Many insurance agents are taking the opportunity to remind their customers about the importance of being prepared for flood ...

Homeowners insurance policies typically do not cover flash floods like those in Texas and North Carolina. Here’s what to know ...

Even a small amount of water inside a home can cause costly damage. Here’s how to assess your flood risk and what to do if ...

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if ...

Many insurance agents are taking the opportunity to remind their customers about the importance of being prepared for flood situations.

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...

Did you know that most homeowners’ insurance policies leave a wide opening for supplemental policies covering damage from ...

The disappointing surprise is that while the standard home insurance policy does cover fire and wind damage, even good ...

Only about half of the homeowners potentially impacted by floods in Kerr County were in FEMA's flood zones, and even fewer ...

FEMA adds 180 Richmond sites to high-risk flood zones in updated maps, potentially requiring more homeowners to purchase ...

Lowest floor elevation: This is the part of the elevation certificate that shows how high your home's lowest floor is above the average level of flood waters in your area, called the base flood ...

Flood insurance should not be seen as important only for property owners near the ocean, ... A third of federal flood insurance claims made from 2013 to 2023 came from areas that weren’t ...