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

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

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner to “quickly pass” legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.

The U.S. House passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program, the first step in restoring the program, which expired May 31.

Unable to reach consensus on either a short- or long-term extension on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), legislators in Washington, D.C., will let the federal program lapse as of the first day of the hurricane season.

The U.S. House of Representatives is taking a proactive step to approve another short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rather than let it expire, as it has done twice in recent months.

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 long-term solution to the National Flood Insurance Program will have to wait until 2010, after the latest extension by Congress.

Calling its extension “a temporary fix,” the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America is nonetheless commending the House for voting to extend the National Flood Insurance Program.

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Congress is weighing another extension to the National Flood Insurance Program, which is set to expire Sept. 30.

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U.S. House Financial Services Housing Subcommittee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) …  Read →