Insurance experts are urging Florida homeowners and renters to secure flood insurance before storms develop, warning that waiting periods can leave properties unprotected.

Despite a ‘rain bomb’ that flooded this home in the Edgewood neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale in April 2023, property values there have largely rebounded in the months since. Matias J. Ocner ...

STUART, Fla. — As Florida continues to face increasing flood threats from recent storms, many homeowners are still choosing to forgo flood insurance, potentially leaving themselves vulnerable to ...

Flood insurance is a separate policy that covers storm surges, rising water, and ground flooding damage that your regular Florida home policy will not pay for. It is one of the few safeguards standing ...

A federal report recommends privatizing the National Flood Insurance Program, currently managed by FEMA. Florida has the most federal flood insurance policies in the nation, covering an estimated ...

In spite of rising costs, Floridians aren’t ditching their flood insurance policies, a new study found. But the rest of the nation is dropping flood policies at a rate that could endanger the federal ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — The federal government shutdown is causing ripple effects across Florida, and one of the biggest impacts is flood insurance. Flood zones are constantly changing in ...

It’s bad news for the program, which is in $22 billion of debt, plus faces rising costs to insure flood prone homes as climate change raises sea levels and intensifies rainstorms. A for sale sign ...