Caution: Pulling Plug on Traffic Cameras Leaves Municipalities in the Red December 30, 2014 By Freeman Klopott and Terrence Dopp Municipalities that installed traffic cameras to boost revenue are scraping for cash to fill budget gaps after complaints by irate...
More Inspections, Fewer Mines Result in Lowest Number of Miner Deaths December 30, 2014 By Dylan Lovan Less than five years after an explosion fueled by excess coal dust killed 29 men deep inside a West Virginia...
Looking Back to 2014, Ahead to 2015 at Natural Disaster Activity December 29, 2014 Fewer tornadoes, a mild hurricane season, lower acreage lost to wildfires, overall less flood and other damage— all in all,...
Many Hispanic Renters Overestimate Cost of Insurance December 29, 2014 Almost half (43 percent) of Hispanics without renters insurance think they cannot afford it but they overestimate the cost, a...
How One Broker, CGSC, Is Navigating Stages of Entrepreneurial Business December 29, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Entrepreneurial organizations go through stages of growth, says the chief executive of one of the world’s largest wholesale insurance and...
‘Throwing Money’ at Data Breach Victims May Not Be Best Response December 28, 2014 Offering customers discounts in future purchases and free credit monitoring —strategies used by Target after its large-scale data breach —...
Pros Should Probe Teams’ Leaks of Players’ Medical Information: Viewpoint December 24, 2014 By Kavitha Davidson, Bloomberg View The trade sending Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp to the San Diego Padres finally went through late Thursday night,...
Report Questions U.S. Readiness, Coordination to Handle Major Disaster December 24, 2014 By Hope Yen The U.S. government isn’t fully prepared to handle a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural catastrophe, lacks effective coordination,...
Businesses Push for Terrorism Insurance Vote When Congress Returns December 24, 2014 By Emily Stephenson Lobbyists for insurers, real estate financiers and businesses launched into action last week to urge quick renewal of a terrorism...
USI Insurance Services Launches Terrorism Insurance Underwritten by Lloyd’s December 24, 2014 USI Insurance Services has launched a new terrorism insurance product to address the expiring Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act...