A bill introduced in the US Senate seeks to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through Dec. 31, 2026, ...

As a key government funding deadline of March 14 fast approaches, Republicans in the Senate are aiming to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), again putting the program’s ...

But even if a recommendation to take part in the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System doesn’t end up in the county plan’s five-year update, “it doesn’t mean you can ...

A scale of Class 1 (high) to Class 10 (low), the Community Rating System determines whether area residents are allowed a discount on the National Flood Insurance Program. For The Beach ...

The town's classification in FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS) has improved from Class 6 to Class 5, resulting in an additional 5% savings for policyholders and increasing the total discount ...

The conflict centers on FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS), designed to incentivize communities to exceed the minimum floodplain management practices by offering insurance premium discounts.

VENICE— The flood insurance discount Venice property owners will get rises to 25% on April 1, and that's no joke. As of that date, the city will move into Class 5 in the Community Rating System ...