Creating a hailstorm is no easy task, according to researchers at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety who said the project was several years in the making. Duplicating Mother Nature, researchers were able

Winter Storm Saturn will continue laying down a heavy swath of snow from the Upper Midwest to the Ohio Valley. Let's lay out the "who, what and how much" bullet points: On Tuesday 3/5/13 Snow:  Ends in the northern

We all know what lengths we take to hide our electronics in the many weather conditions we are working in. How many people do you know that have accidently dropped their phone in the lake,

It’s no secret that property/casualty insurers have been fielding more and more sinkhole claims in Florida and now online hazard mapping firm CDS Business Mapping and its RiskMeter Online service have come up with a

The Weather Channel’s decision this winter season to start naming severe winter storms in the U.S. — such as bestowing the name “Nemo” for the massive Feb. 8-9 winter storm — most likely will not

Xactimate's latest version allows property professionals to estimate claims on mobile, tablet, online, or desktop platforms. At their fourth annual user conference, Xactware unveiled Xactimate® version 28, a revolutionary new way to estimate structural repair costs

Only 11 of the 50 U.S. states have moved to implement new consumer safeguards under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, raising questions about how major health insurance reforms will be enforced, a report released on

A huge storm system with thunderstorms, damaging winds and possible tornadoes raked a wide area of the central U.S. and South on Wednesday, and threatened to become more powerful as it roared East. The severe threat

A 37-year-old Iowa woman has been sentenced to federal prison for lying about 2008 flood damage in Cedar Rapids. Federal prosecutors say Emily Protsman on Wednesday was given 18 months behind bars and five years of

Two South Florida mothers have been sentenced to prison for their roles in staging car accidents to commit fraud on insurers. Federal prosecutors said that 42-year-old Ana Ovando of West Palm Beach was sentenced to more