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Flood Cleanup Continues at Kentucky Distillery
Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since floodwaters that inundated the whiskey-making campus receded. But executives say the painstaking task of inspecting any ...
Is State Farm General Too Big to Fail? Calif. Rate Hearing Concludes
"Too big to fail"—a phrase associated with interconnected publicly traded financial services companies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis—was revived in a new context last week. During a ...
AM Best: Tariff Uncertainty Could Lead to Credit Rating Changes for Insurers
According to AM Best, the balance sheets of insurers can be pressured by the stock and bond market volatility caused by recent tariffs, resulting in financial exposure that could lead to some changes ...
Triple-I Launches Legal System Abuse Awareness Campaign in Louisiana
Triple-I has launched a comprehensive awareness campaign in Baton Rouge, La., highlighting legal system abuse and its impact on the state's economy to encourage consumers to voice their support for ...
2024 Second on Record for Most Tornadoes in the U.S. in a Year
New analysis indicates there were 1796 confirmed tornadoes in 2024, the second highest on record (1950-present), according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center. The busy tornado season was driven by an ...
Federal Bill Reintroduced to Combat Organized Retail Theft
Bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on flash mob robberies and complex retail theft schemes was reintroduced last week. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025, reintroduced by ...
White House Budget Proposal Eliminates NOAA Climate Research
The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change, and refocus the U.S. fisheries ...
AI Weather Models Promise Super Granular, Specialist Forecasts
The weather forecasting industry has made big leaps in accuracy but has struggled with hyper-local predictions. But the proliferation of AI weather models in recent years means small, commercial ...
In Fight Over Insurance, Neighbors Crowdsource LA Fire Contamination Data
All sense of survivors' guilt was fleeting for those residents whose homes remained standing after wildfires ripped through the Los Angeles area three months ago.