While a bid to add wind coverage to federal flood insurance has stalled in Congress, a southern senator is pitching a compromise bill that seeks to bridge the gap over wind-vs.-water damage claims.

Insurance industry representatives will oppose an expected amendment that would add wind coverage to a bill extending the National Flood Insurance Program for five years

Moves by Florida lawmakers to provide a federal backstop to the state's severely underfunded Hurricane Catastrophe Fund are running into strong headwinds on Capitol Hill.