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Peru’s Melting Glaciers Pose Deadly Threat as Temperatures Rise
Dec 12 2014 // High in the Peruvian Andes, the glacier-fed lake Laguna 513 brims with meltwater atop a populated valley in a region prone to earthquakes. Scientists warn that if a giant chunk of ice from the Hualcan glacier breaks off it...
Hackers Increasingly Target Banks, Corporations Instead of Consumers
Dec 10 2014 // Hackers are increasingly stealing directly from banks and other companies and helping organized crime to operate more efficiently, according to the chief of cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab. Examples range from infecting...
Climate Researchers Lower Global Warming Forecast on Plans to Cut Emissions
Dec 8 2014 // Climate researchers lowered their forecast for global warming for the first time since 2009 after the greenhouse gas polluters agreed to limit their emissions over the next 15 years, a group of European academics...
Speed Limit Rises to 70 MPH On Some Urban Utah Freeways
Dec 8 2014 // Motorists can drive a little faster on most urban interstates along Utah’s Wasatch Range. With a few exceptions, the speed limit was raised from 65 mph to 70 mph beginning today. The Utah Department of Transportation...
NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Vermont
Dec 5 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. Based upon its review of the most recently...
Chubb Survey: Attic Storage Can Cause Homeowner Grief, Hazards
Dec 4 2014 // Homeowners who don’t pay attention to what’s going on in their attics can face costly damage that can spread throughout their entire home, warns a new survey sponsored by the Chubb Group of Insurance...
UN’s Weather Agency Warns 2014 May Be Warmest on Record
Dec 3 2014 // Record high ocean temperatures will make 2014 the hottest year on record, or at least among the very warmest, in evidence of a long-term trend of global warming, the U.N.’s weather agency said on Wednesday. Including...
Climate Change Report: Philippines Hardest Hit by Extreme Weather in 2013
Dec 3 2014 // The Philippines, Cambodia and India were the countries hardest hit by extreme weather events in 2013, according to a study unveiled on Tuesday at U.N. talks in Lima on a global deal to limit climate change. The report by...
Survey Shows 8-in-10 Americans Believe in Climate Change
Dec 2 2014 // More than eight-in-10 Americans now believe the climate is changing – although they place that concern beneath issues like global political instability, economic crisis or a pandemic. Munich Re America’s inaugural...
End Near, Future Uncertain for New Jersey’s Red-Light Cameras
Dec 2 2014 // A bane of motorists and a boon to municipal coffers, New Jersey’s red light cameras are a get-rich-quick scheme by towns or a worthwhile safety improvement that is saving lives, depending on where you sit. The...
Small Business Insurance Market Primed for Consolidation
Dec 1 2014 // If heavy competition breeds consolidation, then the property/casualty small business insurance market is ripe for it in the coming years. Both large and small insurers devote lots of attention to the space, but no single...
Kansas Agents See Increased Demand for Earthquake Insurance
Dec 1 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after a 4.8 magnitude temblor struck near Conway Springs on Nov. 12. “We have been getting calls all day,” said...
Swiss Re Economists Forecast ‘Modest’ Global Growth
Nov 26 2014 // Swiss Re’s Chief economist, Kurt Karl and his colleague, Senior Economist Roman Lechner, presented a somewhat cautious scenario for the global economy over the next two years. As detailed in Swiss Re’s...
Outlook Revised to Positive for Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co.
Nov 25 2014 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” for Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company (FUMI) in Jamestown, N.D. Concurrently, A.M. Best has also...
Pothole Claims Up in Ohio This Year
Nov 24 2014 // More Ohio motorists are looking for repayment from the state for pothole damage to their cars, nearly tripling the number of claims filed in 2013. The Dayton Daily News reports nearly 300 pothole damage claims have been...
Whistleblower Tips, Award Amount Increased in 2014, Reports SEC
Nov 24 2014 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received more than 3,500 tips from whistleblowers in fiscal year 2014, the largest number received since the program went into effect three years ago. The SEC announced the...
Some Future Effects of Climate Change Are Inevitable: World Bank
Nov 24 2014 // Some future impacts of climate change, such as more extremes of heat and sea level rise, are unavoidable even if governments act fast to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank said. Past and predicted emissions from...
Connecticut Approves NCCI’s Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease Filing
Nov 21 2014 // The Connecticut Insurance Department recently approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) workers’ compensation filing for an overall -0.6 percent change for pure premium loss costs and an...
New Jersey Approves 2.9% Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates, Rating Values
Nov 18 2014 // New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced that the commissioner of banking and insurance has approved a 2.9 percent increase in rates and rating values applicable to New Jersey workers’...
Small Business Insurance Market Primed for Consolidation
Nov 18 2014 // If heavy competition breeds consolidation, then the property/casualty small business insurance market is ripe for it in the coming years. Both large and small insurers devote lots of attention to the space, but no single...
