Fire
Allianz calls for tighter fire loss controls
Insurer urges action following ABI fire report
Cost of fire damage rises to £3.6m per day
ABI figures show record levels of insurer pay-outs for H1 2009
BP fined $87m over Texas fire
Oil giant fined $87m over Texas City fire, but said will fight it.
False alarms
A new firefighters' policy, coupled with changes in legislation, mean that requirements and obligations relating to fire protection today are very different from only a few years ago, as Derrick Hall explains.
Stemming the flow
Arson is a constant risk to the insurance industry. Leigh Jackson reports on the recent increase in fire damage and asks why fire risk mitigation seems to be a blind spot for businesses.
Beware the bite
The legal status of settlement agreements reached on behalf of underwriters by loss adjusters is being called into question, writes Ling Ong.
Wildfires rage in California
Wildfires have burned 105,000 acres of Californian land near Los Angeles.