One can get out of the flood insurance requirement if first-floor elevation is adequate, and the reason is good, such as "by reason of fill." ...

Consider requiring mortgage company and mortgage servicing providers to allow homeowners with a mortgage the option of carrying the flood insurance cost within their escrow accounts. Companies decline ...

Thanks to my fellow engineer Chad Stevens for his recent clarifications on East Baton Rouge floodplain fill requirements ... based on the federal National Flood Insurance Program, our parish ...

The recent letter, "Government should help with flood insurance fees," smacks of liberal ... Real estate agents should be required to offer this information to their clients.

"I've never had anything to do with a flood, never made a claim on my hazard insurance," she explained. That's why a letter she received ... non-flood zones could be required by their mortgage ...

As an insurance agent for almost 50 years and a chartered property and casualty underwriter, I suggest two remedies to address the flood insurance ... courses of action required to implement ...

A Newsday editorial stated that the National Flood Insurance Program should be left ... to allow for the study's completion. The legally required transition to true risk rates, which are quite ...

This hurricane season has given U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s fight to rein in flood insurance costs a new sense of urgency — not only for our state but for the nation. From small-business owners ...

I write to disagree with Rosina Paolini in her Nov. 30 letter to the editor ... climate change by significantly raising flood plain development requirements, in contrast with Ms. Paolini ...