Insurance

While lawmakers appear eager to help develop private flood insurance as an alternative to the federal program, some are worried that private policies won't help support flood mapping and the enforcement of flood codes.

The House passed a bill Thursday making it easier to obtain private flood insurance policies, but moments later the Senate took a pass on the legislation.

The Key West City Commission held tight to its majority’s desire not to raise taxes, particularly after the island was battered by Hurricane Irma.

The parts of the U.S. most at risk of natural disasters are also the places where property values are highest and increasing most quickly.

Central Florida’s recovery process began this week with elected property appraisers in Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola counties beginning to tally damage estimates that help determine federal aid efforts.

Strong winds from the remains of Hurricane Irma left more than 270,000 Carolinians without power on Monday and were expected to batter the Charlotte region until early Tuesday.

The first day of the week offered Miami and all of Florida relief after facing what could have been a cataclysm.

Hurricane Irma spilled storm waters into some of South Florida’s most valuable coastal real estate Sunday, flooding portions of Old Town in Key West, Miami’s financial district in Brickell, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Boulevard.

The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act was created after 9/11 to serve as a crucial federal backstop for commercial real estate insurers, but an analysis of alternatives to fund the program reveals the continued challenges of measuring and predicting terror risk.

Just a week after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, Irma Jalifi was doing something that might sound crazy: closing on a home.