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This winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest last Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said. At least three people were killed in Thursday’s …

Boundless Rider, a new insurtech focused on insurance for motorcycle and powersport riders, announced that policy coverage is available for purchase in Illinois. Owners of on-road and off-road motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, snowmobiles, scooters, and mopeds can now obtain coverage through …

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system. The agency said in a statement Friday that a team of …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across central Ohio struck by severe weather last week. Gov. Mike DeWine also activated the Ohio National Guard to help officials in one county, Logan …

RESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead last year after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared …

Courts have found that policy exclusions often fail due to ambiguous wording. In the case of a Mississippi company that allegedly dumped corrosive wastewater into sewer systems, though, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company’s pollution exclusion seems to have nailed it, …

Genesis Global Capital LLC has agreed to pay a $21 million civil fine to settle charges that it illegally sold securities through its crypto lending program without registering them, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday. The deal …

Yemen’s Houthis said they have targeted a tanker, MADO, in the Red Sea with naval missiles and Israel’s Eilat region with winged missiles, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Tuesday. MADO is a Marshall-Islands flagged LPG tanker heading …

When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s 2024 cyber symposium in New York City. …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners over the weekend announced Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Gary D. Anderson as the organization’s chief executive officer. Anderson will start leading the NAIC by May 1, after completing his service as the Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner. …