East News Small Town Besieged by Hundreds of Giant Black Vultures December 21, 2020 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Black vultures circled beneath a leaden sky, swooping down close to the tombstones in a Marietta cemetery... Read More
East News Unclear Policy Endorsement Makes Excess Insurer Liable for Fuel Spill December 21, 2020 Confusing language in a policy issued by an excess insurer puts the carrier on the hook for up to $5... Read More
International News What Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Giant Cargo Ships December 18, 2020 From the deck of their tanker, Captain Samig Nabiyev and his crew could see the smoke and fire rising over... Read More
International News Fiji Imposes Curfew as it Prepares for Major Cyclone to Hit December 18, 2020 SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji imposed a nationwide curfew Thursday after urging people near the coast to move to higher... Read More
Little-Known Solarwinds Gets Scrutiny Over Hack, Stock Sales December 18, 2020 Before this week, few people were aware of SolarWinds, a Texas-based software company providing vital computer network monitoring services to... Read More
International News Volkswagen Loses Top Court Case in EU in Diesel Scandal December 18, 2020 BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its... Read More
Midwest News Government Ordered to Pay Landowners on Lower Missouri River December 18, 2020 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused... Read More
Family Behind Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharma Offers ‘Sadness’ December 18, 2020 Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful... Read More
Suspected Russian Hacking Spree Reached Into Microsoft -Sources December 18, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft was breached in the massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, according to people... Read More
What’s Wrong With Commercial Auto and How Do We Fix It? December 18, 2020 Commercial auto is one of the biggest, most problematic cost centers in the insurance industry. Its loss ratios are incredibly... Read More