Maine-based insurer The MEMIC Group has promoted Karl Siegfried to assistant vice president, Loss Control and Safety Services. Siegfried continues to oversee all of The MEMIC Group’s loss control operations, including its safety training and customer service efforts. He joined …
New Hampshire is dipping into its savings — rather than a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance — for $80 million to close the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30. The state wanted to take $65 million from …
A New Jersey plumber who was severely injured while driving to a coffee break can collect full workers’ compensation benefits, a Superior Court has ruled. The decision centers on injuries suffered by Jesse J. Cooper Sr., a master plumber and …
Massachusetts fire safety officials have begun a campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of home oxygen use. Fire officials say home oxygen use has been a factor in 24 fire deaths and 50 serious injuries in Massachusetts since 1997. …
New York City must revamp fire department hiring practices that discriminated against black applicants and possibly pay damages to thousands of victims, a judge ruled Thursday. In a written decision in federal court in Brooklyn, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis …
The manager of a southern New Jersey bowling alley has been charged with arson following a fire that destroyed a popular rival establishment in business for decades. The beloved Loyle Lanes bowling alley burned down last week after 50 years …
An Amtrak police officer is suing the railroad, claiming it’s liable for a woman who grabbed his gun and shot him in the foot. Sixty-five-year-old James Bullard says he was working at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station last March when he …
A new poll says almost three of every four Connecticut voters support legislation requiring seat belts on school buses in the state. The Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday says the proposal has strong support across party lines and in all …
A Rhode Island lawmaker is renewing his push to ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel. Pawtucket Democrat Peter Kilmartin introduced a bill Tuesday that bans drivers and bicyclists from using mobile phones that are not …
Soderberg Insurance Services of Lynnfield, Mass. has hired Elba Reyna as account executive. Reyna will handle primarily personal lines customers and will provide assistance to the Spanish-speaking clients of the firm. She has over 10 years of experience in personal …
