Insurer XL appointed David S. Hewett as executive vice president and William J. Mills Jr. as senior vice president to lead its surety division. Hewett joins XL from Zurich where he served as executive vice president and head of it …
The former superintendent of New Jersey’s fourth-largest school district has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. Michael Ritacco entered his plea Wednesday during a brief hearing in U.S. District Court in Trenton. He retired last month after he was arrested …
Federal labor officials have taken aim at a Connecticut ambulance company they allege fired a union employee who posted negative comments about her supervisor on her personal Facebook page. The complaint issued by the Hartford office of the National Labor …
A federal judge has given thousands of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers more time to join a legal settlement that would pay millions of dollars to people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center, if enough of them agree …
Tillson Recruiters, a new firm specializing in recruiting for insurance agencies, brokers and companies, has opened in Massachusetts. Husband and wife team Scot and Keri Tillson both serve was managing partners at the firm. Scot Tillson previously spent eight years …
Massachusetts agency Provider Insurance has hired Sharon Cardoso as personal lines account manager. She will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division which includes managing auto, home and umbrella policies in …
A judge has limited the potential liability of the public transit agency in the District of Columbia in a suit brought by survivors of those killed in the 2009 crash on the Metro red line by ruling that the transit …
Michael Hayes will join Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Group as the director of its Staffing Lines Program. The program serves the staffing lines industry in all 50 states. Hayes has 20 years experience with workers’ compensation and staffing having served with …
John Mina has been appointed managing partner at Willis of Maryland, Inc. Mina will be responsible for business development for Willis’ Washington, D.C.-based insurance brokerage operations. He will be based in Potomac, Md. Willis of Maryland has more than 100 …
Proposed 30 percent increases in what medical providers in New York are paid for treating workers’ compensation injuries could have unintended consequences for the state’s motorists, an industry group has warned In a letter to the New York State Workers …
