Hurricane Dorian is menacing the U.S. East Coast and could possibly make landfall as a Category 1 storm on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday.

Technology is allowing insurers to efficiently inspect and accurately assess property damage following wind and hail events.

Insurers are coping with broad environmental shifts in the economy and society that threaten to undermine their entire value proposition.

Over the past decade, more than 350 workers nationwide have died from heat-related illness, and tens of thousands have missed work.