Homeowners worried the maps could result in higher insurance rates. Similar concerns have surfaced in California, said Karen ...

Failure to adopt the Rate Maps would suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, making access to insurance more difficult for Ithaca property owners, according to Lisa Nicholas.

This month, the Department of Insurance approved Allstate’s request to hike its home insurance rates by an average of 34.1% for its roughly 350,000 California customers. Within that average ...