The letter claims the flood insurance premium pricing change has made the product unaffordable, resulting in a large drop off ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Several U.S. senators, including Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, are asking for the Biden’s Risk Rating 2.0 to be repealed due to wanting more transparent flood risk assessment ...
Risk Rating 2.0 was built to achieve greater equity through improved accuracy. FEMA Risk Rating 2.0 rates were not expected to dramatically change for most current policyholders. From 1996 to 2019, 99 ...
A New Orleans federal judge will decide whether the formula that is the basis for Louisiana’s flood insurance prices can stay withheld from the public. FEMA’s new flood insurance program, known as ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Rather than go by flood zones like in the past, Risk Rating 2.0 assesses your individual property instead. FEMA says flood frequency, storm surge, rainfall, and coastal ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hurricane season begins June 1. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana stood on the Senate floor with charts to argue that FEMA’s method for determining flood insurance premiums must end.
Sens. John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy urge the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop Risk Rating 2.0 while seeking transparency into how flood insurance rates are set.
The following information was released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF): Across the United States, climate change is driving more intense and frequent flooding, putting millions of homes and ...
Flooding can happen to anyone. “All 50 states have experienced significant flooding,” said Ileana Ledet, senior vice president of Policy at Greater New Orleans Inc. Recently the Federal Emergency ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Sens.
RACELAND, La (WGNO) — Several Southeast Louisiana parishes, including Lafourche and Terrebonne, have filed a lawsuit against FEMA requesting more transparency about Risk Rating 2.0. Risk Rating 2.0 ...
Lawmakers sent a formal letter asking for answers from FEMA on the inner workings of Risk Rating 2.0, a new measurement system that determines the flood risk of a home on an individual basis. House ...