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People Moves: Greaves Joins Fred C. Church From MIT; Connecticut Big I Elects Jones
Sep 1 2023 // Greaves Joins Fred C. Church Insurance Commercial Lines Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., hired Damual Greaves to its education team as a client executive. Greaves joins Fred C. Church after serving...
Judge Orders Camden Diocese to Rework Bankruptcy Plan After Insurers’ Complaints
Sep 1 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey must rework its bankruptcy plan to better protect insurers from invalid and inflated sexual abuse claims and unreasonable attorneys’ fees. Citing some concerns raised by...
People Moves: Fred C. Church Names Hart Personal Lines Manager; Ames & Gough Appoints Hilliard
Aug 16 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Names Hart Vice President, Personal Lines Manager Fred C. Church, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Kate Hart to vice president, personal lines manager. Hart began her insurance career in...
Churchill Downs to Improve Track, Vet Resources After Recent Horse Deaths
Aug 2 2023 // Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and additional monitoring and equine care following 12 horse deaths before and after the Kentucky...
Syracuse Catholic Diocese Settles $100 Million in Sexual Abuse Claims
Aug 1 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on Thursday announced a $100 million settlement with people who say they were sexual abuse victims as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. Catholic dioceses around the state are...
Rochester Diocese Claims Fund Reaches $126M as 2 More Insurers Settle, 1 Holds Out
Jul 28 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Rochester and sexual abuse survivors have reached settlements with additional insurers on amounts available to cover abuse claims, bringing the total fund now available to survivor claimants to...
Pastor to Go to Jail, Repay Church and Insurer for Stealing $130K to Cover Gambling
Jul 25 2023 // A New Hampshire executive pastor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing about $130,000 from his church to pay off gambling debts and make purchases. Gregory Neal, of Barrington, 45, was sentenced in federal...
Northern New York Diocese Facing 100 Sexual Abuse Claims Files for Bankruptcy
Jul 19 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 100 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. The diocese, like others in the state, is...
People Moves: Fred C. Church Promotes Burbine; Rodriguez Reappointed Chair of New York Workers’ Comp
Jul 18 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Promotes Burbine to SVP, Sales Leader Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Bill Burbine to senior vice president, sales leader. Burbine’s insurance career began...
Churchill Downs Extends Baffert Suspension Through 2024
Jul 6 2023 // Churchill Downs is extending Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension through 2024, keeping the two-time Triple Crown winner from entering horses in the Kentucky Derby and other races for an additional...
Catholic Church in Florida Struck as Insurance Costs Soar Toward the Heavens
Jun 27 2023 // It seems that few are safe from soaring property insurance rates in Florida, not even those with strong connections to a higher authority. The Crux, a Catholic news outlet, reported that the Catholic Church’s...
Lightning Strike Cited in Fire That Destroys 160-Year-Old Massachusetts Church
Jun 5 2023 // A fire that burned down a 160-year-old Massachusetts church was likely started by a lightning strike, a fire chief said. The First Congregational Church in Spencer caught fire Friday afternoon, when a storm was moving...
Catholic Church Settles Suit by Man Who Alleged Bishop Raped Him
May 31 2023 // A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who said he was raped as a child in the 1960s by a now-deceased Roman Catholic bishop in Massachusetts has been settled, the sides announced Friday. The plaintiff identified in court...
Report: Catholic Clergy Sexually Abused Illinois Kids More Often Than Church Said
May 25 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – More than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950, the state’s attorney general found in an investigation released Tuesday, revealing that the problem was...
Oakland 2nd California Diocese to Seek Bankruptcy Over Abuse
May 10 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy Monday due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so. The San Francisco Bay Area diocese faces more than 330...
Churchill Downs Investigates 4 Horse Deaths Ahead of Kentucky Derby
May 5 2023 // The death of four horses at Churchill Downs over a span of five days has overshadowed preparations for the Kentucky Derby. Two horses trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. collapsed on the track and died over the past week. Two...
Feds: Ohio Man Tried to Firebomb Ohio Church to Stop Drag Show
Apr 28 2023 // CLEVELAND (AP) – An eastern Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there, federal prosecutors allege in newly...
FBI: Fire That Damaged Cambridge Church Probed as Arson
Apr 21 2023 // A fire that broke out at a Massachusetts church not long after Easter services is being investigated as a possible arson, according to the FBI and state and local law enforcement agencies. The fire started about 5:30 p.m....
Church Tried to Exclude Named Storms, But Appeals Court Says Coverage Due Anyway
Apr 18 2023 // In 2015, the Shilo Christian Center in Melbourne, Florida, cut its property insurance premiums in half by asking its insurer to drop coverage for named windstorms. Hurricane Matthew struck the next year, ripping the roof...
California Church Paying $1.2M over Broken COVID Rules
Apr 17 2023 // A California church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large, unmasked religious services must pay $1.2 million in fines, a judge has ruled. Calvary Chapel in San Jose was fined last...
