H.R.3121 - Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008

To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program and to provide for such program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms and floods, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Short: Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Official: To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program and to provide for such program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms and floods, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 as introduced.

05/14/08
Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the Flood Insurance Reform ...

... Barack Obama today released the following statement on the Senate's passage of the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (HR 3121). ...

Source: All American Patriots (press release), Sweden
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05/05/08
Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Insurance Invites Trade-Offs ...

HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, would create a combined federal insurance program with coverage for both wind and flood ...

Source: Insurance Journal, CA
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04/21/08
Windstorm Coverage Widely Available, Federal Involvement Unnecessary

PCI asks the US Senate not to add wind insurance to the flood program (as proposed within HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act) because ...

Source: Insurance News Net (press release), PA
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01/16/08
Thomas A. Schatz: National flood insurance is about to get even ...

Rather than resolving that question, the House of Representatives made the program more complex and more expensive by approving HR 3121, which would use ...

Source: The Union Leader, NH
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10/17/07
PCI Supports Proposals in Senate TRIA, Flood Bills

... Insurance Program (NFIP) without adding wind coverage, a financially burdensome proposal included in the legislation that passed the House (HR 3121). ...

Source: Insurance News Net (press release), PA
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10/05/07
Illinois: Costello and Shimkus act on redrawing flood plain mapping

... of flood plain maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform & Modernization Act, sponsored by US Rep. ...

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States
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10/02/07
Cochran, Lott voice support for flood bill

Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, in the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, HR 3121, approved by the House Thursday: "We have got to come up ...

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA
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10/01/07
Legislative Update: Wind Damage Provision in Flood Insurance Overhaul

Helicopter Association International continues to closely monitor legislative activity in Congress concerning the flood insurance overhaul (HR 3121) passed ...

Source: Helicopter Association International, VA
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09/30/07
CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

Gene Taylor's Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act. "I support HR 3121." said Chaney." "Today, I am again calling on our delegation in Washington to ...

Source: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS
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09/30/07
Washington roll call: How Upstate legislators voted

27 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3121) to renew the National Flood Insurance Program and expand it by raising overall coverage limits and adding coverage for ...

Source: Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC
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09/29/07
Thomas Voting Reports

27 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3121) to renew the National Flood Insurance Program and expand it by raising overall coverage limits and adding coverage for ...

Source: News & Observer
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09/28/07
MAPPS Praises House Passage of FIRM Act

During House consideration of HR 3121, an amendment by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, was adopted by voice vote. ...

Source: GISuser.com (press release), MD
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09/27/07
PIA National Says Senate Should Remove Wind Coverage From Flood ...

28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) said a provision of a flood insurance reform bill (HR 3121) ...

Source: Earthtimes.org
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09/27/07
PCI Opposes Inclusion of Wind Coverage in Flood Bill

... language from HR 920, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act, within a larger flood reform bill, HR 3121, which passed the House of Representatives Thursday. ...

Source: Insurance News Net, PA
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09/27/07
Academy of Actuaries Opposes Wind Addition to National Flood ...

John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, Mathewson identified "several financial and other issues" that public policymakers should consider when assessing HR 3121. ...

Source: Earthtimes.org
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09/26/07
Realtors(R) Support Flood Insurance Reform Bill

The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, HR 3121, will help homeowners, renters and commercial property owners continue to protect ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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09/26/07
Pelosi: House Passes Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act ...

27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the House approved HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, by a vote of 263-146. ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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09/26/07
Realtors(R) Support Flood Insurance Reform Bill

The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, HR 3121, will help homeowners, renters and commercial property owners continue to protect ...

Source: Earthtimes.org
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09/26/07
Fixing Flood Insurance Before the Next Disaster: House Bill Takes ...

The House of Representatives is about to consider a bill, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act (HR 3121), that combines higher flood insurance ...

Source: Heritage.org, DC
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09/24/07
Insurance bill up for vote

By MARIA RECIO Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 Here are the key features of HR 3121: Increases the amount FEMA can raise policy rates ...

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA
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09/24/07
Federal help sought for coastal insurance problem

HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, which includes the text of Rep. Gene Taylor's Multiple Peril Insurance Act, is expected to be ...

Source: The Mississippi Press - gulflive.com, MS
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09/24/07
National Flood Insurance Program up for Vote

The legislation under consideration this week is HR 3121 Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007. This resolution extends the program for 5 ...

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
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08/13/07
Horror stories told

The Waters bill, HR 3121, is being hotly contested by the insurance industry, but was passed by the House Financial Services Committee on July 26. ...

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA
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08/04/07
New thinking on insurance

The bill, HR 3121, has been approved by the House Financial Services Committee and also could end disputes about whether hurricane damage was caused by wind ...

Source: St. Petersburg Times, FL
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07/26/07
NAMIC Criticizes Wind Coverage Inclusion in Otherwise Strong Flood ...

The legislation, HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, would increase the NFIP’s borrowing authority to enable it to pay those ...

Source: Insurance News Net, PA
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07/26/07
Insurers Balk as House Panel Votes to Add Wind Coverage to Flood ...

The measure approved by the House Financial Services Committee is HR 3121, the "Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007," which also includes ...

Source: Insurance Journal, CA
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