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The U.S. Supreme Court grappled early this week with the growing problem of employers retaliating in the workplace after an... Read More

Sometime in the not-so-distant future, newly constructed buildings will be able to withstand earthquakes of the magnitude that destroyed San... Read More

State emergency planning officials think the federal government homeland security planning underemphasizes natural disasters, an issue which is at the... Read More

Eighty percent of all American Medical Association ratings used in reviews of permanent impairment are erroneous, with 89 percent of... Read More

If an earthquake like the one that devastated San Francisco, Calif., in 1906 struck today, the toll would be staggering:... Read More

U.S. property/casualty insurers managed to increase earnings and add to their capital base in 2005 despite record catastrophe losses, according... Read More

The PLUS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), reports that it has granted more than... Read More

The lifetime cost of injuries occurring in a single year in the U.S. totals an estimated $406 billion in medical... Read More

Wrong-site surgery — including surgery on the wrong organ or limb, at the wrong site on the spine, or on... Read More

If government can’t do it, business will. Once the domain of government and charitable relief groups, hurricane response and preparedness... Read More