Loss Control

Information from Aons interactive Political Risk Map is now freely accessible.

One-third of businesses fail within the first year after a disaster, and another third fail within five years. Companies that plan for emergencies greatly increase the likelihood of staying in business.

The U.S. is taking the first step toward requiring that commercial drivers and railroad workers be tested for a sleep disorder that causes drowsiness and has been linked to fatal wrecks.

Allstate helped form a freight rail-car leasing company as CEO Tom Wilson expands his bets on hard assets to generate better returns than bonds.

Sophisticated vehicle technology increases the cost of crash repairs, and older cars will be more likely to be totaled, according to research from CCC Information Services.

Soft fraud is often committed by normally honest policyholders who can inflate values inadvertently or on purpose because of a sense of entitlement.