“Gimme an ‘I,’ except in our acronym.” That’s the message the insurance industry’s chief cheerleader organization for improving disaster safety...
Disaster (Flood News
The cost of flood control in North Dakota’s Devils Lake region has surpassed $1 billion, but the worst could be...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has formed a catastrophe response task force to coordinate efforts of the department and the...
A federal judge said Jan. 28 that he wasn’t trying to deprive states of their rights when he appointed Alabama’s...
Australia’s flood-stricken coal industry may be disrupted for months after key rail and road links were washed away, while some...
As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking a top-to-bottom review of the efforts to reform the nation’s flood insurance...
Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help...
Tropical Storm Hermine, which swept through Texas on Sept. 7 and into Oklahoma on Sept. 8, surprised forecasters by retaining...
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund needs $710 million to continue to pay claims still coming in from 2005’s Hurricane Wilma...