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10 States Suing FEMA Over High Flood Insurance Premium Increases

Louisiana is leading a coalition of 10 states suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security over increasing flood insurance rates. The other nine states are the PIA Western Alliance states of  Montana and Idaho, and Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The suit was filed …

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FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 Kicks into High Gear — More Controversy Coming

People are angry. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has put its flood insurance reforming Risk Rating 2.0 into effect. The idea behind the reforms is to make flood insurance rates through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) actuarily sound. It will take a decade to complete and increases are phased in over time until …

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