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Colorado State Running Out of Money for Hurricane Forecasting
Colorado State University, which pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting 30 years ago, may have issued its last prediction. The school's Tropical Meteorological Project needs $150,000 or it will end ...
Wildfire Risk Seen as High or Extreme at 4.5 Million U.S. Homes
More than 4.5 million U.S. homes are at high or extreme risk from wildfires, led by properties in California, according to Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of actuarial data to insurers and banks. ...
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National Standards Urged for U.S. Tornado Protection
National standards should be set for building construction, storm shelters and emergency communications to reduce death and damage from tornadoes, a federal agency that studied the deadly 2011 ...
The Hartford Pledges $100,000 to Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts
The Hartford announced Thursday that it has pledged $100,000 to the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts in support of those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The contribution ...
Efforts to Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Floundering
Efforts to delay implementation of changes in the federal flood insurance program have run into roadblocks on both sides of Capitol Hill. The leaders of the House Financial Services Committee say ...Markel Authorizes Repurchase of $300 Million of Insurer’s Stock
Markel Corp., the insurer that bought Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd., authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of its shares. The insurer replaced a 2010 buyback program under which about $101 ...
Google’s Schmidt: Insurance About to ‘Explode’ With Uses for Big Data
Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said new technologies that help companies analyze vast amounts of digital information have the power to bring change to the insurance, health-care and ...