State laws that require homebuyers to be told about a property’s flood risk can help mitigate some effects of climate change by reducing the value of flood-prone properties and discouraging development in floodplains, a new study finds.
Opening arguments ended Monday in Texas in the highest profile criminal case ever brought against a company and its employees for allegedly failing to adequately prepare for the effects of climate change. The company, Arkema, owns a chemical plant outside Houston that flooded when Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 5 feet of rain on the area in 2017.
When a worker finds themselves stuck at home after a workplace injury, they can feel disconnected from the world around them. Their days can become directionless without the routine of going to work and they may lose contact with their friends and colleagues from the office.
The last decade of insurance ushered in an age of data and technology, especially within claims. As we embark on a new decade, the question arises of how the insurance claims process will further evolve continuing the advances of the last decade.
An Antioch woman has been charged in Contra Costa County with workers’ compensation insurance fraud after authorities said she showed a pattern of slipping and falling while working for different employers.
Tornadoes killed at least 19 people in Tennessee as violent storms roared through the state late Monday and early Tuesday morning, part of a sprawling system that threatened more severe weather Tuesday all the way from Texas to North Carolina, the Storm Prediction Center said.
If you’ve ever thought that you have no idea what you’re doing at work and at any moment this fraud will be found out by your co-workers and bosses, you’ve probably experienced imposter syndrome.
Congress created crop insurance in 1938 to help protect farmers and U.S. food production from the sort of natural and financial calamities that crushed farmers during the Great Depression.
At least three people died in a wreck involving 80-100 vehicles Sunday on Interstate 80, while a second crash on I-80 involving at least 30-40 vehicles occurred around the same time, just four miles away.
A court decision in Arizona this week does more than potentially set a new precedent for First Responder benefits in that state; it also forces us to look at the expectations of the job, and what may be considered “normal” within the course and scope of employment.
The insurtech movement has been underway for the better part of a decade. Now that we have entered the 2020s, it might be worth exploring what could be on the horizon for insurtech over the next ten years.
In October 2019, a Philadelphia jury delivered an $8 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson for its improper marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal as a treatment for some mental-health disorders in children.
Insurance flood claims have a much broader societal impact than on just the property and casualty insurance industry alone — which is another reason why it is critical to start adopting flood mitigation and prevention measures now, a climate expert told a recent conference.
