Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s communications director resigned Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported he was facing possible foreclosure on five buildings, including an apartment house destroyed by arson. Dan Demeritt announced his resignation in a statement from the governor’s …
New York-based wholesale broker Russell Bond & Co. promoted Kim Thome to claims manager. She will assist clients nationwide in understanding each insurer’s process and requirements for claim filing as well as procedures, legal issues, tracking and recording. Thome joined …
Rhode Island lawmakers are reviewing legislation creating a single statewide standard to address cyberbullying in schools. The policy would offer procedures for teachers and administrators to use when responding to bullying reports, notifying parents and disciplining students. The proposal is …
A swimming pool company president charged in a Connecticut boy’s 2007 drowning pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, for not installing a state-mandated safety device. David Lionetti had been charged with manslaughter, which could have carried a 10-year …
The New Jersey Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from ExxonMobil over $7 million awarded to a woman who claimed she got cancer from her husband’s asbestos-laden clothes. A jury in 2008 found Bonnie Anderson had contracted mesothelioma from washing …
Glatfelter Public Practice, a division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, has expanded the marketing territory of its SafetyFIRST program for independent school bus contractorsto 14 states. With the recent addition of 11 states, brokers and agents are now able to access …
A Superior Court judge has ruled that a sexual harassment case against Delaware State Police may proceed. State officials wanted to quash the lawsuit by state police secretary Diana L. Miller but Judge Jerome O. Herlihy rejected their arguments. But …
A Newport County Superior Court jury yesterday found the state of Rhode Island is not liable in the personal injury case of a man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from Newport’s famed Cliff Walk while on his honeymoon. …
Mark A. Aquino has been promoted to regional manager in the risk management department at the Utica National Insurance Group’s office in Utica, New York. Aquino is is responsible for managing the company’s risk management function, helping Upstate New York …
Suspicious insurance claims in New York were up about 4.5 percent in 2010, an industry report shows. In 2010, insurers reported a total of 7,026 questionable claims in the state, compared with 6,726 in 2009, according to the insurance industry’s …
