Despite the downturn in the oil and gas industry, claims costs are increasing, a speaker said on Thursday at the Canadian Risk and Insurance Education Forum.

Well, that’s one way to skip the iPhone lines. Three "husky" men in hoodies driving a white Dodge van broke into a UPS truck Wednesday while it was parked outside a San Francisco Apple Store. It was delivering 313 of Apple’s new iPhone X devices, according to a police report.

Since last year, Californians are allowed to grow and possess marijuana. Now, the most populous U.S. state has taken another step to bolster the cannabis business by deciding to give insurance cover to the multi-billion dollar industry.

All it took Lars and Ulla Tandrup was a single glance at the blazing facade of their Quietwater Ridge home early Oct. 9 to realize they couldn’t reach their cars and would have to run for their lives.

Developer South Beach Group Hotels (SBGH) has filed a lawsuit against a contractor over hurricane-related damage at a construction site in Miami Beach. The developer and its affiliates alleged that the contractor, Miami-based Allied Roofing’s Fidelity GBH Group, was negligent in its duties and had breached its contract.

At least two people are dead after a fiery crash involving at least 14 vehicles on Highway 400 south of Barrie and Ontario Provincial Police are warning that the death toll could rise. It happened on the northbound lanes of the highway north of Highway 88 at around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Nearly a dozen people, most of them children, were fortunate to escape with only minor injuries when a huge piece of a tree crushed their small school bus in Queens Monday, according to officials and video from the scene.

Flash flooding in Boone caused major damage to units in at least three different apartment complexes along Cedar Creek near Meadowview. The area is between the Boone Mall and the Walmart shopping areas. Dozens of cars at the units and at Walmart were inundated by the water.

Is the rapidly emerging cannabis insurance market risk free? — No. But as long as brokers follow the rules and know who they’re working with, it’s a fairly low risk proposition, according to Ian Stewart, partner and co-chair of the Cannabis Law practice team at Wilson Elser.

Severe weather is threatening 30 million people across the Northeast. A powerful line of storms is expected to bring heavy rain, wind, and flooding. The system already has battered the Carolinas and parts of Virginia. Intense wind flipped planes and crumpled hangars at a small airport northwest of Charlotte.

The Carolinas have some cleaning up to do after being slammed by severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and flooding and possible tornadoes that flipped tractor-trailers and small planes, broke storefront windows and pushed one house off its foundation.

Due to the recent string of deadly attacks at music events — most recently the shooting that occurred in Las Vegas — more artists are now considering the need for terrorism insurance.

After a train derailed in North Knoxville over the weekend, crews are laying down a new railroad track. A Norfolk Southern train derailed near Inskip Drive on Saturday night around 10 p.m., spilling shipping containers and damaging buildings.

Blewett Pass was reduced to one lane of alternating traffic for about four hours Wednesday after a semi-tractor rolled off the road, spilling a load of wood chips. Troopers say the driver was eating a taco when he lost control of the truck.

Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen is suing his insurer for failing to cover for his canceled solo tour. Fagen attempted to file a claim with the insurer but Hannover allegedly demanded more paperwork and medical opinions before they could offer a payout, court documents say.