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Authorities Seized $25.5M Worth of Stolen Vehicles at Canadian Port
Earlier this month, Canadian authorities said they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Around ...
Triple-I: Insurance Economic Drivers Outperform Overall U.S. GDP
The economic drivers of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry are growing faster than the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and are expected to gain further momentum in the event of ...
Study Examines Tornado Resilience as Climate Change Impacts Damage
A new study by Florida State University researchers examined demographics, infrastructure and more than seven decades of weather data to determine which places in Kentucky are most vulnerable to ...
U.S. High Court: Transportation Workers Can Sidestep Arbitration
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for more truck drivers and other transportation workers to file employment-related lawsuits in court rather than private arbitration, ruling that an ...
Flooding Causes Several Barges to Break Loose on Ohio River, Damaging Marina
More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pa., striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a ...
If U.S. Inflation Reflected Rising Home Insurance Costs, It’d Be Even Higher
If the rising price of homeowners insurance were factored into the U.S. Consumer Price Index — a key metric of inflation — it could have added 80 basis points, or about 0.8 percent, to last ...
USAA to Lay Off 220 Employees
USAA is laying off 220 employees in an effort to reprioritize positions amid changing business needs, the San Antonio-based insurer announced this week. This is the latest round of layoffs at USAA, ...
Risk Perception Drops After Hurricanes: Study
As time passes after hurricanes, new analysis by Stanford University researchers shows perception of personal risk, including the likelihood of injury and home damage, decline. The findings suggest ...