International News Gulf Tanker Incidents May Raise Shippers’ Costs, Cut Traffic July 22, 2019 Seizures of oil tankers and other hostile Iranian measures in the Strait of Hormuz are already raising insurance rates for... Read More
East News Philadelphia Energy Solutions Files for Bankruptcy after Refinery Fire July 22, 2019 Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said on Monday, its second such filing in... Read More
News ConEd Faces Expanded Probe After Heat Wave Forces Power Shutdown July 22, 2019 Consolidated Edison Inc. said it would be ready for the heat wave. It wasn’t, and instead was forced to shut... Read More
News Chamber Study Concludes Privacy Lawsuits Benefit Attorneys More than Consumers July 22, 2019 Statutes allowing plaintiff lawyers to enforce privacy laws through private rights of action are clogging courts and provide no real... Read More
Midwest News A Community Ponders Role of Drugmakers in Opioid Struggle July 22, 2019 JACKSON, Ohio — The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107 opioid pills per resident were distributed over... Read More
Road to Recovery Fraud Alleged After Carrier Included Case Management Fees in Subrogation Lien: Viewpoint July 22, 2019 In addition to paying for medical expenses, death benefits, funeral costs and/or indemnity benefits for lost wages resulting from a... Read More
News Valen Analytics, Drone Base and CNA Pitch Products July 22, 2019 Valen Analytics Predicts Comp Risks with no Loss History Workers’ compensation carriers can now accurately score a policy even where... Read More
Texas / South Central News Kinder Morgan Pipeline Faces Opposition in Texas July 22, 2019 A Kinder Morgan Inc.-led natural gas conduit is getting blowback in a place that’s so far been a refuge for... Read More
News Nuclear Industry Push for Reduced Oversight Gaining Traction July 19, 2019 WASHINGTON — Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants’ defenses against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for... Read More
News Apparent Decline in Overdose Deaths Reverses Long-Running Trend July 19, 2019 NEW YORK — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers... Read More