The Disaster Issue – Where Insurers Fear to Tread July 1, 2013 By Lori Widmer One storm is all it takes these days. Anyone who’s been paying attention needn’t be reminded that even a post-tropical...
Effort versus Success July 1, 2013 By Chris Burand I wrote two columns in the summer of 2012 that elicited more online comments and emails than any article, out...
5 Tips for Putting Your Best Foot Forward in a Crisis July 1, 2013 By Lisa Doherty and Karen Lombardo No business today is immune from the ravages of storms and power outages – not to mention earthquakes, fires or...
Deadly Oklahoma Tornado Widest on Record, Rare EF5 June 17, 2013 The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City at the end of May had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles...
Solar Construction: Too Hot to Handle? June 17, 2013 By Andrea Wells The solar construction industry has been extremely hot in recent years. Perhaps, too hot. The sector’s rapid growth has led...
Homeowners Struggle with Rising Insurance Costs June 17, 2013 By Jeff Amy When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a...
Survey: Texting While Driving Common Among N.J. Drivers June 17, 2013 New Jersey auto insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance released a distracted driving study that found nearly 50 percent of those...
Insured Property Values in Coastal States Top $10 Trillion; Florida Has Most at Risk; Miami Ranks 2nd Among Metros June 17, 2013 In separate reports AIR Worldwide and CoreLogic estimated insured property values in coastal areas of the United States reaching into...
4.2M U.S. Homes at Risk of Storm-Surge Damage: CoreLogic June 17, 2013 More than 4.2 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are located within storm-surge risk zones, totaling more...
Why More Are Saying ‘I Do’ to Wedding Insurance June 17, 2013 By Geoff Williams Last year, Natalia Esparra, then 34 and a new bride, learned that something had gone wrong with her photographer’s memory...