Local governments needing hazard mitigation grants to increase community safety and disaster preparedness will pay less money to match federal...
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Insurance broker Marsh along with catastrophe modeling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and wind station operator WeatherFlow, Inc. have developed...
Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north Alabama landfill, so scientists at...
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on California Automobile Insurance Co. (California...
Massachusetts insurance officials have blocked a 13.2 percent statewide rate hike by the state’s residual market home insurer. The decision...
The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, will be nearly its pre-Hurricane Katrina size after...
Cyclone Nargis, which made landfall in the Irrawaddy delta region in Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday, is likely to become the...
A bill to renew the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) passed a key test vote in the U.S. Senate Tuesday,...
A Louisiana House committee has approved changes to the statewide building code, including a provision aimed at easing the construction...
Adding wind coverage to the current federal flood and wind insurance program could benefit some policyholders and market participants but...