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UN Report Details Extent of Climate Change on Gulf Coast
Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017. Then in 2020, ferocious winds from Hurricane Laura destroyed homes across coastal Louisiana. Hurricane Ida hit ...
Biden Ends Forced Arbitration for Sexual Assault, Harassment
President Joe Biden on Thursday gave victims of workplace sexual assault or harassment the right to seek recourse in a court of law instead of through forced arbitration proceedings. Biden signed ...
APCIA: Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners
U.S. insurers, already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters, are also failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches an historic inflation rate, the American Property ...
Researchers Say New FEMA Flood Maps Underestimate Flood Risk
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States. The findings suggest that recent flood maps from the Federal ...
APCIA Joins Group Pushing for Reforms on Litigation Funding
A new advocate group in New York that counts the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) as a member is looking to crack down on the practice of litigation funding. The Consumers for ...
Colorado Wildfire Victims Hit ‘Green’ Building Code Hurdle
Some homeowners recovering from Colorado's most destructive wildfire in history, which decimated entire neighborhoods near Denver late last year, say they could end up paying tens of thousands of ...
TikTok Facing Probe Over How Platform Markets to Kids
ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok is being targeted by a group of states seeking to determine whether the social media platform is being improperly marketed to children. The states are investigating how TikTok ...
Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Defies Expectations on Employer-Employee Cases
Labor unions and worker advocates have applauded President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court. Yet a look back at Jackson's decisions in cases involving ...