East News

Insurance Technology Firm Xceedance Opens Global Headquarters in Massachusetts

Xceedance, a global provider of technology and data services to insurance organizations, has open a new global headquarters in central Massachusetts in the city of Worcester. The company said the new Massachusetts office on Mercantile Street in downtown Worcester reflects …

Relation Insurance Acquires Mobeck-Guandalini in Connecticut

National insurance agency Relation Insurance Services has acquired Mobeck-Guandalini Insurance, a multi-line brokerage headquartered in Branford, Connecticut. Christopher Guandalini will continue to lead Mobeck-Guandalini Insurance under Relation going forward. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mobeck-Guandalini Insurance transaction adds …

Judge Allows Claim That NFL App Violates Privacy by Disclosing Personal Data to Google

The National Football League has lost a bid to completely toss a class action that alleges it violates privacy laws by sharing the video watching habits of users of its mobile NFL App with Google for advertising and marketing purposes. …

Repeal of Massachusetts Immigrant Driver’s License Qualifies for November Ballot

Massachusetts voters will get the chance to decide whether the state should reject a new law allowing immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses. The secretary of the commonwealth’s office announced late Friday that it had certified …

Brown & Brown Acquires New England’s Smithwick & Mariners Insurance

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts has acquired Maine-based Smithwick & Mariners Insurance, which includes MidCoast Insurance and Chapman & Chapman Insurance. Originally founded in 1987 to service the marine industry, Smithwick & Mariners has grow to serve business owners and …

Taylor to Lead Delaware Captive Bureau, Succeeding Kinion

Delaware has named Stephen Taylor, former insurance commissioner for the District of Columbia, as the next director of its captive bureau. Taylor will succeed Steve Kinion, who is leaving Sept. 30 when his contract expires. Taylor served as D.C. insurance …

Virginia Research Facility Shows How to Live With, Not Against, Rising Tides

NORFOLK, Va. — The Elizabeth River Project’s latest work doesn’t fight the rising tide. It will roll with it. The environmental group is constructing a 6,500-foot resilience lab along Colley Avenue and Knitting Mill Creek. The building has an intentional …

People Moves: Son Assumes Cross Insurance President, CEO Roles From Father; Risk Strategies Adds Fulse, Trimarchi

Cross Insurance Names Jonathan Cross President and CEO Cross Insurance, one of the largest independent insurance providers in the Northeast, has named Jonathan Cross president and chief executive officer. The family-owned and operated insurance agency is headquartered in Bangor, Maine. …

Uber Pays New Jersey Back Taxes of $100M Over Driver Employment Classification

Uber Technologies Inc. said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over classifying drivers as contractors, but added that it did not agree with the state’s view that drivers were “employees.” Uber also said it only …

Connecticut Trial Begins for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Hoax Case

A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several of the victims’ families emotional …

East News Archives by Month