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Flood Insurance

Billions and billions lost

Flood Insurance

Private Flood Insurers Chastised for Not Insuring Houses Likely To Be Flooded

It's simple: You should not build your house in places where you can't get private flood insurance.

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2019 2:55 PM

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Natural Disasters

California Follows the Disastrous Flood Insurance Path to Fire Insurance Fiasco

If market-rate wildfire insurance is too expensive for homeowners, maybe that's telling us something about the risks of living amidst pretty tinder.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.5.2019 11:30 AM

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Hurricanes

Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes More Destructive?

Not yet in the United States, new studies suggest

Ronald Bailey | 1.17.2019 10:20 AM

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Flood Insurance

Senate Votes to Extend Federal Flood Insurance Funding

It's a regressive, debt-ridden program that transfers wealth from regular Americans to the rich.

Nikhil Sridhar | 8.3.2018 2:05 PM

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Congress

How the National Flood Insurance Program Wastes Taxpayer Dollars

An expensive tutorial on the perils of government interaction.

Steve Chapman | 7.23.2018 12:01 AM

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Hurricanes

Stop Encouraging People to Live in Dangerous Places

Who will have the courage in the face of tragedy to change the government's disastrous policies?

Matt Welch | 9.18.2017 10:05 AM

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Hurricanes

Hurricane Harvey and Climate Change

Extreme weather events attribution science yields murky results

Ronald Bailey | 8.29.2017 2:15 PM

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Flood Insurance

Hurricane Harvey and the National Flood Insurance Fiasco

Don't build in flood plains, and especially don't rebuild in flood plains

Ronald Bailey | 8.28.2017 4:59 PM

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Louisiana

Rebuilding After Louisiana Floods Will Require Government Permission Slips

And new federal regulations could add to the cost of rebuilding or force some residents to abandon their homes.

Eric Boehm | 8.24.2016 4:50 PM

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Environmentalism

How the Government Subsidizes Unsustainable Development

'The rest of us are assuming all of the risks.'

Jesse Walker | 1.15.2015 3:08 PM

Flood Insurance

Senate Passes Bill Delaying Flood Insurance Hikes

Why should costs be connected to risks?

Reason Staff | 1.30.2014 6:45 PM

Flood Insurance

Since They "Built Where the Government Told Them," They Demand Government Flood Insurance Subsidies Be Restored

Ronald Bailey | 1.30.2014 2:21 PM

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Insurance

Troubled Waters

Flood insurance washes out

Brian Doherty | 12.31.2013 7:00 AM

Flood Insurance

More Flood Insurance Follies in Congress

Ronald Bailey | 7.17.2013 10:56 AM

Flood Insurance

Feds Subsidize Rebuilding on Risky Coastlines

Cost of risk externalized for builders

Reason Staff | 6.20.2013 8:04 AM

Flood Insurance

Mother Jones Warns Global Warming Will Boost National Flood Insurance Premiums—Misses Point

Ronald Bailey | 6.14.2013 4:52 PM

Superstorm Sandy

New York Times Correctly Denounces Post-Sandy Fed Bailout of Churches, Synagogues, and Mosques

Ronald Bailey | 3.5.2013 2:03 PM

Superstorm Sandy

35,000 NYC Properties Added to Flood Maps

Will affect insurance rates, zoning rules

Reason Staff | 1.28.2013 2:08 PM

Flood Insurance

Sierra Club Says National Flood Insurance Is Totally "Wack"

Ronald Bailey | 11.29.2012 12:20 PM

Flood Insurance

National Flood Insurance is Insane

Ronald Bailey | 11.29.2012 10:10 AM

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