Tainted Medication Fears Spur Defense Department to Seek Outside Testing
The U.S. Department of Defense entered an agreement with Valisure, an independent lab that's spotted dangerous chemicals in a variety of widely used pharma and consumer ...
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Americans’ Concern With Safety in Religious, School Settings Climbs: Survey
More than half of Americans (54 percent) say their top safety concern while attending religious services or community, nonprofit and school events is an armed intruder or physical violence incident, ...
Cargo Theft Increases 57% in Q2 2023 Versus Same Period Last Year
There were 582 supply chain events reported across the United States and Canada in the second quarter of 2023, a 57 percent increase when compared to the second quarter of 2022, according to the ...
Atmospheric Rivers Impact California Wildfire Risks: Report
The heavy precipitation seen earlier this year in California highlighted a meteorological event known as an atmospheric river (AR) — described as long, narrow corridors of water vapor that with the ...
NICB: Motorcycle Thefts Continue to Rise
Motorcycle thefts increased 7 percent from 2021 to 2022, marking the third year they have been on the rise, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) 2022 Vehicle Type Theft Report. ...
CSU Forecasters Stress Uncertainty in Latest Hurricane Season Update
Forecasters from Colorado State University (CSU) stressed uncertainty in their latest outlook on Thursday for the current Atlantic hurricane season, even as they held steady the number of storms ...
Congress Deadlocked on New Railroad Safety Rules
Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger ...
Full-Size Pickups Have Highest Theft Rate: NICB
Vehicle thefts rose 7 percent last year, according to newly released analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The majority of the thefts were of full-size pickups, which made up more ...
AM Best: Insurer Portfolio Diversification Hindered by Convective Storms
The growing frequency and severity of convective storms in southern U.S. states is increasingly hampering the ability of insurer and reinsurers to effectively diversify their portfolios, a new AM ...