AM Best has upgraded the ratings of workers’ compensation insurer Synergy Comp Insurance Co. based in Sharon Pennsylvania. The rating organization upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” …
A laborer who fell and was injured after he stood on an inverted bucket to reach a cable has nobody to blame but himself under New York law. The worker, Angel Morales, did not need to use a bucket, ladder …
Pennsylvania officials have identified three dozen employers that are currently not carrying workers’ compensation insurance as required by state law. Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released lists of employers that have violated one or more of the labor …
Eastern Insurance Group announced it has acquired the John T. Burns Insurance Agency in Newton, Massachusetts. Family-owned since 1892, Burns Insurance offers personal auto and home insurance from carriers including Arbella, Safety, Plymouth Rock, Hanover, Quincy Mutual and Vermont Mutual. …
The Hilb Group reports that it has acquired Massachusetts-based Lighthouse Insurance Agency, further building on the company’s presence throughout New England. Based in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Lighthouse specializes in personal and commercial insurance for transportation risks with a …
A Massachusetts police department whose officers are accused of wrongfully arresting a Black man while pursuing a white suspect said Friday that an outside investigation found no evidence of racial profiling. The town manager for Arlington, a Boston suburb, and …
The developer of a major pipeline system that connects the Marcellus Shale gas field in western Pennsylvania to an export terminal near Philadelphia pleaded no contest Friday to criminal charges that it systematically polluted waterways and residential water wells across …
PROCTOR, Vt. (AP) — Weeks after surviving one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, the Holden family just wanted a new home. The family of seven couldn’t find anything nearby to replace their house reduced to …
A motorcycle driver’s signed waiver of underinsured motorists coverage in 2004 was still in effect 15 years later when he was in a tragic crash despite a phone conversation he had in 2014 with a representative for his direct insurer …
Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania early Friday, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family, authorities said. The …
