A national group is urging President Barack Obama to push Congress to make “meaningful reform” to the National Flood Insurance Program when he gives his State of the Union Address.

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The National Flood Insurance Program has received another temporary extension, this time through May 31, 2012, meaning its future will remain in question for another year.

The U.S. Senate unanimously extended the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through May 31, 2012, and the House of Representatives passed a bill reforming and extending it for five years the NFIP.

President Barack Obama is expected to soon sign yet another short-term extension to the National Flood Insurance Program.

Legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to Nov. 18 passed today (Oct. 4), just days after the federal program, nearing expiration, was extended for a week.

President Barack Obama supports reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by eliminating the premium subsidy for certain properties, an act that would help to save about $4.2 billion in the next decade.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee approved a five-year extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, which is set to expire Sept. 30.

Four Rhode Island people, including an unlicensed insurance adjuster, pleaded guilty to conspiring to collect an insurance claim on an uninsured home with flood damage.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.