NU Online News Service, Sept. 1, 2:47 p.m. EDT

Working to ensure enactment of a long-term National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) extension is the top priority of property and casualty insurance industry trade groups as Congress prepares to return to work Tuesday.

Ben McKay, senior vice president of federal government relations for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, sums it up for P&C lobbying groups when he says: "Our top priority moving into September is passing a long-term extension for the NFIP. Hurricane Irene underscored the urgency for addressing the flood program."

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