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No Enforcement of Business-Created California Gig Worker Law
Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state ...
What Happened to the Hurricanes? CSU Forecasts September ‘Quiet Period’
The first two weeks of September are expected to be quiet for Atlantic hurricane activity, according to experts at Colorado State University. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project, which has been ...
Every insurance claim tells a story, but rarely in a single document. Instead, that narrative unfolds across adjuster notes, medical...
Climate Losses Batter Insurers While Reinsurers Step Back
As the planet warms and more natural disasters occur, insurers are facing an increasingly difficult time. In 2023, for the fourth year in a row, global insured catastrophe losses exceeded $100 ...
Risks Too Big for Insurers Just Fed a $200B Market Boom in Captives
As the market for in-house insurance surpasses a record $200 billion, the underlying reasons for that boom show how a hotter, less stable planet is redrawing the risk map for corporations. Captive ...
As Traffic Deaths Remain High, U.S. DOT Awards $1B for Road Safety Projects
The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it is awarding $1 billion for a series of projects aimed at reducing traffic crashes, as road deaths remain sharply higher than pre-pandemic ...
Report Finds Grenfell Tower Was a ‘Death Trap’ Due to Government, Industry Failures
A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a "death trap" where 72 people lost ...
Embrace Pet Insurance Releases Q2 2024 Results, Most Expensive Claim is 4th Highest Ever
Embrace Pet Insurance releases its Q2 2024 Insights report, revealing the most expensive claim paid in 2024. The quarterly report highlights trends in pet health insurance claims and identifies ...
IBHS: Parcel, Community Level Mitigation Needed to Avoid Catastrophic Wildfire Devastation
A new report highlights the need for action at both the parcel and community levels to reduce the likelihood of catastrophic conflagration during wildfires, according to a report by the Insurance ...