2017 ‘One of Worst’ for U.S. Weather with 15 Events Costing $1 Billion or More December 29, 2017 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Brian K. Sullivan In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security...
Sugary Sports Beans, Uber Divorce Claims Among Chamber’s ‘Most Ridiculous’ Lawsuits of 2017 December 28, 2017 A lawsuit by a woman claiming she was deceived about the amount of sugar in an exercise supplement called Sport...
Workplace Fatalities Continue to Increase, with Transportation Incidents #1 Cause December 27, 2017 There were 5,190 workplace fatalities reported in the U.S. in 2016, a seven percent increase over the previous year. According...
Reinsurance Price Hikes May Be Short-Lived as Capacity Is Abundant December 22, 2017 While overall market conditions may improve over the near term as a result of catastrophe events in the third quarter...
How Sex Abuse Culture Threatens Restaurant Industry and What It Can Do About It December 21, 2017 By Kate Krader That there’s abuse behind the scenes in restaurant isn’t news. Within the chef community, the news is that people are...
UK Employers Plan Hiring Despite Brexit Worries December 19, 2017 By Andy Bruce British employers plan to hire more workers and raise pay more quickly in 2018, but they also fear that Brexit...
Deadly London Tower Fire Sparks Development in U.S. of Safety Evaluation Tool December 15, 2017 By Jeff Martin Six months after flames engulfed a London high-rise and sparked concerns about similarly-clad buildings around the world, a U.S.-based fire...
Verisk: 96% of the Area in California Fire at High or Extreme Wildfire Risk December 13, 2017 Most of the area within the massive Thomas fire in Southern California is at high or extreme wildfire risk, according...
Tower Group Companies Top List of U.S. P/C Impairments in 2016: A.M. Best December 13, 2017 Of the 14 property/casualty impairments identified for 2016, 11 were members of the Tower Group, with the remaining three composed...
Vietnam Suffers Rare $1 Billion Natural Catastrophe Loss: Aon Benfield Report December 11, 2017 Typhoon Damrey made landfall in Vietnam during November as a Category 2 strength storm, bringing estimated economic damages of VND22.1...