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Texas Cities Top Allstate’s Best and Worst Drivers List; Boston Most Accident-Prone
Brownsville, Texas, reclaims its title as the safest driving city in America, according to the 2025 Allstate America's Best Drivers Report. Texas leads the nation in safe driving, with four cities, ...
$2.5M Vehicle Theft Ring Busted in Arizona
A major vehicle theft ring was recently dismantled, according to an announcement by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. "Operation Escalading Switch," led by the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force ...
Insurer Aflac Investigating Possible Data Breach After Attack on US Network
Aflac on Friday disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which personal information of its customers may have been compromised, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted. The health and ...
Runway Lights That Might Have Helped in Foggy San Diego Crash Hadn’t Worked Since 2022
The runway lights that would have helped guide a small jet into a San Diego airport in foggy weather before the plane crashed, killing all six aboard, hadn't worked since 2022, investigators said. ...
Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: "after hurricane season." ...
‘Abolishing FEMA’ Memo Outlines Ways for Trump to Scrap Agency
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response ...
Q1 2025 Property Claims Count Hits 5-Year Low: Verisk
The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in tornado activity to "Tornado Alley," but claim ...
Foundational, Leadership-Driven Education High Priority in Insurance
Foundational learning remains a high priority for insurance and risk management professionals, according to The Institutes Knowledge Group's annual Skills Report. Risk assessment, coverage analysis, ...