Michael Highlights Florida Panhandle’s Weak Building Codes October 17, 2018 By GARY FINEOUT Unlike in South Florida, homes in the state’s Panhandle did not have tighter building codes until just 11 years ago;...
FEMA Chief Slams U.S. Failure to Prepare, Evacuate Before Storms October 17, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long angrily criticized the failure of citizens to heed evacuation warnings and leaders to...
Working Through Allocation Issues When Multiple Storms Happen October 16, 2018 By Denise Johnson A nuanced approach is necessary to work through claims involving multiple perils, according to Bob O’Brien, managing director of Marsh’s...
Los Angeles Highway Crash Leaves 25 Hospitalized, 5 Serious October 16, 2018 Twenty-five people were taken to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a series of crashes involving at least two cars...
Senate Will Probe Massachusetts Pipeline Blasts Tied to Utility Work October 16, 2018 By Ryan Beene, Naureen S. Malik and Jim Efstathiou Jr. A Senate oversight panel next month will convene a hearing to probe the series of explosions in September that rocked...
California Train Agency Fined $650,000 for Worker Deaths October 16, 2018 By PAUL ELIAS Regulators fined the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit agency $650,000 on Thursday for safety failures that led a commuter train...
Report: Homes in Fire-Prone Areas Hike Missoula Firefighting Costs October 16, 2018 By DAVID ERICKSON, Missoulian Rapid population growth and the desire to live near forests means new housing in western Montana is being built in...
In a Proactive Move, PG&E Cuts Power to 60,000 to Prevent Wildfires October 16, 2018 By David R. Baker PG&E Corp. deliberately left customers in the dark for the first time as a precaution to prevent wildfires from breaking...
P/C Industry’s Net Income More Than Doubles to $34B in First-Half 2018 October 16, 2018 Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net income after taxes more than double to $34 billion in first-half 2018 from...
N.Y. Senator Says Feds Haven’t Done Enough to Investigate Limo Safety October 15, 2018 By MICHAEL BALSAMO On the heels of a horrific limousine crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York, the Senate’s top Democrat...