Risk
The Facts About 2021 Wildfires; The Outlook for 2022
The 2021 wildfire season in the Western United States was another one for the books, breaking records for size and destruction right up to the last day of the year. The last wildfires of 2021 were ...
1 in 10 U.S. Homes Impacted by Nat Cats in 2021: CoreLogic
CoreLogic, a property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, reported last week that 14.5 million single and multifamily homes were impacted by the largest natural catastrophe ...
Small Businesses and Cyber Attacks: It’s Not a Matter of If, But When
According to the 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon, 61 percent of all small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have reported at least one cyber attack during the previous year. ...
Century’s Worth of Sea Level Rise Coming to U.S. Coast By 2050: NOAA
America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a ...
Tesla ‘Phantom Braking’ Prompts New NHTSA Probe
Auto safety regulators in the U.S. have launched another investigation of Tesla, this time tied to complaints that its cars can stop on roads for no apparent reason. The government says it has 354 ...
Progressive Says Technology Pulling Auto Safety in Opposite Directions
While automakers are making progress in including lifesaving automatic safety devices with their latest vehicles, advances in another kind of technology may be having the opposite effect on auto ...
Beazley: Insurers Question Impact of Resilience Fatigue on Clients in 2022
As companies continue facing COVID-19 challenges regarding a sick or isolating workforce, insurers are questioning the impact of resilience fatigue on their customers in 2022, according to a recent ...
Risk Alerts: E-Bike Batteries, Underground Coal Fires, Tesla Hack
In early January, an e-bike's battery burst into flames while charging in a Bronx restaurant, starting a four-alarm fire that drew more than 150 first responders and left one firefighter seriously ...