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Lawmakers Say Trains Carrying Flammable Cargo Should Be Subject to More Safety Rules
When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of an interstate highway. The ...
Insurers Face Average Annual Loss of $152B From Natural Catastrophes: Verisk
Verisk estimates that the global insured average annual property loss (AAL) from natural catastrophes has risen to $152 billion, with two-thirds of potential losses ...
Insurance Fraud Linked to Identity Theft Likely to Rise Significantly in 2025: NICB
The use of identity theft in insurance crime is expected to rise by 49 percent by the end of 2025, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The insurance fraud watchdog analyzed ...
Texas, California Lead States in Cargo Theft Activity Over Labor Day Weekend
New analysis indicates cargo theft reaches new heights during Labor Day weekend, according to Verisk CargoNet. Labor Day thefts over the past five years have shown an escalation in theft over the ...
Tesla and Waymo’s Different Robotaxi Approaches Will Shape the Industry
A month after Tesla launched a trial robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June for select fans, CEO Elon Musk told investors that the company's driverless taxis would likely be available to "half ...
Rebuilding Continues 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Rocking on his front porch overlooking the Mississippi Sound, former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes questions how anyone wouldn't want to live there. "People are always going to gravitate to the water," ...
Texas, Florida, New York Top List of States With Most Flood-Damaged Cars Back on the Road
The number of flooded cars back on the road increased 6 percent over last year, according to a new report by Carfax. Already in 2025, there are an estimated 482,000 flood-damaged vehicles still in ...
AI Chatbots Need to Fix Suicide Response: Study
A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for ...