U.S.
California Latest State to Use Beavers as a Way to Mitigate Water Issues, Wildfires
For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams, leading to flooding in neighborhoods and farms. But the animal is increasingly being ...
New Proposed Rule Seeks to Limit Rise of Black Lung Disease
A half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled ...
Americans Are Moving Toward Climate Danger in Search of Cheaper Homes
A midsummer quiz: Let's say you read about an area experiencing blistering heat for weeks on end — heat so hot that in the day, you can't go outside, and at nighttime, it's still above 90F. Would ...
Barring Change, Allstate May Exit California Property Market Completely
The topic of a recent California insurance department workshop was the potential use of catastrophe modeling in ratemaking, but carrier representatives and consumers took the opportunity to air ...
Slice E&S Small Business Insurance Offered in 9 More States
Slice Labs Inc., a technology company catering to small businesses with an on-demand insurance platform specializing in non-admitted lines, announced the expansion of its excess & surplus ...
U.S. House Panel Considers Reviving Self-Driving Car Regulation
U.S. lawmakers will look to jump start long-stalled legislation on the safe and regulated adoption of self-driving cars at a congressional hearing on July 26. The panel will consider separate draft ...
Tech Companies Agree to AI Safeguards Set by the White House
President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI ...
Coastal Construction, Rising Replacement Values Contribute to Costly Hurricane Claims
Insured losses from hurricanes have risen steadily over just the past 15 years, with nine of the 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history occurring since 2005, according to the Insurance Information ...