A Connecticut High School teacher has been named Teacher of the Year by an insurance industry-backed group for his efforts to introduce students to careers in insurance. Gary Barcher, who has taught at Bloomfield High School since 1980, was recognized …
It’s the season when the floodgates open to all kinds of watery fun under the sun, bringing joy to children and adults alike as they splash in pools and water parks across the country. But it’s a more somber season …
Montvale, New Jersey-based Managing General Agent Jimcor Agencies has begun selling a workers’ compensation insurance program as part of its admitted markets division, Zaloom Associates. Jerry Zaloom, president of the Zaloom Associates division, said the program can provide private coverage …
The New Jersey Senate has confirmed Douglas A. Wheeler as director of the Division of Insurance.. Wheeler had been nominated by Governor Jon Corzine in May. He will replace longtime division Director Donald Bryan, who retires today. Wheeler, an attorney …
Donald Forsythe and Fred Wilder, founders of Wilder-Forsythe Inc. insurance agency, picked an awful location to sell insurance. The small office building they bought in 1974 in the far-northern New York city of Ogdensburg sits on land, formerly a gas …
New Jersey lawmakers have approved a measure that puts safety above the law when it comes to underage drinking. The bill grants immunity to any under 21 who has been drinking if that person calls police when another teen drinks …
A judge has rejected New Hampshire’s claim that a medical malpractice fund is an agency of the state. Judge Kathleen McGuire’s ruling Thursday appears to undercut the state’s argument that it can use a $110 million surplus in the fund …
A committee formed to oversee the state of Maine’s response to juveniles who set fires will be meeting for the first time Monday. State Fire Marshal John Dean said that since 2000, there have been 2,163 fires in Maine that …
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are expected to survey damage in two Pittsburgh-area communities that are seeking disaster aid for severe storm damage last week. The FEMA workers are expected to visit Turtle Creek and Jeannette, both several miles east …
A coal miner is dead after being hit by falling rock inside a mine in southwestern Pennsylvania. Consol Energy officials say 54-year-old Robert Maust of Uniontown died early Wednesday morning after being struck by falling rocks. Consol spokesman Joseph Cerenzia …
