Flood Insurance
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My name is R.J. Lehmann and I am director of finance, insurance and trade policy at the R Street Institute. R Street is a think tank devoted to pragmatic free-market solutions to public policy…
From Talk 107.3:
On this segment Brian talks with Ray Lehmann, the co-founder of The R Street Institute about the topic of reforming the Federal Flood Policy and how that would affect our…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 25, 2020) – As East Texas and Western Louisiana prepare for the impact of Hurricane Laura, this year’s very active Atlantic storm season should be a wake-up call to Congress on…
From The Pete Kaliner Show:
Hurricane Isaias made landfall overnight in North Carolina. What better time to talk about the utterly broken National Flood Insurance Program? Plus, the shifting…
From WFLA Orlando:
On this edition of the Florida Roundtable Yaffee interviews insurance Expert R.J. Lehmann on why everyone in the state of Florida should get Flood insurance for their…
From NRDC:
NRDC also organized a letter of support for the legislation, which was signed by the Association of State Floodplain Managers, the Consumer Mortgage Coalition, the National Association…
WASHINGTON (July 9, 2010) – The growing fiscal burden of federal disaster spending—driven increasingly by climate change—compels lawmakers and policymakers to explore effective policies that…
From BestWire:
Trends from rising sea levels to outsized construction high-risk coastal zones are threatening the ability of the NFIP to maintain its flood insurance program, said R.J. Lehmann,…
WASHINGTON (May 21, 2020) – In light of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasting a 60 percent chance of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, Congress should…
From JD Supra:
Moreover, the National Flood Insurance Program may not be sustainable. From 2005 to 2018, the program paid $36 billion more than it charged in premiums.8
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