A Rhode Island man is suing the state Division of Motor Vehicles, saying the agency told him his license was being suspended but failed to give a valid reason. Gerald Carbone, of Warwick, says he received a notice last week …
CNA announced that Robert Ivey, who recently joined the company as branch vice president of its Philadelphia office, has also been appointed branch vice president of its Reading, Pennsylvania office. In his new position, Ivey has continued responsibility for expanding …
Pennsylvania-based GUARD Insurance Group has promoted two execs to oversee key product lines for the company. Tom Denis has been named vice president of property and casualty. In this new position, he will ensure the systems, coverages, pricing and distribution …
The families of three New Jersey boys who died in the trunk of a parked car as police searched for them have settled lawsuits against the city of Camden. The families of 11-year-old Anibal Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto and 5-year-old …
Pennsylvania-based PMA Cos. announced plans to expand its regional hub in Connecticut, a move the insurance services and risk management firm says will help grow its presence in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. The expanded New England footprint will …
A Maryland oil company has been found responsible for polluting wells in Carroll County with the toxic gasoline additive known as MTBE. A jury awarded nearly $400,000 in damages to four families who lived near a Jiffy Mart gas station …
An insurance company is balking at paying legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams. Meanwhile, a lawyer for a student suing the Lower Merion School District said the two sides met …
Vermont’s Department of Labor says companies enrolled in a state voluntary worker safety program have fewer reports of job-site injuries and illnesses than the national average. The Burlington Free Press reports two performance measures are tracked: the work site’s total …
Relatives of a Baltimore fire department recruit who died during a live-burn exercise have filed a $35 million lawsuit against the city. Racheal Wilson died in February 2007 after becoming trapped inside a vacant rowhouse that the department set on …
Fraud bills are blooming like azalea bushes around the East this spring, and statehouses are rife with upside potential for substantive new fraud laws in 2010. This counters the recent logic that many state lawmakers are too busy trying to …
