20 Years Later: Insurance Changes Triggered by Hurricane Andrew August 21, 2012 Hurricane Andrew struck Florida on August 24, 1992, and the tumult it created for the property insurance market in the...
Clothes Dryer Fires Cost $35 Million a Year August 20, 2012 An estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an...
Government Sends Message by ‘Super-Sizing’ Employment Bias Cases August 20, 2012 By Sam Hananel It started with allegations of hangman’s nooses, graffiti and racist comments targeting a handful of black workers at a trucking...
Mississippi Sees Drop in Drunk Driving Deaths August 17, 2012 By Jeff Amy Mississippi no longer ranks among the top 10 states for deaths caused by drunk drivers, thanks to a big drop...
Climate Change Poses Risks to Food Supplies Beyond U.S. Drought August 17, 2012 By Alister Doyle Downpours and heat waves caused by climate change could disrupt food supplies from the fields to the supermarkets, raising the...
Simulating Volcano Eruptions, One Blast at a Time August 16, 2012 A voice carried across the treeless plateau: “Fire in the hole! The range is now active.” Two dozen people fell...
States Ranked by Obesity Rates August 15, 2012 In 2011, rates of adult obesity in the U.S. remained high, with state estimates ranging from 20.7 percent in Colorado...
Future Impact of Self-Driving Cars Would Be Big: Study August 15, 2012 By Ben Klayman Consulting firm KPMG and the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan released a report this month about how close the...
Community Associations Grow by Number and Exposure August 14, 2012 By Andrea Wells In 2011, more than 62 million people lived in residential homes governed by a community association, including homeowners associations, condominiums,...
Luxury Cars Lag in Frontal Crash Safety: IIHS August 14, 2012 Only 3 of 11 midsize luxury and near-luxury cars evaluated earned good or acceptable ratings in the insurance industry’s latest...