Baltimore fire and rescue officials say a contractor performing work on an underground sewer line who fell into an eight- to 10-foot hole is dead. Fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright says paramedics who responded to the Saturday incident on East …
James J. Almy has been promoted to underwriting manager of the Utica National Insurance Group’s Errors & Omissions division. Almy began his career with Utica National in 1994 as a Commercial Lines underwriting trainee at the company’s Eastern Regional Office …
McGrath Insurance Group of Sturbridge, Massachusetts has acquired the Prouty Agency, also of Sturbridge, for an undisclosed sum. “Prouty Insurance has a strong tradition of providing close, personal customer service,” said McGrath President and CEO Richard McGrath. “For an independent …
Investigators were looking for clues Thursday into what caused an oven at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh to explode, injuring 20 workers and starting a fire that burned for hours. The powerful blast in the coke oven at Clairton …
Rhode Island’s Supreme Court has ruled that a man who became a quadriplegic when he fell from Newport’s Cliff Walk while on his honeymoon can move forward with his lawsuit. The city of Newport wanted to re-argue the case, but …
Three insurance brokers from Maryland have pleaded not guilty to charges that they bilked the city of Perth Amboy, N.J., out of more than $216,000 by collecting payments for a nonexistent wellness program for city workers. Francis X. Gartland of …
Tina Carroll, a State Farm agent, has been named president of The Insurance Professionals of Central of Virginia for the group’s 2010 to 2011 year. The group’s other newly elected officers are Vice President Sheila Norris, Secretary Macon Bailey, and …
New York-based specialty insurer NYMAGIC will be acquired by ProSight Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. The deal is worth approximately $230 million, with stockholders receiving $25.75 per share in cash — a premium of 23.5 percent to NYMAGIC’s closing price yesterday …
Pittsburgh-based Allied Insurance Brokers has rebranded its wholesale brokerage division as Ascinsure Specialty Risk, which will specialize on insurance solutions for crane owners and operators, rental equipment and party goods dealers, scaffolding and inland marine markets. “Our broker department has …
Springfield, Vermont-based Casabona Agency has joined the Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc, according to agency principal Steve Casabona and Matt Masiello, president and chief operating officer of SAN Group Inc. A licensed agent since 1994, Casabona purchased the 20-year-old …
