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NTSB Report Casts Doubt That Truck’s Steering Locked in Fatal Crash With Cyclists
A report released recently casts doubt about the driver's claim that the vehicle's steering locked up before a fatal crash involving a pickup truck and a group of cyclists last year near Phoenix. The ...
25 Straight Quarters of Premium Increases for Commercial Lines: CIAB Survey
Overall commercial property/casualty premiums increased slightly for all account sizes to 7 percent on average in the fourth quarter of 2024, continuing a trend that has now last more than six years. ...
Rising Sea Levels Increase Threat of Arsenic in Drinking Water: Study
Rising seas due to climate change could exacerbate the threat of arsenic in drinking water, according to a study published in PLOS One in January. Researchers focused on arsenic in well water in ...
InsurTech Coverdash Announces $13.5M Series A Funding
Coverdash, a small and midsize business focused InsurTech, announced in February $13.5 million in Series A funding. This financing comes within one calendar year of Coverdash's oversubscribed Seed ...
Study: Wildfires Increase Mental Health Burden
A new study of prescription records supports a long-suspected link between wildfires and mental health, indicating that large wildfires appear to exacerbate preexisting mental health conditions, ...
Lawsuit Alleges Xcel Energy Utility Equipment Started Damaging Texas Wildfire
A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued electric utility Xcel Energy on Friday, alleging that a splintered power pole owned by the company ...
N.J. City’s Limited Street Parking Leads to Zero Traffic Deaths in 7 Years
Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, N.J., when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities. For seven years now, ...
Florida OIR Approves Another 54,000 Citizens Takeouts; More Coming if Bills Pass
Florida's Insurance Commissioner last week approved another round of takeouts from the state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp., with assumption dates in May. That brings the total takeouts ...