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Fracking Harm to Drinking Risk Not Widespread: EPA Draft Report
Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a report that also ...
Marsh: P/C Carriers Keeping Up With Soaring Interest in Commercial Drones
Property/casualty insurers have responded positively to the soaring interest in and use of commercial drones, even as global regulators struggle to keep up with the nascent industry, Marsh asserted ...
Cyber Attack Compromises PII of U.S. Federal Workers; China Link Probed
Hackers broke into U.S. government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits were based ...
U.S. Storms Caused $1B in May Insurance Claims: Impact Forecasting
A number of severe thunderstorms and flooding in the U.S. in May produced more than $1 billion in insurance claims and over $3 billion in economic losses, Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting said in a ...
Emotional Amtrak CEO Pledges to Implement Track Safety Tech
An emotional Amtrak CEO pledged to lawmakers Tuesday that safety technology that could have prevented a deadly derailment last month in Philadelphia will be put into operation, while Democrats and ...
Bond Insurers May Prevent Revamp Extension for Puerto Rico Electric Utility
Puerto Rico's junk-rated electric utility, weeks away from owing a $416 million debt payment, is moving closer to a legal showdown as bond insurers consider blocking a move to give it more time to ...
Outgoing Flood Insurance Program Director Blasts Inefficiencies
The outgoing director of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) says the program is a "melting iceberg" that is incapable of properly managing its various players including the private insurance ...
Hundreds of Sandy Flood Victims Contact FEMA For Damage Claims Review
Close to 1,000 Sandy flood victims have contacted the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have their damage claims reviewed since the government entity offered to do so in a first round of letters ...