Iran Escalates Attacks on Ships, Threatening Oil Export Recovery October 13, 2026 By Grant Smith, Weilun Soon, Prejula Prem and Anthony Di Paola Iranian attacks on ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz have surged, potentially threatening the recent recovery in Persian Gulf oil...
RT FLEX Expands Across Property, Casualty, Construction, and Executive and Professional Liability Lines October 13, 2026 Chicago-based RT Specialty and Ryan Alternative Risk, the wholesale brokerage and alternative risk divisions of Ryan Specialty, have expanded RT...
SpaceX Plan to Launch 456 Starships a Year in Texas Under Review October 13, 2026 By Loren Grush SpaceX is proposing to increase the number of Starship launches and landings it conducts out of its Starbase facility in...
Harbor Emerges From Stealth with $10M Funding to Handle AI-Agent Risk October 13, 2026 New company Harbor said it has emerged from stealth to help with the risks of deploying AI agents. San Francisco-based...
Las Vegas Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Staged Armed Robbery Fraud Scheme October 13, 2026 A Las Vegas business owner pleaded guilty to arranging a fake armed robbery of his cellphone repair store to collect...
Tesla Faces Probe Over Claim of Robotaxis Speeding in School Zones October 13, 2026 By Richard Clough Tesla Inc. is facing scrutiny from US auto-safety regulators over whether its driverless taxis exceed posted speed limits near schools,...
Rider Dies, Others Hurt on Six Flags Roller Coaster in Georgia October 13, 2026 A rider has died and several others injured after an accident involving a roller coaster at the Six Flags Over...
XPT Specialty Deploys Suite of AI Tools Across Wholesale Operation; Widens Market Access for Retail Agents on SME Accounts October 13, 2026 AI tools bring comparative analysis and multi-market execution into retail agents’ existing workflows, helping XPT specialists serve more clients, faster...
EU Backs Ukraine War Risk Insurance as Market Rebounds October 13, 2026 By Ott Tammik The European Union is providing a new backstop to a war risk insurance program for the Ukrainian logistics sector, amid...
Orbital Data Centers Risk Becoming Military Targets in Space October 13, 2026 By Gerry Doyle and Sana Pashankar Orbital data centers chasing unlimited solar power and boundless real estate increase the risk of potentially catastrophic conflict in space...