USFA: Clothes Dryer Fires Cause $35M in Property Losses An estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an... Read More
Crop Insurers’ Payouts Already Top $800 Million This Season U.S. crop insurers have already paid out $822 million in indemnities this season, but it is still far too early... Read More
AIR Worldwide Expands Commercial Insurer Offerings with Builder’s Risk Capability AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced that it has expanded its offerings for commercial insurers with a capability for determining losses from... Read More
GM Recalls Over 38,000 Police Impalas General Motors Co is recalling more than 38,000 Chevrolet Impala police cars in North America because the lower front control... Read More
Kawasaki Recalls Motorcycles to Fix Oil Leak Kawasaki is recalling nearly 4,200 Ninja ZX-10R motorcycles in the U.S. because oil can leak onto the rear tire and... Read More
GE Recalls 1.3M Dishwashers Over Fire Hazard GE Appliances is recalling about 1.3 million dishwashers because of potential risk of fire, the company and the Consumer Product... Read More
NOAA Raises Hurricane Season Prediction Despite Expected El Niño This year’s Atlantic hurricane season got off to a busy start, with six named storms to date, and may have... Read More
Forecaster: El Niño Phenomenon Almost Certain The U.S. government forecaster warned on Thursday that the feared El Nino phenomenon, which can affect global weather, is almost... Read More
Forest Service Gets More Aggressive on Small Fires The U.S. Forest Service is suspending a policy of letting small fires burn in isolated areas as several big fires... Read More
Vanliner and Allied Expand Forum Captive Insurance Program Vanliner Insurance Company, a Mo.-based moving and storage industry insurer, announced the Forum Captive Insurance Program will now be available... Read More