Risk
U.S. Forecaster Expects ENSO‑Neutral to Continue, While El Nino Risk Builds
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions emerged last month, and there is an 80% chance they will continue from April to June as La Niña transitions toward El Niño, the U.S. ...
Alert Fatigue Drags Down IT Production Environments, Leads to Costly Outages
A new survey on IT production environments sheds light on the growing problem of alert fatigue. Analysis found that engineers spend 40% of their time putting out fires while customers discover ...
Police Chases Lead to 8 Deaths Across the U.S. in Less Than a Week
A series of police pursuits has led to at least eight deaths around the country in less than a week amid ongoing calls from some law enforcement experts to curb risky high-speed car chases. In Texas, ...
EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services announced that they will monitor the impact of microplastics and pharmaceuticals on drinking water, the first step ...
Mississippi Home Mitigation Bill Heads to Governor in Effort to Improve Storm Resilience
After nearly two decades of paralysis on the issue, Mississippi officials are inching closer to establishing a state home mitigation program to protect residents from natural disasters. Storm ...
Hands-Free Driver Systems Don’t Improve Safety: NTSB
The systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don't improve safety because people are often too reliant on them and end up paying more attention to their ...
How Insurance Can Turn Maintenance Into Measurable Competitive Advantage
Research estimates the accumulated cost of deferred maintenance across U.S. public infrastructure alone at $1 trillion. That figure captures only what governments own and track. The exposure across ...
Viewpoint: How Will the Middle East War Affect the Insurance Sector?
The recent escalation of the Middle East war introduces geopolitical instability with potential long-lasting effects on commodities, financing conditions, global supply chains, and macro-credit ...