May 10, 2024
A jewel thief who is wanted in connection with crimes committed from Florida to South Korea stole a diamond ring worth $255,000 from a Tiffany store in New York by switching it with a cubic zirconia replica, authorities said. The …
May 10, 2024
World Insurance Associates, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, hired Ken Bond as chief corporate development officer. Bond oversees corporate development for retail insurance, retirement plan and wealth management services and wholesale insurance. Bond is based out of Iselin. Bond’s career …
May 10, 2024
New York State’s $5 million Insurance Innovation Prize is now open for applications. Supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the new program offers awards for the “development and deployment of novel insurance solutions that …
May 10, 2024
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” (Excellent) of Blue Whale Re Ltd. (Blue Whale) (Burlington, VT). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. AM Best …
May 9, 2024
Northeast auto and home insurer Plymouth Rock Home Assurance and pet insurer Fetch are cooperating on a deal that offers Plymouth Rock insureds a 10% discount on pet insurance for the life of their pet through Fetch. The discount is …
May 9, 2024
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting parents. U.S. District Judge Jon …
May 9, 2024
A large staffing firm that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the Justice Department and a company whistleblower, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. …
May 9, 2024
Building construction-related fatalities in the five boroughs of New York City are at the lowest number in nearly a decade, with seven deaths in 2023 as compared to a high of 14 in 2019. While fatalities are down, the annual …
May 8, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa …
May 8, 2024
A former Scranton attorney has been sentenced to prison for lying to clients who filed civil cases and for forging corresponding documents — including a judge’s signature. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry reported that James Conaboy, of Clarks Summit, previously …