Louisiana officials and federal lawmakers are warning that a lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program could freeze real estate sales, disrupt renewals for hundreds of thousands of policyholders, ...

If the government shuts down as expected on Wednesday, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will no longer be able to issue new policies or renewals, which could cause headaches for homeowners ...

Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in ...

The National Flood Insurance Program's authorization expired due to a government funding standoff. Existing policyholders are still covered, but new policies and some renewals are not a given. The ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - For those trying to buy a home located in a flood zone, they’ll need flood insurance to get a mortgage. A policy from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is usually the ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) issued the following statement following Senate approval of a 60-day extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in conjunction with an agreement ...

Robin Bates isn’t quite sure what the future looks like. On Wednesday, she watched volunteers use chainsaws to break up debris from recent flooding. They carried away a car tire. They loaded ...

The government flood insurance program stopped renewing its 4.6 million policies after Congress let the authorization lapse Sept. 30. Neptune Insurance Holdings CEO Trevor Burgess recently joined a ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. The National Flood Insurance Program office at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is closed. Monique Bennema wades into the water last week as she prepares ...