Homes in Flood Plains May Be Overvalued by $34 Billion March 3, 2020 By Eric Roston At least 3.8 million U.S. homes lie in flood plains. Together, they may be overvalued by $34 billion. New research...
America’s Farmers Brace for Another Season of Costly River Flooding March 3, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan For the second year in a row, much of the U.S. is primed to suffer multi-billion dollar flood losses, with...
Supreme Court Ruling on Fate of Obamacare Likely After November Election March 2, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful, taking up...
Markel to Combine Two Divisions to Create Markel Specialty March 2, 2020 Markel is combining its Markel Specialty and Markel Assurance divisions into one division called Markel Specialty, which launches on April...
U.S. Probes Batch of Faulty Coronavirus Test Kits March 2, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing defect in some...
U.S. Lags Europe in Driver Assist Technology Safety Testing March 2, 2020 By Tina Bellon Autopilot, Super Cruise and Drive Pilot are different names given to technology that automates steering and braking in a growing...
FACTBOX-Update on Coronavirus Around the World March 2, 2020 The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, sending global markets into a dive and...
Professional Sports Leagues Keeping Close Track of Coronavirus March 2, 2020 By Stephen Whyno Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak that has...
Agency M&As: Private Equity Still in Driver’s Seat; Digital Agencies Attract Attention March 2, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As...
Trucking Can Be Deadly. And Not Just For Truckers.: Viewpoint February 28, 2020 By Justin Fox, Bloomberg Opinion Of the major industries for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported workplace fatality rates for 2018, truck transportation was...