Risk
U.S. Coasts Could See Double Whammy With El Niño, High Tide Flooding
The likelihood of El Niño may increase the chances of high tide flooding along the U.S. Coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service. ...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Dropped in 2025, Policy and Drug Supply Concerns Remain
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the ...
Despite Dip in Cargo Theft in Q1 This Year, Sharp Increase in Fraud Schemes Seen
Despite a year-over-year decline in cargo theft in the first quarter of 2026, a first in five years, fraud schemes surged, according to a new report from in-transit supply chain risk management ...
Musk Expects Widespread Use of Cars Without Human Monitors in U.S. This Year
Tesla chief Elon Musk said on Monday he expects fully self-driving cars without human safety monitors to become more widespread in the United States later this year, after being introduced in Texas. ...
Industry Concerned as Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Against Freight Broker
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a man to sue a major logistics company after he lost part of his leg in a semi tractor-trailer crash, a decision that could have big ripple effects across the ...
Insurance Data and the Complex Loops Redefining Casualty Risk
The world is evolving at a pace that outstrips traditional casualty models. Our understanding of risk, and the insurance data we rely on to quantify it, is increasingly misaligned with how people ...
FLASH Weather AI Launches Hail Prediction Model
FLASH Weather AI has launched a new high-resolution hail prediction model that can give almost an hour of warning before a storm. FLASH's 1-Hour Hail Swath Prediction Model is a deep-learning system ...
Forecaster Says El Nino Has 82% Chance of Developing by July
El Niño is likely to develop soon, with an 82% probability during May-July 2026, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday. The weather pattern is expected to continue through the Northern ...