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The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has released an update to its Rating the States report, which looks at building codes of the hurricane-prone states from Texas to Maine.

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has released an update to its Rating the States report, which looks at building codes of the hurricane-prone states from Texas to Maine.

If you have visited a beach community, you probably have seen houses built atop pillars as you move closer to the shore. These pillars are one of the most easily observed forms of disaster mitigation, designed to support the home by allowing the ocean to simply pass underneath during major...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced an ambitious, multi-decade plan that would put $20 billion toward protecting the city against natural disasters caused by climate change.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced an ambitious, multi-decade plan that would put $20 billion toward protecting the city against natural disasters caused by climate change.

State Farm reports that damage caused by wind and hail cost the insurer and its policyholders more than $3.9 billion in 2012. Click to see the top 10 states with the most wind and hail losses.

Insurers have paid more than $25 million in claims from a March 18 hailstorm in Mississippi.

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety conducted the first-ever indoor hailstorm Feb. 20.