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Retaliation Claim Against Delaware Law Firm Over Softball Injury Nixed

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a Delaware law firm filed by a paralegal who claims he was targeted for retaliation after being injured while playing on the law firm’s softball team and filing a workers’ compensation claim. The …

Zurich North America Brings Apprenticeship Program to New York City

Zurich North America is expanding its professional apprenticeship program from its Chicagoland headquarters to its downtown New York City office this fall, with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) as the education provider. Zurich is a provider of insurance …

Rhode Island’s Lathrop Insurance Named Newest Member of Renaissance Alliance

Lathrop Insurance Inc., a full-service independent insurance agency located in Westerly, R.I., has been named as the newest member of Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services. Established in 1939 by Francis Lathrop Sr., Lathrop Insurance is a full-service independent insurance agency providing …

Connecticut Reminds Businesses to Verify Insurance Coverage During Reopening

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais and Economic Development Commissioner David Lehman are reminding businesses to make sure their insurance coverage accurately reflects any changed circumstances as they move to comply with Governor Ned Lamont’s reopening guidelines. “The pandemic has …

New York Dusts Off 1918 Pandemic Playbook For Help in Making Subway Safer

As in 1918, New York may use staggered work hours to keep subway safe As New York City makes plans to reopen in the coming months, officials are dusting off the playbook from the 1918 flu pandemic, when businesses were …

NFP Acquires Pennsylvania-Based Insurance Broker Team Scotti

Insurance broker NFP as acquired LFG Inc., which does business as Team Scotti). The transaction closed effective December 1, 2019. Team Scotti, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., and founded in 1987, is a national insurance broker offering insurance and employee benefit …

Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty After Lying During OSHA Investigation

After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the owner of a Somerset County, N.J., construction company has pleaded guilty to one count of felony perjury brought by the U.S. Attorney for the …

Maryland, Virginia, D.C. Intend to Sue EPA on Bay Pollution

Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to require two other states to implement plans to cut pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, officials said Monday. EPA Administrator …

Car Crashes into Closed Pennsylvania Convenience Store

A car slammed into a convenience store in western Pennsylvania, killing one woman and injuring two others, authorities said. The car was traveling down Dwellington Drive in Middlesex Township when it crashed into a closed store at the CoGo’s at …

Citi Appoints Haider to its Financial Institutions Group in New York

Citi has appointed Jawad Haider as North America head of insurance in its Financial Institutions Group, based in New York. He is starting at Citi effective immediately. Haider has more than 20 years of experience in providing strategic coverage and …

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