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Study finds Floridians are underpaying for flood insurance Follow Us Question of the Day A man smokes a cigarette and video chats with a friend on his porch, the only dry spot on his street after a King Tide-related flood in Miami Beach, Fla., on Oct. 19, 2020. A new analysis by First Street ... more > By ALEX HARRIS and The Miami Herald - Associated Press - Saturday, March 13, 2021 MIAMI (AP) - If you live in Florida, you should probably be paying more for flood insurance. And you li...

PORTSMOUTH — Around the turn of the millennium, Glenn Normandeau assumed ownership of his family’s longtime property, 15 Pickering Ave., and with it took control of the property’s flood insurance plan. The annual premium paid, Normandeau estimated, is about $500 — a benefit that’s been largely underutilized due to few bouts of impactful flooding at his house. “We’ve never had, knock on wood, thank God, one of these devastation deals where the water is six feet high in the house or anything like that,” he said. “The damages that have happened are mostly sort of a mop-up opt...

The national program that most of us get our flood insurance through is going to see major changes starting this October.

Study says FEMA flood insurance rates could increase for thousands of homeowners Some insurance experts estimate it could translate into a 400% increase in premiums on homes in the highest risk areas. Author: Troy Kless (First Coast News) Published: 7:45 PM EST February 24, 2021 Updated: 12:34 PM EST February 25, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A new flood risk rating system could mean the price of protecting your home could soon become much more expensive. The National Flood Insurance Program covers more than 5 million homeowners across the country...

Climate change could place 25,000 more Pennsylvania properties at flooding risk, says new study PennLive.com 2/23/2021 Marcus Schneck, pennlive.com An additional 25,122 Pennsylvania properties will be at risk of flooding by 2051 because of climate change, according to new research from First Street Foundation. A report released on Monday – The Cost of Climate: America’s Growing Floor Risk – projected that the number of properties in Pennsylvania at risk of flooding will grow from about 732,736 today to 757,858 in 30 years. The report was developed as the Federal Emerge...