The grace period for National Flood Insurance Premiums (NFIP) has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see FEMA's WYO bulletin (W-20002) for details.
FEMA Extends Grace Period for Flood Insurance Renewal Premiums due to COVID-19
Meet FEMA Floodplain Management Specialist, Serena Cheung
Serena Cheung is a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) team member of the Mitigation Division’s Floodplain Management and Insurance Branch at FEMA Region IX in Oakland, CA. As a Floodplain Management Specialist, she works to support communities participating in the NFIP in order to reduce flood risk and future flood damages. Her territory assignment includes... Continue Reading →
FEMA Continues its Reinsurance Program to Manage Flood Risk
Continuing its risk management practice against future catastrophic flood losses, FEMA announced its 2020 traditional reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Reinsurance is a financial risk management tool used by private insurance companies and public entities to protect themselves from large financial losses. If a qualifying catastrophic flood event occurs, the reinsurance... Continue Reading →
How Flood Insurance and Endangered Species Are Connected
"the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been the target of multiple lawsuits alleging that the agency has violated the Endangered Species Act"
CRS Improvements Result In Big Savings
Residents and businesses on the Big Island will be paying less for flood insurance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Hawaii County has earned a Class 7 community rating from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as of October 1, 2019. As a result, current and new policyholders save 15 percent on the... Continue Reading →
What are the Differences Between Various Flood Maps for Hawaii?
Flood Insurance Rate Maps, or FIRMs, are hazard maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the National Flood Insurance Program. They show zones of high flood hazard (for example, Zones AE, AO and VE as seen below for Waikiki) as well as medium, low and unknown flood hazard areas. Flood Insurance... Continue Reading →
Kokua Line Series: Analyzing Oahu flood risk could lower cost of insurance
By Christine Donnelly, Star Advertiser https://twitter.com/HawaiiFloodPlan/status/1141135620883922946
Waimea and Hanapepe Open Houses; Questions On Preliminary Flood Maps Answered
Editorial By: Eric Simmons, FEMA RIX Kauai County, DLNR and FEMA held two open houses to help homeowners and community members understand how they are affected by proposed flood zone changes. The public meetings on May 21 and 22 were well attended with a lot of interest on the preliminary flood maps. As approximately 400... Continue Reading →
Reminder: Meetings in West Kauai regarding FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map Changes
About a month ago we posted about two important public informational meeting regarding the de-accreditation of the Hanapepe and Waimea Rivers that were being planned for Kauai property and business owners. Well we hope that you have already put it in your calendar, if not, this is just a reminder that the two informational meetings... Continue Reading →