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Climate change raises new risk: Are inland bridges too low?
June 6, 2017 Scott McFetridge - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDES MOINES, Iowa – A century-old train trestle stands as one of the trophies of Des Moines’ push to spruce up its downtown. Bicyclists and pedestrians pose for pictures beside the brightly painted beams of the Red Bridge and gather…
Slice launches “first on-demand insurance platform” for homeshare hosts in 13 states
June 1, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterSlice Labs Inc., a technology company offering what it calls “the first on-demand insurance platform in the United States,” announced on Wednesday the launch of their homeshare insurance product in 13 states. Homeshare hosts in 13 states – California, Colorado,…
Storms pummel central U.S., as tornadoes kill at least two
May 17, 2017 The Associated Press (APR)ELK CITY, Okla. – Storms whipped through a wide swath of the central U.S., forming tornadoes that flattened a Wisconsin mobile home park and an Oklahoma subdivision and killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others. The storms…
Southern U.S. crop losses from March storm could exceed $1 billion: Aon
April 7, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA weather system that brought sub-freezing temperatures to South Carolina and Georgia, as well as heavy rains in Peru were among the catastrophes with economic losses exceeding $1 billion in March, Aon plc’s Impact Forecasting unit reported Friday in its…
Outbreak of severe convective storms across U.S. Midwest causing widespread damage in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota: RMS
March 9, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAs of March 8, cumulative preliminary tornado, hail and straight-line wind reports in the United States for the year have all been more than double their respective 2005-2015 averages, according to the records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s…
Commercial insurance for Airbnb hosts available in Iowa from insurtech startup Slice
October 5, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterSlice Labs Inc. announced Wednesday the launch of a private beta in which commercial insurance is being offered to hosts in Iowa who rent their homes. “The first product applies to homeshare hosts renting their homes on various homeshare platforms,”…
City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa braces for high floodwaters
September 27, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterHigh-flow measurements on two rivers in eastern Iowa are higher than any level since 2008 in several locations, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Monday, as residents of the city of Cedar Rapids braced for near-record floodwaters. USGS field…