IBHS News Releases

Tampa – A look at the National Flood Insurance Program and its efforts toward modernization is the lead feature of the Fall 2006 issue of Disaster Safety Review, a journal of the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).

The article “NFIP’s Move Toward Modernization is in Keeping With Founder’s Legacy” includes two pieces: Kathleen Tierney, director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, chronicles the legacy of Gilbert White, known as the “father of flood plan management,” and David Maurstad, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mitigation division, writes about major policy changes intended to strengthen the NFIP.

Through a series of case studies, the issue also looks at how the IBHS Open for Businesssm property protection and business continuity program is gaining ground across the country.

The issue also includes a review of the book “Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response,” a compilation work edited by Philip E. Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb, Todd M. LaPorte and Erwann O’Michel-Kerjan (Cambridge University Press), which discusses how private action can reduce public vulnerability.

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The Institute for Business & Home Safety works to reduce the social and economic effects of natural disasters and other property losses by conducting research and advocating improved construction, maintenance and preparation practices.