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Maryland Hopes to Rebuild Baltimore Bridge for $1.9B With Insurance, Federal, Other Funds

Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. The state plans to build a new span by fall …

Status of Uber, Lyft Gig Workers Riding On Massachusetts Court Fight

Massachusetts has become the latest front in a years-long battle in the United States over whether ride-share drivers for Uber and Lyft should be treated as independent contractors or employees entitled to benefits and wage protections. The state’s top court …

Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination, Firing Suit

Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her. The Frostburg, Maryland businesses, part of Fronterra Resources, offer …

New York Restricts Sale of Weight-Loss and Muscle-Building Supplements to Minors

It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York, under a first-in-the-nation law that went into effect this week. Experts say loose federal regulation of dietary supplements has resulted in these products sometimes including unapproved …

Pennsylvania High Court to Decide If Workers’ Compensation Covers CBD Oil

A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his own use of cannabinoid oil (CBD oil) is covered by workers’ compensation. It’s an argument he won last November with …

Probe Into Death of Nurse on Home Visit Alleges Employer Failed to Protect Workers

A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday. The Occupational …

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Long Island Broker AC Risk Management

Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, reported it has acquired AC Risk Management (ACRM), an independent commercial lines brokerage based in Melville, New York. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2012, ACRM primarily offers property/casualty insurance …

Crews Expect to Refloat, Remove Ship That Crashed Baltimore Bridge Soon

At the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, crews plan to refloat and remove the grounded Dali container ship within roughly the next 10 days, allowing more maritime traffic to resume through Baltimore’s port. The ship, which lost …

Patriot Expands In New York, Acquiring Long Island’s Lupton & Luce

National insurance firm Patriot Growth Insurance Services has acquired Lupton & Luce, a property/casualty agency is based in Riverhead, New York. Established in 1939, the agency is led by Hallock Luce IV and deeply rooted in the greater Long Island …

Insurer Chubb Readies $350M Payout Tied to Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Chubb, which had insured Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, is getting ready to pay $350 million to the state of Maryland, in what could be the first major payout tied to the collapsing of the bridge in March. The payment …

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