Many of the nation’s disaster organizations are exposed to perilous financial risks at the start of hurricane season, jeopardizing efforts across much of the U.S. to recover from catastrophes.

Ten states and dozens of municipalities are suing the Biden administration over rate hikes in the National Flood Insurance Program. That program offers coverage in high-risk flood areas and is administered by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

For nearly a decade, Denise Hancock always turned to a broker to find competitively priced home insurance. So when her insurer, United Property and Casualty, went under earlier this year, Hancock appealed to her longtime agent.

Houston law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates has been accused of a litany of questionable, and potentially illegal, practices in recent months. Now, a group of former employees of an estimating company say their former employers likely conspired with the firm to hike up the value of Hurricane Ida claims by exaggerating damages.

In an emergency financial maneuver, the state-chartered insurance associations of Florida and Louisiana have been forced to borrow a combined $1.3 billion to cover insurance claims caused by worsening hurricanes.

The Louisiana House approved a bill Thursday that would let insurance firms set their own rates without approval from the state’s insurance commissioner -- one of several controversial insurance proposals on deck as lawmakers try to mend the state’s fractured marketplace.

Data released Tuesday from the tort reform group Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch says excessive civil court costs led to the loss of nearly 50,000 jobs in Louisiana and $3 billion in personal income losses.

Louisiana’s Insurance Commissioner has imposed a fine of $2 million on Texas law firm McLenny Moseley & Associates (MMA) and its associated partners for hurricane-related insurance fraud.

The Gulf Coast insurance crisis has hit a new low as two state-chartered insurance associations are being forced to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for the first time in three decades to pay the hurricane claims of insolvent insurers.

St. Charles Parish in Louisiana has sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over the new Flood Risk Rating 2.0 that went into effect in October 2021.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently announced at a congressional hearing that the new federal system for setting flood insurance premiums, Risk Rating 2.0, requires more adjustments than anticipated.

In Louisiana, 20 percent of fatal car crashes involve a distracted driver, according to a Forbes Advisor team. These fatal accidents usually occur when a driver is distracted by someone riding in the passenger seat, using a phone, or visual or manual distractions.

Hurricane forecasting and warning systems have greatly improved in recent years, providing residents with valuable time to plan, but preparedness remains paramount in south Louisiana as another tropical storm season approaches, federal and state officials said at the start of a national conference in New Orleans on Monday.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon on Tuesday (April 4) unveiled a package of proposed new laws he wants the legislature to approve during the upcoming legislative session.

State Sen. Kirk Talbot on Monday outlined several solutions the Legislature will consider this session to mend Louisiana’s battered property insurance market, including changes to some restrictions that he said have soured insurers on the state.