WASHINGTON- Flood risk is a losing bet for most insurance carriers because, when a big storm hits, damage can be extraordinarily costly and concentrated. The program is heavily in debt; it is $22 ...

For half a century, a federal program has covered most at-risk properties. Now, a private company is pitching a plan to ...

December 2025 was marked by catastrophic flooding across Western Washington. Highways crumbled, levees failed, and homes were ...

Learn how crop-hail insurance protects farmers against hail and fire damage, and discover its benefits compared to ...

Flooding and mudslides pose unique challenges for homeowners when it comes to insurance. Many find out they are either ...

The Path Forward Recovery efforts in Washington underscore the need for alignment between NFIP's mandate framework and FEMA's modernized risk assessment model. Updating mortgage requirements to ...

FEMA approved the city to join its Community Rating System, a program that rewards municipalities that take steps to reduce flood risk.

Historic floods that tore through Western Washington last month have exposed a gap in state law that left many of the region’s most vulnerable people unprepared for disaster and financially devastated ...

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We don't have numbers yet on how many Washington homes and businesses have experienced flooding. Emergency officials say it's too early to even guess until flood waters recede. But for people starting ...

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to ...