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Natural Disaster Policy Should Not Incentivize Risky Behavior, NAMIC Tells Congress (7/2/2009)

North Carolina: House Committee Debates Beach Plan Reform (6/30/2009)

Colorado State University Hurricane Forecast Team Lowers Forecast, Now Anticipates Slightly Below-Average Season in 2009 (6/3/2009)

Louisiana: House Bills Garner Senate Committee Approval (6/2/2009)

Reauthorization of NFIP May Come Sooner Than Expected (5/12/2009)

Colorado State University Releases Updated 2009 Hurricane Forecast (4/8/2009)

Florida: Coastal Proposals Out in Open for Debate (4/7/2009)

Alabama: Coastal Bills Moving (4/7/2009)

Florida: CFO Sink, Insurance Commissioner McCarty List Different Priorities (3/17/2009)

Congress Temporarily Extends Flood Program (3/17/2009)

Rhode Island: NAMIC Opposes Additional Restriction on Insurers’ Use of Hurricane Deductibles (3/17/2009)

NOAA Report Uncovers Why Some People Don’t Heed Severe Weather Warnings (3/9/2009)

Multiple Peril Insurance Act Redux (2/24/2009)

North Carolina: Beach Plan Committee Issues Final Report (1/27/2009)

Report: Insurers to Pay $25.2 Billion in 2008 Catastrophe Claims (1/20/2009)

The 1938 Great New England Hurricane: Looking to the Past to Understand Today’s Risk (1/9/2009)

North Carolina: ‘Beach Plan’ Committee Meetings: Six Down, One to Go (1/6/2009)

Report: Catastrophe Losses in 2007 Impacted by High Losses from Flood and Storm Damage in Europe (12/27/2008)

Vote on Catastrophe Insurance White Paper is Late Addition to NAIC Meeting Agenda (12/2/2008)

North Carolina Mutual Insurance Companies at Risk Unless Beach Plan is Reformed, NAMIC Tells Coastal Insurance Study Committee (11/18/2008)

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Key Issues

Building Codes

Flood Insurance

Natural Disasters

Issue Briefs

NAMIC Statement of Principles on Natural Disasters (Issued June 26, 2006)

In the Presence of Disaster Insurance Impacts and Issues (Ole Miss Insurance Symposium, University of Mississippi, April 18-19, 2006)

Decisions by Florida Lawmakers on No-Fault, Property Insurance Reforms Likely to Have National Public Policy Implications (Published: 3/3/2006)

Compulsory 'All-Perils' Coverage Would Worsen Disaster Insurance Problems (Published: 1/31/2006)

Property/Casualty Insurance: Providing the Foundation of Economic Recovery (Published: 10/12/2005)

Insuring the Uninsurable: Private Insurance Markets and Government Intervention in Cases of Extreme Risk (Published: 6/21/2005)

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Resources

Guidance/Codes of conduct for relief efforts and/or contributions

Texas Hurricane Ike resource center

Institute for Business & Home Safety's DisasterSafety.org

When Disaster Strikes...Donations Are Needed: How You Can Help

Tips and Resources: Questions to Ask

American Red Cross

InterAction Home Page

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Storm tools for journalists

Links to organizations that evaluate relief organizations

Guidestar

Charity Navigator

Tax implications of charitable giving

Charity Navigator

Information about other organizations involved in disaster relief

National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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