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 ...
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday published proposed regulations designed to standardize preparedness programs for disasters and emergencies.
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Ground was broken today in Chester, S.C., for a $44 million disaster laboratory that can test structures for resistance to hurricane winds, wildfires and hail.
Government minimum flood elevation requirements for Gulf Coast region properties vulnerable to storm surge are "woefully inadequate," according to a not-for-profit insurance industry study group.
Has the economy finally affected everybody -- and everything? Did Mother Nature take a mandated furlough in June and July, content to work on her tan while sipping mojitos on the beaches of Miami?
Legislation backed by the insurance industry that would provide incentives for the adoption and enforcement of statewide building codes throughout the nation has been introduced in the House.
Legislation that would provide incentives for the adoption and enforcement of statewide building codes throughout the nation has been introduced in the House.
Diana McClure, business resiliency program manager at the non-profit Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), has been appointed to the Disaster Recovery Institute International Standards and
Just as there are crash tests for automobiles, why should there not be similar testing to see how buildings hold up against a variety of insured exposures? That is the driving question behind the