Insurance companies jockey for position over State Farm’s abandoned flood policies

The U.S. House of Representatives have passed reform legislation for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) despite distractions from numerous insurers. State Farm Insurance Company dropped out of the government program last year, leaving over 800,000 policies in the government’s hands.  The government’s NFIP covers more than 5.6 million property owners from common natural disasters as well as flooding. State Farm leaving the program marks the largest withdrawal from the program since it began in 1969.  FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) runs the government program. The policies are marketed, sold…

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