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PIA President Page Meets With Former FEMA Director James Lee Witt
(5/14/2008)
PIA National President Robert Page along with Bill McGraw, Co-chair of the PIA National Natural Catastrophe Working Group, met on May 12 with James Lee Witt, former Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)... Full Story
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Federal Rulings On Payouts Are in Conflict
(3/27/2008)
Although federal judges in New Orleans have ruled that the amount of money Hurricane Katrina victims can recover from their homeowners insurance policies is limited by the amount received from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), federal judges in Lake Charles, Louisiana have ruled that Hurricane Rita victims can potentially collect the full value of both flood and wind policies... Full Story
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New York Vulnerable To Rare ‘Northern Hurricanes’
(3/27/2008)
Delegates at the World Insurance Forum in Dubai were told that New York City and its surrounding area are highly vulnerable to a rare form of hurricane known as a “northern hurricane.”... Full Story
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PIA President Robert Page Speaks on Nat Cat During NCOIL Panel
(3/12/2008)
PIA National President Robert Page participated on an NCOIL panel entitled “Protecting the Home: Government Solutions Versus Personal Responsibility.” ... Full Story
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GOP Presidential Candidates Make Nat Cat Backstop a Florida Primary Issue
(1/29/2008)
Two of the candidates for president in this week’s Florida primary say they support some form of national insurance backstop that would respond to natural disasters... Full Story
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Men and Women View Disaster Preparedness Differently
(1/22/2008)
Men and women tend to see many things differently. Now, a new survey shows one of those differences is how they view disaster preparedness... Full Story
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Decision on Louisiana’s “Valued Policy” Law Appealed to Supreme Court
(11/27/2007)
Plaintiff attorneys in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out an August decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals involving the state’s valued policy law that favored insurance companies... Full Story
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House Approves Creation of a Federal Disaster Insurance Program
(11/20/2007)
On November 8 the House approved legislation requiring the federal government to lend billions of dollars to states to help pay for the damages to homes and businesses that result from natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires... Full Story
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