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Farmers Says Zesty.ai Wildfire Risk Assessments to Bring 30,000 New Homeowners' Policies

Farmers Insurance announced Monday that California regulators have approved its plan to assess wildfire risk by using a tool that...
 

Chemical Fire Draws Illinois National Guard; Locals Evacuate

A massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois spurred the governor to deploy the National Guard to the area as local residents...
 

U.S. Water and Power Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyberhacks

When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was hacked in 2018, it took a mere six hours. Early this year, an intruder lurked in...
 

NYT Points to Foreign Minister and Carlos Slim for Collapse of Mexico City Metro

The collapse last month of a section of a Mexico City metro line that killed 26 people was likely due to poor construction by Mexican...
 

EDF Examines Gas Build-Up at Chinese Nuclear Plant

SINGAPORE/PARIS -- French power group EDF has begun examination of a potential issue linked to a build-up of inert gases at its nuclear...
 

Judge Tosses Houston Hospital Workers' Lawsuit Over Vaccine Requirement

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated...
 

Brutal Heatwave to Descend on U.S. West, Prompting Fire Warnings

LOS ANGELES -- A heatwave already punishing parts of the U.S. Southwest on Monday was expected to move into California this week,...
 

Barge Stuck on Alabama Dam, so Mississippi Yards Flooding

COLUMBUS, Miss.. (AP) -- A barge is stuck against a dam in Alabama, causing flooded yards in Mississippi, officials said. The barge can't...
 

Sri Lankan Court Grants Bail to Captain of Fire-Ravaged Ship

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A Sri Lankan court granted bail to the captain of a fire-ravaged container ship on Monday, hours after he was...
 
 
 
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Health Workers Dealing with Shock of Virus Fight, Uneasiness in Current Quiet

Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staffers gathered recently to look back, and...
 

Rising Claims, Feared Covid-19 Surge, Push Firms to Seek D&O Insurance Alternatives

When Elon Musk said in April he was dropping the insurance policy that protects Tesla Inc.'s board from shareholder lawsuits, it got Skip...
 

SUVs More Deadly to Pedestrians Than Passenger Cars, Says Insurance Safety Study

SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new U.S. insurance industry study which...
 

U.S. Court Vacates Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Case of 5 Police Officers

A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an...
 

Edge Computing, Supply Chains, Deepfakes Among 2020's Top Emerging Risks: Swiss Re

Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has...
 

Chief Risk Officers Believe U.S. Coronavirus Losses Could Top S&P's $15-$30B Estimate

Analysts for Standard & Poor's Global Ratings shared a view that U.S. underwriting losses from COVID-19 would fall in the $15-$30...
 
 
 
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