Emerson College and Suffolk Construction Company Inc. in Massachusetts will each pay $250,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the state’s air pollution prevention statute and asbestos regulation, state officials announced July 6. According to the complaint, filed …
Some of Vermont’s estimated 3,700 flood insurance customers could see their premiums increase by up to 20 percent.Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the National Flood Insurance Program has been operating at a loss and many of the changes approved by …
The man operating a yacht full of fireworks-watchers that capsized off New York’s Long Island on the Fourth of July, killing three children, said Thursday the vessel was slammed by a wave. Sal Aurelino told TV’s News12 Long Island that …
Massachusetts state lawmakers working to reconcile House and Senate versions of health care cost containment legislation say they are “optimistic” that they will reach a deal. Rep. Steven Walsh says “progress is being made every day” on the compromise legislation, …
Nearly a week after severe thunderstorms slammed into southern New Jersey, some 16,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity as of Thursday, July 5. Atlantic City Electric crews have been restoring power nonstop since the storm hit early last …
The series of deadly storms that struck much of the mid-Atlantic last week left 12 people in Virginia dead and extensive damage in their wake. Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jacqueline Cunningham is advising consumers to contact their insurance company or agent …
As the mid-Atlantic states continue to recover from last week’s destructive “derecho” storm system, insurance claims have been pouring in by tens of thousands. In Maryland, approximately 22,000 derecho-related claims have been filed by Maryland policyholders as of July 5, …
In recent years, a growing number of independent property/casualty agencies and brokerage firms have begun offering group health/benefits services to their clients.
More than 195,000 Virginia homes and businesses remain without power after last week’s storms, down from a peak of about 1.2 million.
The state can assert it is immune from a lawsuit by more than 700 state employees, a judge has ruled, in a case where the workers say they were paid hourly rates when they worked more than 40 hours a …
