Poor design, structural failures and building codes not being enforced--all of these factors can compound cat losses while creating a minefield of coverage complexities. One construction design professional weighs in.
Poor design, structural failures and building codes not being enforced--all of these factors can compound cat losses while creating a minefield of coverage complexities. One construction design professional weighs in.
Tropical Storm Ernesto doused Honduras and Belize as it churned through the western Caribbean on Tuesday and U.S. forecasters expected it to hit popular Mexican tourist destinations on the southern Yucatan peninsula later in the evening.
Anxious consumers and businesses are increasingly turning to insurance fraud to escape financial turmoil. Here, we look back at some of the most sensational scammers of the first half of 2012.
Reinsurance renewals continue to firm, but ample capacity is offsetting some pricing pressures produced by past catastrophe activity and catastrophe-model changes, says reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.
Reinsurance renewals continue to firm, but ample capacity is offsetting some pricing pressures produced by past catastrophe activity and catastrophe-model changes, says reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.
The owners of a Homestead, Fla. nursery have sown the seeds of lengthy prison sentences after executing a con that siphoned a cool million from a federal disaster fund.