New York regulators have fined 43 insurance agents and brokers a total of $42,650 for accepting kickbacks, or failing to supervise staff who accepted kickbacks, to steer customers to certain auto glass repair shops, the New York State Insurance Department …
New Hampshire will ask the state Supreme Court today to support its claim to $110 million in surplus from a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The central question is whether the fund’s policyholders have a constitutionally protected contractual right to …
Three Virginia lawmakers are asking lenders to help homeowners whose homes were built with suspect drywall imported from China. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Congressmen Bobby Scott and Glenn Nye Reps issued their appeal Monday during a tour of three …
A grieving father is suing a group of college students accused of plying his son with alcohol during a fatal hazing at a banned fraternity in western New York. Arman Partamian was found dead March 1 after drinking heavily for …
Rhode Island spends more money on fire protection than any state in the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a business-backed financial watchdog group. The study released by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council showed that taxpayers spent …
A tall construction lift toppled over and struck a downtown Philadelphia apartment building Monday, killing a construction worker who fell 125 feet. Investigators want to know whether James Wilson, 40, of Glassboro, N.J., was strapped into the bucket of the …
Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say an explosion and fire at an asphalt plant injured three workers, two of them critically. Cumru Township Fire Marshal Keith Fritz says an electrical panel burst into flames in the control room of the H&K …
Virginia foresters are asking residents to use caution when burning outdoors during the state’s fall wildland fire season. The season begins Oct. 15 and continues through Nov. 30. As of Thursday, the Virginia Division of Forestry said 865 wildland fires …
A Connecticut woman whose left leg had to be amputated after elective back surgery at New Milford Hospital in 2005 has agreed to settle her malpractice lawsuit for $5.25 million. Documents filed in Litchfield Superior Court say 63-year-old Eileen Kelleher …
Dover Fire Chief Sean Christiansen says a substantial increase in kitchen fires may be tied to the downturn in the economy because more people are cooking at home. Christiansen said Wednesday that firefighters have already received 138 reports of kitchen …
