Costlier Disasters Push U.S. to Buy Reinsurance June 15, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle The federal government, seeking to protect itself from the growing cost of natural disasters, is borrowing a technique from the... Read More
Counting Deaths After a Hurricane Difficult June 15, 2018 By MIKE STOBBE How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It’s a question that has been debated since the powerful... Read More
Heat Not the Only Sign That Climate Change is Happening June 15, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN You don’t just feel the heat of global warming, you can see it in action all around. Some examples of... Read More
West News Power Tool Used to Clear Brush Blamed for Sparking LA Hillside Fire June 15, 2018 More than 250 firefighters raced to the hills overlooking Los Angeles, Calif., to battle a blaze Tuesday afternoon they say... Read More
Fitch: U.S. P/C Personal Lines Results Decline Despite Auto Improvement June 15, 2018 Underwriting losses in the U.S. P/C personal lines segment moved higher for the fourth straight year in 2017, though this... Read More
West News Vendor Blamed for Mistaken Alaska Tsunami Alert June 15, 2018 By BECKY BOHRER A third-party vendor is being blamed for a mistaken tsunami alert broadcast on Alaska TV and radio stations last month.... Read More
California Insurance Appraiser and Doctor Busted in Separate Fraud Schemes June 15, 2018 California Auto Insurance Appraiser Gets 10 Years for Involvement in Staged Collision Ring Erwin Raul Mejia of Van Nuys, Calif.,... Read More
New Travelers Data Reveals Distracted Driving Spikes in Summer June 14, 2018 Drivers are being warned about the increased risk for distracted driving this summer. Travelers and its public policy division, the... Read More
Texas / South Central News Rare River Sinkhole Created by Whirlpool Led to Death June 14, 2018 By HANNAH GRABENSTEIN A kayaker bypassed a part of an Arkansas scenic river known as Dead Man’s Curve during a weekend trip, but... Read More
Midwest News Missouri Jury Orders Rams to Pay $12.5M for Reggie Bush Injury June 14, 2018 A jury in St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday ordered the NFL’s Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5... Read More