Strong winds may be to blame for the collapse of a construction crane in New Jersey. The crane came down onto a house and an apartment building across from Rutgers University in New Brunswick on Sunday night. News 12 New …
Alera Group, a national independent insurance agency based in Deerfield, Ill., has acquired Landmark Benefits Inc., effective July 1, 2019. Landmark, located in Windham, N.H., is an employee benefits broker providing insurance benefits, human resource consulting, compliance and wellness to …
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has promoted Michael Prentiss to assistant vice president and Robert Barresi to senior vice president. As a commercial lines producer, Prentiss is responsible for establishing new accounts, as well as maintaining an existing …
Crews are working to restore electricity for hundreds of thousands of people in New Jersey after powerful storms blew across the state. Utilities say 246,193 homes and businesses were without service Tuesday morning. At one point Monday, more than 300,000 …
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais is urging homeowners to review their insurance policies before the upcoming tropical storm season. Peak hurricane season in Connecticut begins in mid-August and runs through late October. Mais says policyholders should discuss with an …
Officials say a worker at a western Pennsylvania resort was injured in a bear attack while guiding a routine “Safari Tour” of wildlife kept at the property. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort says the Himalayan bear reached through a wire fence Saturday …
Philadelphia Energy Solutions filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said on Monday, its second such filing in less than two years, after a fire last month prompted it to close the largest refinery on the U.S. East Coast. …
The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river shared by the two states coated …
Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) filed for its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in less than two years on Sunday, a court filing showed, a month after a fire and explosion led to the permanent shutdown of the biggest oil refinery on …
The death of a 3-year-old boy in a restaurant’s underground grease collection tank has prompted two state lawmakers to draft new safety legislation. Police say the child fell through an unsecured plastic cover over a grease trap behind a Tim …
