West News Some Hawaii Lava Evacuees May Return to Homes During ‘Stable’ Flow June 18, 2018 Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island let some people back into their homes and scaled down emergency operations Monday as lava... Read More
West News Study Says Groundwater Changes May Have Caused 2014 Napa Quake June 18, 2018 Research suggests the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rocked California wine country in 2014 may have been caused by an expansion... Read More
Impact of Driverless Cars on Insurance Not as Dire as Predicted June 18, 2018 It turns out robots need insurance too. As driverless vehicles reduce car ownership in coming years, insurers may not face... Read More
Texas / South Central News KCC Estimates Texas Hailstorm Insured Losses at $1B June 18, 2018 An early June hailstorm caused an estimated $1 billion in insured losses to residential and commercial properties and automobiles, the... Read More
Costlier Disasters Push U.S. to Buy Reinsurance June 15, 2018 The federal government, seeking to protect itself from the growing cost of natural disasters, is borrowing a technique from the... Read More
Counting Deaths After a Hurricane Difficult June 15, 2018 How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It’s a question that has been debated since the powerful... Read More
Heat Not the Only Sign That Climate Change is Happening June 15, 2018 You don’t just feel the heat of global warming, you can see it in action all around. Some examples of... Read More
West News Power Tool Used to Clear Brush Blamed for Sparking LA Hillside Fire June 15, 2018 More than 250 firefighters raced to the hills overlooking Los Angeles, Calif., to battle a blaze Tuesday afternoon they say... Read More
Fitch: U.S. P/C Personal Lines Results Decline Despite Auto Improvement June 15, 2018 Underwriting losses in the U.S. P/C personal lines segment moved higher for the fourth straight year in 2017, though this... Read More
West News Vendor Blamed for Mistaken Alaska Tsunami Alert June 15, 2018 A third-party vendor is being blamed for a mistaken tsunami alert broadcast on Alaska TV and radio stations last month.... Read More