June 7, 2021
AMSTERDAM – Families of people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said they were preparing to hear painful details when a critical stage of a trial over the crash starts on Monday. MH17 was flying …
June 7, 2021
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as salvage crews stood by to head off a possible environmental disaster, officials said Sunday. The …
June 7, 2021
A beverage distributor that operates across Alabama and played a role in the state’s craft beer craze agreed to pay more than $800,000 to settle claims that it discriminated against Black employees for years by denying them jobs and promotions …
June 7, 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) top safety official said Wednesday he will step down effective June 30. Ali Bahrami, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety since July 2017, had faced criticism from some U.S. lawmakers and family members of …
June 7, 2021
Kentucky’s attorney general last week sued CVS Health, accusing its pharmacy chain of flooding the state with prescription opioids that contributed to the state’s addiction woes. Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed the lawsuit in Franklin County Circuit Court in Kentucky’s …
June 7, 2021
There’s a shortage of carriers offering insurance to cannabis businesses in numerous states, causing these businesses to pay more for policies or go underinsured. Regulators in several states are stepping in and putting some time and resources into encouraging more …
June 7, 2021
Florida has 90,000 private flood insurance policies in force now– a 300% increase since passing legislation to encourage private insurers to offer the coverage in 2014, according to Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier. Noting there are 5 million properties in …
June 7, 2021
More transparency is needed into what kind of cash payments are made after ransomware attacks, a top Democrat said, following a recent spate of cyber-attacks aimed at U.S. companies. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke days after …
June 7, 2021
Marijuana Distributor Commercial Auto Market Detail: CannGen Insurance Services’ (www.canngenins.com) auto program highlights include: annual policy term; liability up to $2 million CSL; local, intermediate and long radius; new ventures OK; prior losses OK; state filings requirements OK; 30% or …
June 7, 2021
Things look bad with California’s ever-sooner wildfire season seemingly approaching and what’s shaping up to be a severe drought across the Western U.S. The plague of wildfires in the past few years in California have made things tough for residents …