Your home is the most important — and most expensive — thing you own. Unfortunately, many costly perils, like floods, threaten your investment. In fact, an inch of floodwater can cause as much as ...

Over the past 20 years, 99% of U.S. counties have experienced a flood event, according to the National Flood Insurance Program by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. While floods can be bigger ...

A new ad criticizes Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen of New York for a lapse in national flood insurance due to the government shutdown. The ad, funded by the National Republican ...

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which insures nearly 5 million properties across the U.S., has officially lapsed following the government shutdown. As of midnight on Sept. 30, FEMA can no ...

As Congress negotiates a short-term deal to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1, homeowners might not be thinking about their flood insurance. But most flood insurance policies ...

As the water recedes another crisis is emerging: a lack of flood insurance. Only seven percent of Texas homeowners have ...

A restaurant owner shares the overwhelming process of filing flood insurance claims after recent storm damage.