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Triple-I: Signs of Improvement in Florida Property Insurance Market After Reforms
Fraught with fraud and litigation abuse, the Florida insurance market is finally showing signs of stabilization amid legislative reforms passed in 2022 and 2023, according to a new Triple-I Issues ...
U.S. Financial Regulators Work on Delayed Dodd-Frank Compensation Rules
A trio of U.S. financial regulators have resumed work on a long-delayed rule-writing project to make executive compensation plans at financial firms more sensitive to risk. The Federal Deposit ...
The Top 15 U.S. Metros with High Exposure to Wildfire Risk
The number of wildfires per year is going down, but the increasing size and intensity of the fires is creating more property damage than ever before – in fact, the average fire size has tripled ...
Cellphone Alerts Never Received During Maui Wildfires Prompts Lawsuit Against Carriers
Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county ...
List of Names for Atlantic Hurricane Season Announced
As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is set to begin June 1, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has released the names for this year's tropical storms. ...
Survey: Many Employees Who Jumped Ship During COVID Regret It
The Great Resignation during the pandemic saw workers quit their jobs in droves, but a new survey finds that many regret jumping ship. The survey of U.S. workers by the member think tank The ...
Judge Forces Hawaii AG to Turn Over Wildfire Probe Docs to Plaintiff Lawyers
A judge on Friday forced the Hawaii attorney general's office to turn over to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over last summer's Maui wildfires all documents, interviews and data ...
Extreme Weather Is Driving More U.S. Power Outages, Studies Show
For decades, residents of eastern Queens in New York City have complained that they're more likely to lose power when extreme weather hits, even as lights in other parts of the city stay on. A new ...