Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, last weekend. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak will likely end …
Blackstone Group LP, which scored big four years ago when a company it owned sold New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for a record-setting price to a little-known Chinese insurer, may soon get a chance to own the iconic landmark again. …
Five opioid manufacturers including OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have paid more than $10 million to advocacy groups and doctors tied to them, many of whom amplified industry messages supporting the use of the painkillers, a U.S. Senate report said …
Weather junkie John Grosso knew it was highly unlikely a monster wave was barreling toward the Connecticut coast. Still, when a tsunami warning appeared out of the blue on his phone Tuesday, he felt a twinge of fear. His co-workers, …
A North Carolina appeals court should keep alive a five-year-old lawsuit because it increases the pressure on Duke Energy Corp. to clean up groundwater contaminated by its coal ash pits, environmental lawyers argued Thursday. The Charlotte-based electricity utility admits coal …
Flooding brought on by heavy rains in parts of Kentucky have prompted a state of emergency in at least one southeastern county. Media outlets report an emergency declaration was issued for widespread flooding in Harlan County on Saturday night. No …
Roost, a provider of home telematics for property insurance carriers, has partnered with Erie Insurance to test customer engagement with its Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detector device in order to prevent water damage claims. The Roost Smart Water …
A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central Appalachian coalfields. Three clinics in southwestern Virginia identified 416 coal miners with the disease from January 2013 to February 2017, …
Jeff Mickletz has joined Everest Insurance as director and senior underwriter within the Excess Casualty division of Everest Specialty Casualty. He will be handling the Southeast territory of the United States. According to Debbie Weiser, head of Excess Casualty, Mickletz …
Vital Insurance Partners, an insurance consultant and program intermediary, has named Meg Matlach vice president of Product Development. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, she is responsible for product development and program enhancement within the specialty insurance marketplace. She will work closely …
