The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that a minor earthquake rattled sections of the Albany, New York area last week. The USGS says the 2.9 magnitude quake occurred at 9:32 p.m. last Tuesday, with its epicenter 18 miles southwest of …
Massachusetts police say they are searching for two men suspected of robbing a woman of $27,000 after she flashed the cash in a Springfield bar. Sgt. John Delaney said on Friday that the 22-year-old woman was robbed Monday night by …
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Hampshire (IIANH) has elected new officers and directors. They are: Chairman Edwin Duvall, president of Lakeside Insurance Agency Inc./C&G Insurance Chairman-Elect Robin Logel, marketing manager of Noyes Insurance Agency Vice Chairman Ryan …
The Connecticut Insurance Department’s Consumer Affairs unit says it recovered more than $700,000 for consumers in the third quarter. The department received 1,696 complaints this quarter – a typical amount for a three-month period – and less than half of …
A construction advocacy group says spending on building in New York City is expected to drop 20 percent in 2009. In a report released yesterday, the New York Building Congress said sharp declines in private sector building are to blame …
Jimcor Agencies has hired Matthew Gard as brokerage specialist in its Montvale, New jersey branch office. Gard has more than 15 years of experience in the commercial lines wholesale industry. Source: Jimcor Agencies
A retired Erie insurance executive who donated $10 million toward the University of Pittsburgh’s basketball arena is also helping fund an Olympic Sports Complex on campus. John Petersen his a 1951 Pitt graduate and retired president and chief executive officer …
FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to continue improving pollution controls and monitoring to settle a federal lawsuit concerning a coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania. Environmental group PennFuture and nearby resident Ralph Hysong, of Raccoon Township, sued in 2007 claiming the …
Cigarette maker Philip Morris USA Inc. might have to pay for chest scans so long-time smokers can get early warning of lung cancer, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously that under some circumstances, Massachusetts …
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing $504,900 in fines against an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine operator for a miner’s death. Forty-five-year-old Robert Carey was killed on June 16, 2008, by falling rocks or coal inside Harmony Mine …
