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PES Up Against the Clock to Sell Philadelphia Refinery in Cash Crunch

Finding a buyer for Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ oil refinery has grown urgent as the bankrupt company’s funds dwindle and no signs emerge that it is winning a fight for insurance payouts after a June blaze at the plant, according to …

UPenn’s Interdisciplinary Research Seeks to Track Ambler’s Asbestos Legacy

Joe Amento, a lifelong resident of Ambler, Pennsylvania, was 53 when he died of a rare cancer with one main cause — exposure to asbestos. He was fine at Christmas 2002. In January, a pain in his side kept him …

University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said this week it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on risk and insurance at the University of …