Next In, First Out: NIFO Valuation Explained, with Example

Discover NIFO, a unique inventory valuation method based on replacement cost instead of original cost, its working mechanism, ...
Opinion
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Why Washington's Flood Disaster Proves NFIP Needs a New Approach

The Path Forward Recovery efforts in Washington underscore the need for alignment between NFIP's mandate framework and FEMA's modernized risk assessment model. Updating mortgage requirements to ...
CNN

FEMA planning exercise envisioned deep workforce cuts, adding to uncertainty around agency’s future

Federal Emergency Management Agency leaders were told to prepare for a possible gutting of their workforce — by as much as half — in the coming months, according to an internal email sent to top FEMA ...
UPI

Judge halts FEMA rule tying disaster funds to deportation data

Dec. 23 (UPI) --A judge in Oregon ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot require states to account for how deportations have affected their populations in order to receive emergency or ...
Orange County Register

Poorer Americans dropped federal flood insurance when rates rose

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to ...
Miami Herald

Flood insurance costs are rising. Florida keeps paying, other states drop it

A for sale sign posted in a flooded area of Holiday Acres Mobile Home Park in Hialeah after an intense rainstorm in June 2024. Experts say it’s a matter of when flooding risk affects Florida home ...