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Rising Home Insurance Rates Drive Increase in Policy Shopping, Drop in Customer Satisfaction
Homeowners and renters insurance costs now exceed both the rate of inflation and the average rate increases experienced by auto insurance customers during the past year, according to the latest J.D. ...
IIHS: Drivers Take Advantage of Partially Automated Vehicle Systems to Multitask
Drivers are more likely to multitask when using partial automation, and some manage to do so even while playing by the rules of the systems' attention requirements, new research from the Insurance ...
Report Finds No Evidence Hawaii Officials Prepared for Deadly Wildfire
Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year's wildfire that killed 102 people on Maui said in a report released Friday they found "no evidence" Hawaii officials made preparations for ...
Built-Up Cities Get More Rain Than Rural Outskirts, Study Finds
Cities often get more rain and experience extreme rainfall more often compared to surrounding areas, a new study finds, a phenomenon that compounds other risk factors for urban flooding. Of the more ...
U.S. Records Fourth Hottest Summer Ever
A warmer-than-average August wrapped up an extremely hot summer across the U.S., with many cities breaking all-time heat records. The first eight months of 2024 also ranked as the second-warmest ...
Double-Digit U.S. Casualty Reinsurance Price Hikes Forecast
While the property-catastrophe reinsurance market is in the midst of a moderate softening phase, which will continue in 2025, double-digit price hikes for U.S. casualty reinsurance business are ...
Report: Bump in Federal Trade Secret Litigation Seen in 2023
Analytics from Lex Machina 2024 Trade Secret Litigation Report reveals a rise in trade secret cases filed in federal district court in 2023, along with the continued steady trend of trade secret ...
California Legislation Brings Harsher Penalties for Smash-and-Grab Robberies
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday bringing back tough criminal penalties targeting large-scale stealing schemes and smash-and-grab robberies that have fueled voter frustration ...