Risk
Severe Storms Have Already Led to $34B in Insured Losses This Year
Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time, according to Swiss ...
Mitchell: Repair Severity, Frequency Increasing for Electric Vehicles
A new report examining the differences in repair severity and frequency between electric vehicles (EV) and internal combustible engines (ICE), has found that while frequency and severity has ...
El Nino Likely to Prevail Through Winter
There is a more than 95 percent chance that El Niño conditions will prevail from December 2023 to February 2024, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday, exacerbating the risks of ...
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 ...
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. ...