March 18, 2020
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced a $10 million small business recovery loan fund to help companies struggling because of efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic. Baker said Monday the fund will provide emergency capital up to $75,000 to Massachusetts-based …
March 18, 2020
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf extended a shutdown order Monday to the entire state of Pennsylvania in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, although he also maintained that he will not send the National Guard or state police …
March 17, 2020
Maine’s governor announced steps Sunday designed to protect businesses and workers as closures mount amid the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Janet Mills said she has submitted emergency legislation to temporarily expand eligibility for unemployment insurance. She also called on the federal …
March 17, 2020
Kinsale Capital Group Inc. has promoted Brian D. Haney to executive vice president and chief operating officer, Bryan P. Petrucelli to executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, and Ann Marie Marson to executive vice president and chief claims …
March 17, 2020
Lockton has hired John Asencio to its Northeast region as Employee Benefits Practice leader. With more than 25 years of experience in health and welfare benefits consulting, Asencio will oversee operations in New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Hartford and Boston. …
March 16, 2020
New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro has announced the sentencing of a Rochester, N.Y., woman who defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage reimbursement checks intended for her deceased grandmother. Brandy Sheppard …
March 16, 2020
The Court of Appeals of Virginia has upheld a Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission decision that workers’ comp benefits cannot be awarded to a truck driver injured in an accident after failing to wear a seat belt. This decision comes after …
March 16, 2020
The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a wooded and swampy area shortly after takeoff from a Massachusetts airport has died, authorities say. The Cessna 177 single-engine plane crashed about 100 yards north of the runway after taking …
March 13, 2020
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an insurer is responsible for paying liability claims resulting from the improper use of a portable generator, despite an uninsured premises exclusion in the insured’s homeowners policy. This comes after four people …
March 13, 2020
Indiana State University has won first place in Selective Insurance’s Collegiate Competition. Second place was claimed by Middle Tennessee University, while Appalachian State University placed third. The month-long, intensive collegiate competition for risk management and insurance students is designed to …