager, gets almost every day: A Hilton Head resident wants to know if they should drop their flood insurance. The town adopted ...

Properties at severe risk outnumber federal flood policies more than three to one, and the gap is widest in poorer inland ...

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ...

Congress prevented NFIP to lapse before a “Godzilla” El Niño hits the country. But the program is in dire need of being ...

Jennifer Campbell was among the survivors of the July 2022 flood in eastern Kentucky. The disaster underscores a national ...

A truck barrels through flooded Old Bridge Drive on Aug. 6, 2024, at The Farm in Bluffton, S.C. after Tropical Storm Debby came through the overnight hours. It’s a call that Shari Mendrick, the town ...