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Analysis Shows $7.7B in Losses From Extreme Heat Events in California
The cumulative cost of the seven heat events in California in the past decade amounted to $7.7 billion in losses, a new report shows. The analysis from California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo ...
NICB, NHTSA Join Forces to Deliver Auto Theft Prevention Message
Last year, more than one million vehicles were reported stolen, accounting for an increase of about 1 percent nationwide. Vehicle thefts increased from 1,008,756 in 2022 to 1,020,729 in 2023, with ...
California Inspectors Didn’t Visit All Farmworker Housing to Review Safety as Required
When Antonio Bravo stepped into the Salinas, California, hotel in May 2020, he first noticed a foul smell. Then he saw the bare metal cot with no mattress that his employer had given him to sleep on ...
Untreated Water Tied to U.S. Cucumber Salmonella Outbreak That Sickened 450
Untreated water used by a Florida cucumber grower is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people across the U.S. this spring, federal health officials said Tuesday. ...
U.S. High Court Rejects Challenge to Workplace Safety Agency
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by an Ohio company to the power of the federal workplace safety regulator as the justices avoided another legal effort to pare back the ...
Cargo Theft Risk Rises During July 4th Holiday Week
An alert warning of an increased risk of cargo theft during the July 4th holiday week due to extended business closures was issued by CargoNet, a Verisk business that focuses on preventing cargo ...
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Rule in Blow to Regulators
A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, ...
Increases in Comp, Auto Injury Medical Costs Continue: Report
Medical costs have risen 11 percent in workers comp and 5 percent in auto first-party over the past four years nationwide, despite slowing over the past two years, according to new data released by ...