This has been a sad few weeks for residents of our nation's Heartland as flooding has caused the failure of numerous levees along the Mississippi River creating untold damage, destruction and loss of life. Many residents no doubt also have received some additional bad news - the destruction of their home by flooding is not covered by their standard homeowners insurance policy. ...more

July 13, 2008

One of the nation's largest insurance companies is lobbying Congress for permission to sell policies that cover damage from both wind and floodwater, a plan billed as a way for insurers and homeowners to avoid costly litigation after disasters like Hurricane Katrina. ...more

June 26, 2008

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is lobbying Congress for permission to allow insurance companies to include flood coverage in homeowner policies. The vast majority of flood insurance policies are currently sold by insurers but subsidized by the National Flood Insurance Program. ...more

June 26, 2008

Change isn't blowing in the wind for homeowner insurance changes that local leaders wanted made before the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season opens tomorrow. ...more

May 31, 2008

Hurricane season is upon us, and we should all hope for a year like the last two. ...more

May 31, 2008

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. ...more

May 8, 2008

Change might be blowing in the wind for insurance coverage for hurricanes and other natural disasters, Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano thinks. Mariano has been pushing hard for a nationwide fund for catastrophic insurance. Various proposals have been floating around for the past 12 years. ...more

February 23, 2008

In a perfect world, residents along Pasco County's vulnerable west coast would pack up their things and move inland. Their homes would be leveled, and the land would be turned into public parks. ...more

February 20, 2008

The worst catastrophe since a series of hurricanes hit Florida in 2004 is sharply higher homeowner insurance rates, some county, state and federal leaders argue. Backers of a National Catastrophic Insurance Fund believe the time has come for the self-insurance concept for states to supplement the private market. ...more

November 21, 2007

Regarding 'Canceled Coastal Insurance Policies Argue For National Disaster Fund' (Our Opinion< oct. 20): ...more

October 27, 2007