In a unanimous vote, the Florida Building Commission recently moved to change the new 2004 Florida Building Code to meet the existing level of wind requirements in the 2001 code. The commission's
Katrina Makes The CaseFor Better Building CodesBy Harvey RylandWhen a storm smashes homes and businesses in three states into piles of kindling, devastates a ...
The Institute for Business & Home Safety has revised its disaster safety web site, adding new tools and making home and business property protection information easy to find.
There are clear opportunities for the federal government to support research into making homes and businesses safer from violent windstorms, and to remove barriers to developing hazard resistant construction.
Philip Love, chief executive officer of South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, has been named board chairman for the Tampa, Fla.-based Institute for ...
An industry survey of Florida homeowners found that although most had taken precautions against upcoming hurricanes, some others did not regard hurricanes as a ...
Home Safety Group Has 3 New PartnersNU Online News Service, Nov. 8, 12:59 p.m. EDT?The Institute for Business & Home Safety, a nonprofit insurance industry ...
A Business Tool Kit For DisasterBy Matt BradyNU Online News Service, Oct. 12, 11:24 a.m. EDT?The Institute for Business & Home Safety and the Global ...
Confab To Hear Latest Loss Reduction InfoNU Online News Service Sept. 14, 10:48 a.m. EDT?A look at property loss reduction trends with fresh findings from ...