The Category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Florida, with 105-mph winds, damaging homes, flooding communities and leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity across the Southeast.
Evacuations are underway along parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Isaias threatens the region with damaging winds, several feet of storm surge, flooding rain and possible tornadoes.
An EPA proposal would eliminate minimum federal public-notice and comment requirements for certain air pollution permits, leaving states and local agencies to determine how much public participation is required. The change comes as AI data center construction raises questions about pollution, power demand, water use and community impacts.
A new Florida company is offering annual memberships that guarantee seats on chartered evacuation flights during hurricanes. The service raises questions about disaster preparedness, evacuation access, and how private solutions may reshape catastrophe response.
August brings warmer ocean waters, lower wind shear, and more tropical waves, creating conditions that favor hurricane development. Early August activity can also offer clues about how active the rest of the Atlantic season may become.
A new Insurance Information Institute brief says heat waves, drought and development in the wildland-urban interface are driving wildfire exposure beyond the Western United States, creating new underwriting and claims challenges for insurers.
Historical hurricane data shows tropical storm threats remain relatively low during the World Cup, but several host cities have experienced damaging storms, flooding, and infrastructure losses during June and July.
Georgia regulators say businesses may have received fraudulent workers’ compensation certificates and believed they had valid coverage when they did not.
Rising deductibles, aging vehicles, and increasing bodily injury costs are concentrating risk and reshaping how claims are filed, evaluated, and settled.
State regulators are accelerating enforcement on AI use in insurance, exposing carriers to fines and legal risk when decision models lack transparency.
State regulators report more than 20 auto insurance rate decreases since mid-2025, citing reduced litigation and lessons from Florida’s reform-driven market recovery.
A total loss rep allegedly issued over 100 fraudulent checks in a scheme spanning multiple counties. Investigators detail how internal access was exploited.
