In the Face of a Severe California Wildfire Season, is The Oft-Used ‘Mitigation’ Word Too Little Too Late? July 20, 2021 By Don Jergler It may have been around 2017 when a true sense of urgency donned on insurers, public officials, residents and regulators...
Coalition is Letting Californians Know May is Wildfire Awareness Month April 22, 2021 Now is the time for Californians to prepare homes and communities for the coming wildfire season, the StrongerCA Coalition is...
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,...
Research Finds Fire-Resistant Building Codes Do Not Raise Home Prices November 27, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Homes in wildfire-prone areas around the U.S. could be built to better withstand blazes without increasing the cost of construction,...
Experts: Cost of Hail Damage Will Continue to Rise August 16, 2018 By Dan Elliott Hailstorms inflict billions of dollars in damage yearly in North America alone, and the cost will rise as the growing...
Insurers Offering Discounts on Tornado-Resilient Homes in Oklahoma May 2, 2018 Dozens of insurance companies are now offering discounts to Oklahomans who have built or retrofitted their homes to certain tornado-resilient...
Harvey, Houston, America, Politics and Building Codes August 31, 2017 By Christopher Flavelle Jerry Garcia’s home in Corpus Christi missed the worst of Hurricane Harvey by just a few miles and lost nothing...
Insurance Lab in South Carolina Aims to Alter ‘Cycle of Destruction’ December 2, 2013 By Seanna Adcox The insurance industry hopes a 21,000-square-foot lab in rural South Carolina can help revolutionize the way homes are built and...
IBHS Updates Report on Hurricane-Prone States’ Building Codes August 22, 2013 Among coastal hurricane-prone states, North Carolina and Louisiana have weakened their building codes since 2012, while five states have strengthened...
Wildfire Risk High in 2013 Due to Warm Weather, Drought, Warn Insurers January 24, 2013 With a mild winter, relatively warmer weather in general, and drought conditions expected to continue in 2013, the Insurance Institute...