A 4-story building that housed a bar and apartments collapsed Sunday night in Brooklyn, leaving four people with minor injuries and leading to the evacuation of six adjacent buildings. The city’s Fire Department says the four who were injured were …
The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. (PIANJ) elected new officers earlier this month at its annual meeting earlier this month. They are: President William R. Vowteras, owner of Fraser Brothers Group; Vice President Donna Cunningham, president of ADP/Statewide …
Connecticut officials were repeatedly warned about the dangers posed by a chimpanzee that later mauled and blinded a woman and were urged — more than three years before the attack — to take action, but failed to do so, according …
The Wilmington, Delaware City Council is considering a cell phone ban for drivers. The bill introduced Thursday would ban the use of hand-held phones while driving. Councilman Michael Brown believes the issue of safety will outweigh inconvenience. The council is …
A coalition of more than 200 healthcare providers and policyholders has gone to court, saying the state has no right to take a $110 million surplus from a New Hampshire fund that underwrites malpractice insurance and use it for other …
The family of a jazz guitarist from New Jersey who was killed in the crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo, N.Y., in February has sued Continental Airlines and the flight’s operator. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal 3 …
A construction worker is recovering after a concrete ramp in a Buffalo, New York parking garage collapsed as he operated a compact construction vehicle. Authorities say 47-year-old Timothy Skalski was driving a payloader in the downtown building when the ramp …
A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative for Boston-based insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance Group. Despite the outlook downgrade, A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Plymouth Rock Assurance …
AAA will not be allowed to perform some of the transactions of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles after a provision that would have allowed the change was knocked out of the Bay State’s budget last night, according to the …
A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state. Legislation signed last week by Gov. Don Carcieri prevents insurance …
