The National Flood Insurance Program is running out of cash and the government has told insurance companies that it cannot authorize payments beyond existing lines of credit.
In reaction, the Independent Insurance Agents of America called for an immediate extension of the program's ability to raise money.
But insurance agents can still assess damages and make payments to Gulf Coast hurricane flood victims if the companies' they work for so authorize, a staff official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said today.
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