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1:   (FLOODING) Rush To Flood Insurance Continuation : Unless Congress extends the National Flood Insurance Program by May 31, the hurricane season will begin a day later and consumers will not be able to buy or renew polices or increase their coverage. 04/23/2010 11:58 AM

2:   Flood Insurance Reprieve : In a move to keep talks alive on revamping the National Flood Insurance Program. Congress approves an extension of the program until Sept. 30, the end of the present federal spending year. 03/13/2009 1:04 PM

3:   State Farm Nixes Home Insurance : Contending that insuring residential property is too costly without a rate hike, State Farm Insurance of Florida quits writing home insurance policies. The insurer has been refused an average 47.1% rate increase by the state 01/27/2009 4:13 PM

4:   Flood Insurance Back On Front Burner : After languishing in the Senate Banking Committee since October, a proposal to reform the federal flood insurance program is bank on track, for the time being.Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) says he's determined to push the Senate version ... 01/25/2008 11:55 AM

5:   Title Insurance Reform Thwarted : Gov. Bill Richardson (D), fresh from his quest for the presidency, refuses to allow the legislature to consider reform of the title 01/25/2008 11:51 AM

6:   Terrorism Insurance Extension Now Law : After months of dickering and a threatened veto, President Bush got the terrorism insurance backstop 01/04/2008 1:10 PM

7:   Bush Mulls Terror Insurance Extension : With less than two weeks to go before the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) 12/21/2007 4:14 PM

8:   Insurer Sued For Religious Bias : Ohio: Two fair housing groups sue an Iowa-based insurer to bar it from marketing special deals to Christians. 12/07/2007 4:37 PM

9:   First American Settles With HUD : HUD and Florida state officials reach a financial settlement with the First American Title Insurance Company in a lawsuit over whether the company violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). 12/07/2007 4:34 PM

10:   Terror Insurance Extension Lingers : Having rejected the Senate's version of terrorism risk insurance, S 2285, House lawmakers return to the table trying to incorporate some of the Senate changes into HR 2761, approved earlier this year. 12/07/2007 4:30 PM

 

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