Risk
Derechos Are Uncommon But Destructive Weather Events
Prolonged wind events that unleash heavy rainfall and travel far distances sometimes qualify as derechos. Derechos can happen almost anywhere in the United States but are most common in the central ...
Viewpoint: Green Technologies Bring New Property Risks – and Opportunities
From roof-mounted solar panels and automated warehouses to electric vehicle depots, green technologies are transforming commercial property risk profiles. While these innovations improve energy ...
World Court Opinion Holds Governments Accountable for Protecting Climate
A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last month that governments must protect the climate is already being cited in courtrooms, as lawyers say it strengthens the legal ...
Report Highlights Significant Vulnerabilities in Mission Critical Workflows
More than half of organizations experience mission-critical failures in their workflows, highlighting the need for secure collaboration platforms, a study by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by ...
Derecho’s 99 MPH Gust Swept Through Upper Plains, Midwest
Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as ...
Smarty Turns FEMA Hazard Scores Into Address-Level Risk Intelligence
Smarty, an address intelligence provider, announced the launch of its U.S. Property Risk Data product. The new API-based solution transforms FEMA's National Risk Index (NRI) into structured, ...
Hybrid Work, Cybersecurity Threats Expose Urgent Gap in Device Management: Warning
Despite businesses facing escalating cybersecurity threats and increasing device complexity brought on by hybrid work models, new insights from global IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research ...
8.8 Russia Quake Triggers Tsunami Warnings for Hawaii, California
A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of ...