Two chocolate processing companies in Camden, New Jersey have been fined for safety violations following the death of an employee who fell into a giant vat of chocolate in July. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
Fire investigators say a weekend blaze at a Malden apartment building that sent six people to the hospital was caused by an electrical problem. The fire forced dozens from their homes early Saturday morning and caused an estimated $6 million …
Some first-time drunken drivers will have to install ignition interlock devices under legislation approved by both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. The Assembly and Senate both overwhelmingly passed the bill on Monday, sending it to Gov. Jon Corzine’s desk. …
A trade group for insurers in New York is suing the state, claiming lawmakers are illegally using assessments paid by insurers to fund unrelated state activities. At issue is the state’s use of the so-called “332 assessments,” which are paid …
Four former insurance agents have pleaded guilty for their role in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in premiums, New Jersey’s attorney general said. They are Thomas Hurd, of Bensalem, Pa., William Wolnski, of Bayville, N.J. Terrence …
Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Tara Plourde to broker in the company’s Hartford, Connecticut office. She joined Colemont in 2008. Prior to Colemont, she was a commercial lines underwriter at a standard lines carrier. Tara specializes in casualty accounts, focusing …
Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance said it is now offering a complete range of bundled products for the agribusiness industry throughout New England and New York. Acadia’s agribusiness target markets include: horse, dairy, cattle, sheep, grain, hay, wheat, vegetable, tree and …
For more than a decade, Connecticut lawmakers have considered and dismissed the idea of requiring seat belts on school buses that carry nearly 500,000 children each day. But a deadly weekend crash in Hartford has given the argument a human …
CNA Financial Corp. has appointed Sherri Marsalese vice president of its Pittsburgh branch, effective Jan. 25. She will manage relationships with the insurer’s producers in the Pittsburgh area. Marsalese comes to CNA with more than two decades of insurance experience, …
A New York judge has given a green light to a class action suit filed by a group of Long Island homeowners worried about toxic leaks from a renowned research laboratory. Suffolk County homeowners say past leaks of chemicals from …
