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Outages Persist After Nor’easter Batters New England

Utility crews worked Thursday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in New England after a nor’easter battered the coast with hurricane-force wind gusts. More than 300,000 customers lacked service Thursday morning, the Massachusetts Emergency Management …

Family of Man Killed by Snowblower Sues Two Maine Hospitals

The son of a man who died in a snowblower accident in 2017 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both of Bangor’s hospitals and two medical professionals. Herbert Pelletier, 86, died four years ago of complications of a ruptured …

Keystone Agency Partners Appoints Big I’s Rusbuldt as First Independent Board Member

Keystone Agency Partners, an independent insurance agency partnership platform, appointed insurance industry veteran Robert A. Rusbuldt as the company’s first independent board member. Rusbuldt currently serves as president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Inc. …

Three Teens Accused of Setting Maine Fire Facing Felony Murder Charge

Three teenagers accused of starting a fatal apartment building fire in Maine have been charged with felony murder, officials said. Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were charged last month with arson, but those charges have been upgraded to felony murder, …

Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones

Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling headphones. …

Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors

Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors, an all-lines brokerage focused on transportation-related industries. Terms of the deal were not announced. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Corrigan Johnston was founded …

Connecticut Seeks Disaster Declaration for Flooding Caused by Ida

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request for a major disaster declaration to the Biden administration, seeking federal funds to help Connecticut recover from damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The September 1 storm dumped as much …

Ex-Liberty University Spokesman Says He Was Fired for Raising Concerns

A former spokesperson for Liberty University is suing the evangelical Virginia school after being fired, alleging in a lawsuit that his termination came in retaliation for voicing concerns that sexual misconduct accusations were mishandled. Scott Lamb, a vice president-level executive …

People Moves: New Hires at MEMIC Group, GCG Financial, NFP

The MEMIC Group Hires Pennsylvania’s Beswick, Delaware’s Grandrino Cindy Beswick of Pennsylvania and Angela Grandrino of Delaware have been appointed as senior production underwriter and production underwriter, respectively, by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group. Their appointments support MEMIC’s continued …

Insurer Responsible for Damages After Massachusetts Officer Injured During Training

Driving a truck too fast and injuring a fellow officer during a firearms training is not within the scope of employment duties for a Massachusetts police officer, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found. This means his insurer is on the …

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