Risk
Mid-Market Businesses Ill-Prepared for Flood Risks, New Survey Finds
A new survey of insurance brokers by Chubb, a global P/C company, found that flood risk was not top of mind for U.S. mid-market companies, valued between $10 million and $1 billion. Nearly 85 percent ...
Study: Tall Trucks, SUVs Are 45% Deadlier to U.S. Pedestrians
Trucks and sport utility vehicles with hood heights greater than 40 inches are about 45 percent more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than shorter vehicles with sloped hoods, ...
NOAA: U.S. Withstands Record 25 Disasters in 2023
A warm October coupled with drought conditions across the Lower Mississippi Valley dropped water levels to historic lows along parts of the Mississippi River last month, according to the latest ...
Special Report: Worker Injuries Soar at SpaceX
One windy night at Elon Musk's SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Lonnie LeBlanc and his co-workers realized they had a problem. They needed to transport foam insulation to the rocket company's main ...
California Town Struggles to Rebuild Amid High Home Insurance Costs
Heidi Lange was among the first to rebuild after the deadliest wildfire in California history destroyed her home in 2018 along with much of the town of Paradise. After the fire, she got divorced, ...
Cyber, Geopolitics, Supply Chain Issues Are Risks to Watch in 2024
Two reports released recently highlight the risks to watch for businesses in the coming year. The Hartford Risk Monitor, spotlighting top risks for mid to large businesses through a survey of agents ...
GM’s Driverless Cars Recalled for Software Update After Dragging a Pedestrian
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October. The ...
Scientists Say 2023 Set to Be Warmest in 125,000 Years
This year is set to be the world's warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after data showed last month was the hottest October on record by a massive margin. Last ...