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Four Employees Sue Claiming Bristol Myers Refused Vaccine Religious Exemptions
Dec 2 2021 // Bristol Myers Squibb Co. was sued on Wednesday by four employees who said the drugmaker refused to grant them religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, and threatened to fire them on Dec. 6 for...
Three Dead, Six Seriously Injured in Baltimore Rowhouse Fire
Nov 24 2021 // Three people were killed and six people, including five children, were seriously injured after a fire broke out in an East Baltimore rowhouse early Monday, fire officials said. News outlets report that firefighters called...
Two Experts Debunk Some of the Biggest Myths Around Cyber Insurance
Nov 24 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Cyber attacks are continuously evolving, and companies that don’t stay educated about the space could be caught off guard, experts say. “A lot of times, I think cyber has this...
Five ways to help small businesses get ahead of holiday risks
Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. The holiday season has arrived, which, among other things, means greater risks for small businesses as they prepare for a boost in sales, beginning...
Eight Dead from COVID, 89 Infected at Connecticut Nursing Home
Nov 17 2021 // Eight residents of a nursing home in Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak while 89 residents and employees have tested positive for the disease, nursing home officials say. The outbreak at the Geer Nursing...
Three Plead Guilty in Health Care Scam Involving Orthotic Braces
Nov 12 2021 // Two New Jersey men and a Florida man pleaded guilty to running a health care fraud scheme involving orthotic braces. Nicholas Defonte, 73, and Christopher Cirri, 63, both of Toms River, New Jersey, and Pat Truglia, 53, of...
Two Investigations Launched, Lawsuit Filed in Houston Music Festival Stampede
Nov 8 2021 // At least two investigations and one civil lawsuit were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival that killed at least eight people and injured dozens in...
Three Teens Accused of Setting Maine Fire Facing Felony Murder Charge
Oct 28 2021 // Three teenagers accused of starting a fatal apartment building fire in Maine have been charged with felony murder, officials said. Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were charged last month with arson, but those charges...
Two Tornados Confirmed in Western Pennsylvania
Oct 20 2021 // A pair of tornados have been confirmed in western Pennsylvania over the weekend, forecasters said. The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado with estimated winds up to 85 mph touched down in the town of...
3M Offers $98M to Settle Tennessee River ‘Forever’ Chemicals Claims
Oct 20 2021 // Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it contaminated the Tennessee River with toxic chemicals. 3M agreed to resolve a lawsuit by environmental group...
Two Charged with Preying on Those Struggling with Addiction
Oct 4 2021 // Two men who authorities say took advantage of people struggling with opioid addiction by signing them up for false insurance policies and sending them to dubious out-of-state treatment facilities have been indicted on...
Four Core Values and the ‘Thanksgiving Test’
Oct 4 2021 // “We are family to our employees, accountable to our clients, teammates to our carriers and generous to our communities. Those values inform all our decisions,” said Higginbotham CEO Rusty Reid, describing the...
Two Men Hurt in Fall from Balcony at Maryland Home
Sep 23 2021 // Two men were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a fall from a second-story balcony at a Maryland home, authorities said. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Jason Blake said the men fell at a...
Two Leading Investors Could Seek New Generali CEO: Reuters
Sep 13 2021 // MILAN — Two leading Generali investors are ready to push to replace current CEO Philippe Donnet if the top Italian insurer’s board fails to reach an accord to keep him in the job, three sources close to the matter...
One Dead, One Unaccounted for After Maryland Apartment Complex Floods
Sep 3 2021 // The National Weather Service tentatively confirmed the touchdown of a tornado in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County early Wednesday afternoon as the remnants of Hurricane Ida moved across the state. Meteorologist Ray...
Two Alabama Electric Company Employees Killed While Working on Storm Restoration
Sep 3 2021 // Two electric company employees contracted to work with Alabama Power were killed while working on storm restoration, according to the company. WBMA-TV reports that the Pike Electric workers were on duty near an...
Six Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Facing Fraud-Related Charges
Aug 20 2021 // Six Maryland law enforcement officers are facing federal indictment for charges related to schemes to defraud financial institutions and insurance companies. A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging an...
One Dead in Mount Vernon, Georgia Fire
Aug 17 2021 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that Ricky Bell, 57, was killed in a Montgomery County fire around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, August 11. Commissioner King’s Fire Investigations Unit...
One Dead in ‘Unprecedented’ El Paso Flooding
Aug 16 2021 // A storm system that stalled for days over West Texas led to what a National Weather Service meteorologist on Aug. 14 called an “unprecedented” amount of rain in the predominantly dry El Paso area, leaving a...
Three Firefighters Hurt Battling Blaze at Historic Connecticut Building
Aug 12 2021 // Three firefighters were hospitalized and several pet dogs and cats were missing as a fire heavily damaged a historic building in New Hartford, Connecticut, officials said. All 22 residents were accounted for and...
