Loss Control

With modern societys ubiquitous reliance on the electrical grid, space weathersuch as a severe solar stormcan wreak havoc on the electric-power supply and trigger losses from business interruption and damaged physical assets.

An amendment that would sunset or end the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act in 2013 will be offered Thursday as an amendment to the legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program.

A week of brushfires across the state of Texas has claimed more than 1,000 homes, and insurance losses are expected to be in the millions of dollars, according to officials.

We like to think were tough here in New York, but Im not ashamed to say that the thought of a hurricane coming right at us scared the wits out of me. Frankly, I dont know how folks in storm-prone areas live with this threat all the time.

A Penn. police officer raked in over $1 million through a memorabilia business while collecting workers compensation benefits.

A preliminary version of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2010 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries shows 4,547 fatal work injuries in the U.S. last year, slightly less than in 2009.