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Britain Faces More Extreme Weather, Rising Flood Costs
Torrential rain and gale force winds battered northern Britain on Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing some to evacuate flooded streets in the third major storm in a month. The ...
2016 May See a Mixed Message from Global Financial Markets
What will 2016 bring for the world economy? Financial markets are sending a mixed message: There's reason to believe that the U.S. will outperform other major developed nations, but also to be wary ...
U.S. Industrial South Braces for Flooding From Five Separate Rivers
Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri. The water on the Mississippi River is already so high that Missouri closed ...
Huge Workers Comp Issue: Premium/Payroll Misclassification
Premium misclassification or payroll misclassification is a significant issue for the workers' compensation industry, according to Bret Shroyer, a solutions architect for Denver, Colo.-based Valen ...
$1.2 Billion: Insured Loss Estimate Thus Far From Dallas Tornadoes
Texas is dealing with approximately $1.2 billion in insured losses so far from 9 confirmed tornadoes that struck the metro-Dallas area on Dec. 26 and killed 11 people, according to preliminary ...
Cargill Will Sell Its Crop Insurance Unit
Cargill Inc. agreed to sell its crop insurance unit, the latest move by the giant U.S. agricultural commodity trader and producer to reshape its business amid low crop prices. The insurance operation ...
Mississippi River Floods Disrupt Shipping
Floods after heavy rain shut 5 miles of the Mississippi River, the biggest U.S. inland shipping channel, and waters were forecast to climb to record levels in parts of Missouri and Illinois later ...
Facebook Must Face Shareholder Class Actions Over IPO
A federal judge has certified two shareholder class actions accusing Facebook Inc of hiding concerns about its growth forecasts prior to the social media company's May 2012 initial public offering. ...