Jurors found a New Jersey pub was not negligent in the death of a patron who was struck and killed while walking on the Garden State Parkway. The jury decided not to award money to the parents of Robert Barbiero …
Lloyd’s syndicate Ascot Underwriting appointed Dawnmarie Black as senior vice president based in Hartford, Connecticut. She will take on her new role beginning December. Black joins Ascot from facultative broker Aon Benfield Fac Inc. where she was executive managing director …
Hunter Insurance, an independent agency based in Lincoln, R.I., appointed Sarah Souza as account executive for the firm’s commercial lines division. Souza has over 15 years of experience in managing medium-to-large accounts. She brings to Hunter Insurance expertise in workers’ …
New car purchases in Massachusetts are on pace to exceed the 2010 year-end total of 310,547 by more than seven percent, according to data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. In response to increasing new car sales and to …
Drunk driving, impaired driving and distracted driving stories frequently make news headlines, but what about drowsy driving? According to the National Sleep Foundation, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates that about one in six deadly crashes involve a drowsy …
Local agencies in the Northeastern region say they saw cases of business interruption claims following the unusual, freak snowstorm that swept through the area last month. Many claims came from local restaurants and diners whose refrigerated foods went bad and …
Just days after the collapse of MF Global, a healthcare plaintiffs’ lawyer registered the domain mfglobal-lawsuit.com — a sign of the legal business the brokerage’s failure is expected to generate. Timothy Butler of Darien, Connecticut, said he is hoping for …
Federal officials say Amtrak has agreed to pay $171,000 and take other actions to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a worker who said she had more responsibilities but less pay than her male counterparts. The Equal Employment …
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking President Barack Obama to issue a major disaster declaration for Connecticut following last month’s freak October snow storm that left hundreds of thousands without power for days. Such a declaration would bring more federal …
A Dominion Virginia Power spokesman says the company will appeal fines issued by the state over asbestos at its Surry nuclear power plant. The Daily Press says the Department of Labor and Industry ordered Dominion to pay $12,600 in fines …
