National Flood Insurance Program

According to our sources, an early estimate of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) losses from hurricane Ida suggests that its reinsurance program and catastrophe bonds are less likely to face any impact from the catastrophic event.

A hurricane Ida industry loss estimate update from RMS has put the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) reinsurance counterparties and catastrophe bond investors on-watch for potential losses, as the estimate suggests the traditional reinsurance component at-least is likely to attach and face losses.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is back in the reinsurance market, beginning the process towards a January 2022 renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) traditional reinsurance program, alongside which is expected to be a new catastrophe bond as well.

A bill has been reintroduced to the United States Congress that again calls on lawmakers to codify that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as the administrator of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), sets a PML target each year and buys reinsurance and capital market risk transfer solutions accordingly.

Florida is set to experience some of the steepest increases in rates and pricing of flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) after the release of FEMA’s new Risk Rating 2.0 system comes into effect over the next year.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has explained the structure of its $1.153 billion National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) traditional reinsurance renewal for 2021.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renewed the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) traditional reinsurance program at the January renewals, opting for a downsized $1.153 billion of coverage, but from an expanded panel of reinsurers.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is back in the reinsurance market and seeking expressions of interest to participate in a January 2021 renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) traditional reinsurance program.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has now completed its traditional flood reinsurance program renewal, securing $1.33 billion of limit to cover the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for 2020.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is expecting to secure orders and authorisations for a January 2020 renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) traditional reinsurance program in the coming days.