Turkey Detains Building Contractors as Quake Deaths Pass 33K February 13, 2023 By Justin Spike and Zeynep Bilginsoy ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods...
Florida Legislature Passes Property Insurance Reinsurance Bill May 27, 2022 By William Rabb By Wednesday morning, it was all over except for the speeches. The five-day special session on the insurance crisis turned...
Florida Bills Limit Roof Refusal by Insurers, Add New Fund May 23, 2022 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Legislation proposed by Florida lawmakers for an upcoming special session to reform the state’s property insurance...
No Sprinklers in Trump Tower Deadly Fire April 9, 2018 By KAREN MATTHEWS A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and...
California Balcony Collapse Victims Mourned; Probe Underway June 18, 2015 By KRISTIN J. BENDER AND MARTHA MENDOZA A group of Irish and Irish-American young men and women were enjoying their last blast summer in California before cracking...
Wyoming Church Fire Couldn’t Be Prevented March 25, 2014 Riverton, Wyo., officials don’t believe they could have prevented a fire that gutted an old church building. A furnace is...
Mississippi Governor Signs Statewide Building Code Into Law March 19, 2014 By Michael Adams Mississippi has enacted its first statewide building code that is designed to set construction guidelines to strengthen homes and other...
IBHS Commends Maryland Legislators for Strengthening Building Code April 10, 2013 The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) commends the Maryland Legislature for passing SB 750 / HB 769,...