Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

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  N.J. Order on Rebuilding to Code Post-Sandy Lauded, but Price May Be High

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 28, 2013

  Last week’s order by New Jersey’s governor standardizing the rebuilding codes along the state’s coast in the wake of Superstorm Sandy will help speed the process of rebuilding, but agents say property owners are just beginning to learn the implications it may have on their reconstruction decisions.

• Hartwig Warns of Active Wildfire Season Ahead

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 11, 2012

  Wildfires in New Jersey and New York are prompting warnings of an active fire season because of unusually dry conditions along the East coast coupled with record high temperatures in March.

• IQ: Hurricane-Prone States Skimp on Safety

  By Industry IQ  |  March 28, 2012

  Some hurricane-prone states are skimping when it comes to infrastructure safety.

• IBHS: Strong Building Standards Spared Mexico in Quake

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 23, 2012

  Improved building standards spared Mexico more damage and deaths from this week’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake—and U.S. builders can take a lesson from this event, one insurance association says.

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  Florida, Virginia Outpace 16 Other States in Building-Code Report

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 12, 2012

  A report ranking the 18 most hurricane-prone states by their adoption of building codes placed Florida and Virginia at the top of the list.

• Researchers Like IKE

  By Lynne McChristian  |  October 27, 2011

  The Saffir-Simpson scale has long been the guidepost by which people decide how to respond to an approaching storm. A new guy in town—IKE—has some researchers excited.

• Meteorologist: Late-Season Hurricanes Are Possible

  By Staff Writer  |  September 30, 2011

  Fall is here, but we are not in the clear for severe storms developing in the Atlantic basin.

• Hybrid Approach Helps Guard Against Terrorism Risk

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 22, 2011

  Because terrorist acts have unique characteristics that are unlike natural disasters, traditional loss-prevention tools often fall short when preparing for this risk, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).

• Hybrid Approach Helps Guard Against Terrorism Risk

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 9, 2011

  Because terrorist acts have unique characteristics that are unlike natural disasters, traditional loss-prevention tools often fall short when preparing for this risk, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety.

• Hurricane Demonstration Emphasizes Importance of Sealing Roof Decks

  By Staff Writer  |  August 25, 2011

  Research suggests the sealing of roof deck seams can substantially reduce the damage to a home during a catastrophe.

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  IBHS Demonstrates Effects of Hurricane-Force Winds—Video

  By Staff Writer  |  June 3, 2011

  In October 2010, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) conducted several full-scale high-wind/hurricane test demonstrations at its multi-risk Research Center in South Carolina.

• Florida People, Places, & Products–May 2011 Round-Up

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 20, 2011

  Read fresh information and recaps of this month's news about Florida's people, places, and products.

• IBHS Burns House to Study Wildfire Behavior — Video

  By Eric Gilkey, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 5, 2011

  The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety recently conducted the first-ever full-scale wildfire demonstration at its research center. Watch the destruction take place.

• IBHS Announces Name Change

  By Staff Writer  |  March 17, 2011

  Institute for Business & Home Safety adds "insurance" to its formal name.