Burning Down a House to Show How to Build for Wildfire Defense March 20, 2019 By Don Jergler After only a year into his job as CEO and president of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety,...
IBHS Study Chronicles Hurricane Harvey Wind Damage, Provides Takeaways August 8, 2018 Hurricane Harvey will be remembered as an epic flooding disaster – and rightly so. But there is more to the...
Wright Leaving FEMA to Head IBHS, Succeeding Rochman April 5, 2018 The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) announced that Roy E. Wright has been selected as the next...
IBHS Receives 2016 IMCA Innovation Torchbearer Award June 24, 2016 The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) received the 2016 Innovation Torchbearer Award from the Insurance Marketing &...
IBHS Urges New York to Adopt 2015 Model Building Codes October 20, 2014 The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) said it is commending the New York Code Council for starting...
Building Stronger, Other Lessons from Hurricane Ivan at 10th Anniversary September 18, 2014 By Alex Cary, IBHS This week marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, one of the costliest tropical storms to ever hit the U.S....
Central Texas Home an Example of the Benefits of Building Stronger July 9, 2014 By Denise Johnson A home in Burnet County, Texas, that was picked up and carried 100 yards by a tornado last month, was...
Mississippi Enacts First Statewide Building Code Law March 19, 2014 By Michael Adams Mississippi has enacted its first statewide building code that is designed to set construction guidelines to strengthen homes and other...
On 9/11 Anniversary, a Call to Renew Federal Terrorism Insurance September 11, 2013 On today’s anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack against the United States, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety...
Preparedness Stressed on 200th Anniversary of the New Madrid Earthquakes December 15, 2011 On the 200th anniversary of the first tremors of the New Madrid earthquakes, which were several of the most powerful...