June 17, 2011
ReSource Intermediaries Francis (Mike) McGlinn as senior associate. New York-based ReSource is a full service reinsurance broker and part of Integro. A treaty marketing expert, McGlinn joins ReSource Intermediaries from Towers Watson, where he’d been consulting. Earlier, he was senior …
June 17, 2011
Coast Guard officials are urging boaters to keep safety in mind following nine deaths in two weeks in the Mid-Atlantic. The Coast Guard says the latest death occurred Saturday in Ocean City, Maryland when a pleasure craft capsized at the …
June 16, 2011
A Maine jury has awarded $6.7 million to a woman whose husband died at Eastern Maine Medical Center following an all-terrain vehicle accident. A Penobscot County jury granted the award to 49-year-old Paula Braley, of Lee, for the 2005 death …
June 16, 2011
Dennis J. Hayes has been appointed chief executive deputy director of the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Hayes has 29 years experience as an attorney specializing in insurance, reinsurance and receivership matters. He has been a senior executive at …
June 16, 2011
Work crews in Providence are scheduled to finish pickup of storm debris at the end of this week. The city announced on Monday that June 18 will be the last day for storm debris pickup. The city says it will …
June 16, 2011
About a dozen school buses are damaged or destroyed after a fire tore through the garage holding a northwestern Pennsylvania district’s vehicles. A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze that broke out Monday afternoon in …
June 16, 2011
New York City paid nearly $521 million in personal injury and property damage claims in 2010 — marking the first time in 30 years the police department’s liabilities topped those of public hospitals, according to a city comptroller’s report issued …
June 15, 2011
Federal workplace safety officials are proposing that a Lewiston, Maine roofing contractor be fined $243,000 for alleged safety violations at its work sites. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the proposed fines Friday against Lessard Brothers Construction Inc. OSHA …
June 15, 2011
Delaware’s Office of Highway Safety is pleased with some numbers that suggest more Delawareans are wearing seatbelts. The agency says that for the fourth consecutive year, police departments participating in the statewide Click It or Ticket campaign issued fewer tickets …
June 15, 2011
New Jersey-based insurance data specialist Verisk Analytics Inc. is acquiring Health Risk Partners for $60 million in cash. Verisk said $13 million of the purchase price will be placed in escrow and should be paid in 2012. It expects the …