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Roost Gathering Data as it Awaits Insurance Industry Transformation

For years, insurance industry observers have been predicting that home telematics products would transform the insurance industry by forcing carriers to take on the role of damage preventer instead of just claims payer. Insurers are still experimenting. But one company …

Suit: Weather Channel’s Reckless ‘Storm Wranglers’ Caused Deadly Crash

Photo courtesy of Robert A. Ball The mother of a Texas man who was killed when his vehicle collided with an SUV driven by a storm-chasing television crew has filed a $125 million lawsuit against The Weather Channel. The suit …

Weather Channel Says Public Safety at Heart of Contract Dispute

The Weather Channel asked its viewers Saturday to urge Congress to intervene in its business dispute with DirecTV, arguing that it can harm public safety if the satellite system pulls the network off the air for nearly 20 million viewers. …

Weather Channel Meteorologist Injured in Oklahoma Tornado

The next time meteorologist Mike Bettes talks about the power of tornadoes on The Weather Channel, he can speak from personal experience. Bettes was nursing minor injuries on Saturday, a day after the “tornado hunt” SUV that he and two …

Storm Chaser Killed in Oklahoma Highway Accident

A storm chaser featured on The Weather Channel has been killed in a head-on collision in northeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol hasn’t released the names of those killed in a double-fatality accident on the Turner Turnpike in Sapulpa Saturday …