The Institute for Business & Home Safety has warned that parts of the United States are vulnerable to earthquakes and urged action on creating stronger building codes.
Kevin Kelso, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of the Farmers Group, has been named chairman of the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) said Kevin Kelso, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of the Farmers Group, will become the organization's chairman.
The Travelers Institute said it convened a panel of experts to discuss strategies for making homes more storm resistant at what it called a Partnership on Mitigation Summit in Windsor, Conn.
A House panel has passed industry-supported legislation to provide increased post-catastrophe aid for states and municipalities that enact and enforce storm-proof building requirements.
For half a century, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been in the vanguard on highway and auto safety, committed to the goal of reducing losses--deaths, injuries, property and vehicle damage--on the nation's roads.
For two years now, I've been telling anyone who'll listen that the industry's lousy reputation is, for the most part, undeserved, and that carriers must take ownership of the problem and start touting all the good they do for society.