Loss Control

Mondays expected launch of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.s Property Insurance Clearinghouse in Florida will moderately increase private- and capital-market reinsurance demand and should modestly help lower the last-resort insurers policy count, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Chevrolet Spark was the only minicar out of 11 tested to earn an acceptable rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safetys small overlap front-crash test, which was introduced in 2012.

Insurers may be underestimating their exposure to a coming third wave of asbestos liabilities by relying on outdated assumptions and not accounting for factors such as longer life expectancy and advances in medical knowledge, a research firm says.

Fracking is not something to be exploited and profiteered overnight, but rather the next phase of American energy growth. And gaining a clear picture of the risks involved will go a long way in informing insurers' grasp of this often-misunderstood practice.

Colorado residents have received more than $245 million in federal recovery assistance since heavy rains brought flooding in September 2013, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

On January 17, 1994, the Northridge Earthquake, a Magnitude 6.7 temblor, occurred 20 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It's been a mixed bag since then with respect to preparedness for another major quake.