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This fall, IBHS will open a state-of-the-art, multi-hazard testing and research facility in Richburg, S.C. to more accurately evaluate various residential and commercial construction systems, materials and structures.

Claims Magazine is twittering every day about breaking news and timely topics -- not to mention keeping readers up to date on what's being posted on claimsmag.com.

Claims Magazine is twittering every day about breaking news and timely topics -- not to mention keeping readers up to date on what's being posted on claimsmag.com.

Among the states most affected by Hurricane Katrina five years ago, only Louisiana has taken decisive steps to adopt a statewide building code, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS).

The private insurance market cannot solely bear the risk associated with terrorism, making the need for a terrorism backstop like that provided by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) essential, the insurance industry said.

The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) will partner to promote an IBHS construction program for homes and commercial buildings that are vulnerable to disasters.

With forecasters predicting 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin between June 1 and Nov. 30, the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has listed its top four myths in preparing structures for hurricanes.

With weather forecasters calling for a worse-than-average 2010 Atlantic basin hurricane season, the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) provided the following list of ways to protect a structure in such a disaster: