BrightShore Insurance Company "BrightShore" has announced its launch in New Jersey, offering a solution to coastal homeowners ...

Practical advice for anyone facing the long process of navigating insurance claims after losing their home to wildfire.

FEMA was created in 1979 by an executive order by President Jimmy Carter. The federal agency has over 20,000 employees and is responsible for coordinating responses to disasters in the U.S ...

(The Center Square) – Julia Frank, president of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, talks about new state money spent helping residents fix homes after a flood in Berks ...

If kept as city laws, both of the clauses could put the city "out of compliance" with the NFIP, Woody said during a presentation at the Jan. 17 Council of Independent Business Owners meeting.

Since Hurricane Katrina, when the federal response was severely criticized, FEMA has been led by disaster management professionals who have run state or local emergency management agencies ...

Federal law prohibits FEMA from “duplicating” benefits you receive from another source, which include the crowdfunding site. Brandi Richard Thompson, a public affairs officer with FEMA ...

Criswell, the outgoing FEMA administrator, sits for an exit interview with ABC. Whether it is a hurricane, major tornado, wildfire or anything in between, disasters "don't discriminate" in where ...

“FEMA PAYOUTS: North Carolina Working Class Hurricane Survivors: $750,” reads text in the post. “California Millionaires with Disaster Insurance: $25,000." A logo in the upper lefthand ...

With so many people impacted by the massive and deadly Los Angeles area wildfires, some may be wondering what a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is and how it can help. After residents file a ...

However, victims have to be careful when using crowdsourcing to raise money because it could affect the money they can get from FEMA. More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged in ...

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) transferred $757.835 million of the NFIP’s financial risk to the private reinsurance market at its renewal for a total premium of $139.9 million, as ...