The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) joined Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) to launch a new bilateral dialogue between insurance supervisors from the U.S. and Japan. The meeting, held in Tokyo, provided an opportunity for both countries to …
Lithium batteries that can leak corrosive fluid and start fires have emerged as the chief safety concern involving Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, a problem that apparently is far more serious than company officials acknowledged less than a week ago. The Federal …
The United States set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit (13 Celsius), the government announced …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of a legal tactic that can make it harder for companies to defend against class-action lawsuits, in a case it will review in the term that starts on Oct. …
Nuclear plants throughout the central and eastern United States must be reassessed within four years to determine how well they might withstand earthquakes, including plants in Illinois and Iowa where new geological data suggest earthquakes could be more frequent and …
The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is “very small” bcause reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said …
The frightful images of a sinking Italian cruise ship have scared off some cruise passengers, at least temporarily, during the industry’s peak booking season. Travel agents – who book more than two-thirds of cruise passengers worldwide – have been nervously …
A highly competitive auto insurance marketplace is making coverage more widely available and affordable for all drivers, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). The I.I.I. vigorously contested a Consumer Federation of America (CFA) study which asserted that insurance rating …
The Obama Administration wants to overhaul how the government inspects U.S. chicken and turkey plants, the first such change in 50 years, to put greater focus on food safety and reduce by a small amount the number of food-borne illnesses. …
The Obama administration decided against a cut in truckers’ daily hours behind the wheel, to the dismay of safety advocates, but made other changes aimed at fighting driver fatigue. The rule issued on Thursday continues to permit drivers to be …