October 12, 2020
Two people suffered minor injuries when a small airplane used to spot fires flipped over onto its roof at a Massachusetts airport, authorities say. The single-engine aircraft was landing at Plymouth Municipal Airport at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon when …
October 12, 2020
A $56 million settlement between Massachusetts and the natural gas utility found responsible for a series of explosions and fires in the state in 2018 was approved by the state Department of Public Utilities. The settlement with Columbia Gas of …
October 9, 2020
The Board of Directors of Union Mutual Insurance Company voted unanimously last week to elect Lisa L. Keysar to the role of President and CEO. Keysar is the 15th person to assume the role and succeeds Michael Nobles, who passed …
October 9, 2020
Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has announced a series of senior leadership changes within the Claims, Sales & Products and Information Technology divisions. The organizational changes are in conjunction with the January 2021 retirement of Chris Zimmer, senior vice …
October 8, 2020
A coalition of business advocacy and local government groups have renewed calls for reform to a New York law that has been on the books since the late 1800s. New York State Labor Law sections 240/241, known as the Scaffold …
October 8, 2020
Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an investigator to the scene of a small plane crash that killed a prominent attorney and his niece. Reps. …
October 8, 2020
Ametros has hired Nicole Chappelle as vice president of Settlement Solutions, leading the professional administrator’s strategy for settlement initiatives. Chappelle’s background in workers’ compensation, working with insurers, third-party administrators and other stakeholders in the settlement process makes her qualified to …
October 8, 2020
A series of arson fires in the town of Stowe has prompted the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Vermont police to offer a $15,000 reward for help leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is …
October 7, 2020
Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Bernstein Insurance LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bernstein Insurance’s principal owner, Jennifer Bernstein, was previously part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s exclusive distribution model and is …
October 7, 2020
A metal recycler has been fined nearly $3 million for improperly disposing of hazardous waste on its site, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said. The $2.7 million fine is the largest the state has issued for a hazardous waste …