With Tennessee residents left reeling after a weekend of severe storms, tornadoes and now flooding, residents are getting assistance from the federal government, but are considering action against their local insurance agents.

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has forwarded a plan to extend the National Flood Insurance Program for five years to the full House.

A national insurance agents group is asking Congress to finally address a long-term solution to preserve the National Flood Insurance Program for the foreseeable future.

After 18 days in limbo, congressional leaders finally decided to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through the end of May.

The Independent Insurance Agents of Maryland will be offering six seminars on the National Flood Insurance Program this month.

An insurance education group and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are teaming up to create a new Associate in National Flood Insurance (ANFI) designation.

While the U.S. House and Senate agree that the National Flood Insurance Program should be extended, how to achieve that goal and for how long seem to be areas of disagreement in Washington, D.C.

With the backdrop of the devastation in Haiti fresh in people’s minds, New York insurance regulators are not ruling out a similar event in their own state, a key reason they say insurers should promote the opportunity to buy coverage for such a devastating occurrence.

The need for a long-term extension to the National Flood Insurance Program is something lurking “in the back of our minds,” says a Norfolk, Va.-based personal lines manager.