Top 10 Blogs of 2017

Posted by Devin Ward on Dec 27, 2017 3:33:19 PM

The holidays, less New Year's, are now behind us. We at the Risks of Hazard hope your holidays were filled with joy and warm receptions from family, friends, acquaintances, or at least an A/C unit. With 2018 around the corner, we want to say thanks for reading and take a look at our most popular blogs from the past year.

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Topics: Underwriting Profit, NFIP, Houston

Top 3 Blogs of Q4 2017

Posted by Ivan Maddox on Dec 19, 2017 4:11:48 PM

The Risks of Hazard is cruising into the holiday season like all blogs, by piggy-backing on old work. And there is no better way to recycle blogs than to do Top 3 lists! Without any ado at all, here are the top 3 blogs from the last three months.

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Insurance Protection Gap, NFIP

Hard or Soft? What’s in Store for Cat Rates?

Posted by Ivan Maddox on Nov 29, 2017 7:32:06 AM

Here we are at the end of November, with the HIM storms in the relatively distant past. By now, it should be clear if cat/flood rates would be hardening or not. Especially, one would think, with reinsurance renewals bearing down.

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Risk Scoring, NFIP

NFIP Reform Passes the House: What Insurers Need to Know

Posted by Devin Ward on Nov 21, 2017 2:57:06 PM

We have conglomerated some news highlights for you today, but first, Happy Thanksgiving!

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Insurance Protection Gap, NFIP

Who Wants to Keep Building In Floodplains? Builders!

Posted by Ivan Maddox on Oct 10, 2017 3:43:25 PM

With the NFIP’s reauthorization delayed until at least December, there remains a few months to read about potential changes to the program. One such change was described last week in Insurance Journal – the cancellation of NFIP coverage for new homes in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).

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Topics: Flood Modeling, NFIP, Government

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