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Hurricane Milton Ramping Up to Cat 5
The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center indicates Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying and is expected to reach Category 5 later today. Current maximum sustained winds are 155 MPH, ...
Uber, Lyft Bid to Avoid California Driver Lawsuits Over Misclassification Rebuffed by U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Uber and Lyft to lawsuits by the state of California on behalf of drivers who signed agreements to keep legal disputes with the ...
Climate Change at Forefront of U.S. Presidential Campaign After Hurricane Helene
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months. Vice President Kamala Harris ...
Florida Readies for Major Hurricane Milton
Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the U.S. state's western coast, ...
Insurers See Decline in Private Equity Income Despite Investing More: AM Best
Despite increasing private equity investments, U.S. insurers experienced a second straight year of declining income on those investments, which dropped to $7.7 billion in 2023, down from $10.2 ...
Auto Insurers Face Rising Repair Costs, EV and Tech Complexity in 2025: Report
Amid inflation and labor shortages, the growing impact of electric vehicles (EVs) and rising repair costs, insurers and repairers will have a bumpy road to navigate in the year ahead, according to ...Florida Communities Hit Repeatedly by Hurricanes Grapple With Whether to Rebuild
It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing village of Horseshoe Beach in ...
Nowhere in America Is Safe From Climate-Fueled Storms and Fires
Forecasters had warned for days that Hurricane Helene was likely to cause widespread devastation. But when the powerful storm struck Florida and barreled through the eastern U.S. last month, killing ...