A former New Jersey banking and insurance regulator has been named to the North Jersey Community Bancorp board of directors. Steven M. Goldman, who served as commissioner of banking and insurance under Gov. Jon S. Corzine, is currently a partner …
The state insurance guaranty fund can be considered the last insurer on a workers’ compensation risk that has multiple insurers and be initially liable for paying benefits to the injured employee, with the right to recover from the other insurers, …
A Cumberland County man was sentenced for filing a false vehicle theft claim. Casey M. Wendling, 28, of Millville, was sentenced to five years of probation by Superior Court Judge Benjamin Telsey in Cumberland Countyand ordered to pay $52,978 in …
The Vermont attorney general’s office said a Williston County contractor was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating Vermont’s workers’ compensation laws. Donald Bevins, who operated “Twin City Roofing” and “Around the Clock Property Maintenance,” pleaded guilty in June …
Some New Hampshire lawmakers worried a lawsuit by a hunter will prompt landowners to close their lands to hunting and other recreational activities will meet Tuesday to discuss how to tighten the state’s law protecting landowners from liability. State Rep. …
A Roanoke, Va.-based moving company will pay $30,000 as part of a settlement with a Waynesboro-area man who says he was denied a job because he wouldn’t cut his long, dreadlocked hair. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a …
Federal prosecutors are arguing against a home confinement sentence for a former Rhode Island radio disc jockey who damaged her North Providence house in a $40,000 insurance fraud scheme after last year’s historic floods, saying it would amount to locking …
Lockton Companies has added Steve Conger to its Washington, D.C. brokerage team as vice president and producer. The addition of Conger expands Lockton’s Washington, D.C.-based employee benefits practice and mergers and acquisitions capabilities. Prior to joining Lockton, Conger was an …
Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for an end to a new government surcharge that amounts to roughly $20 per worker for New York businesses. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that Schumer called the surcharge an example of “job-killing taxes.” …
New Jersey-based risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm Conner Strong & Buckelew has made three new appointments to its management team. Franz Wagner has been named Senior Vice President, Major Accounts, Senior Account Executive. Kristine Klepper, CEBS, …
