NFP, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement and individual products, has named John Hyland, senior vice president of NFP Property and Casualty, to its Surety division. In this new role, …
New York state says it has deployed more than 800,000 sandbags, hundreds of pumps and 920 feet of temporary dams in eight counties along Lake Ontario in preparation for potential flooding. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that officials are concerned …
The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Summit Insurance Services LLC (SIS), the insurance operations of Summit Financial Group Inc. of Moorefield, West Virginia. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. SIS is an insurance agency that primarily provides employee …
Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation. Located in Providence, R.I., RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation has offered medical professional liability insurance as well as life, health, disability, workers’ compensation, business …
New York State Police have arrested Jonathan A Schuyler, 23, of Fort Plain, N.Y., for the felonies of arson in the third degree and insurance fraud in the third degree, according to a press release issued by The New York …
Authorities say a sport utility vehicle plowed into the front of a New Jersey pizzeria, leaving the driver and three people inside the restaurant with minor injuries. The Camden County prosecutor’s office says Pennsauken police responded shortly after 10 p.m. …
Rescue workers searched for survivors Saturday after a helicopter with two people aboard crashed into the Chesapeake Bay. The helicopter crashed into the water about a half-mile off Bloody Point, on the southern end of Kent Island. The scene is …
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the Centers for Disease Control to declare an emergency and unlock special funding to stem a potentially deadly drug-resistant fungus that’s been spreading at health care facilities. Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, says …
The utility blamed for the natural gas explosions in Massachusetts last September now says the potential financial costs of the disaster have jumped to more than $1.6 billion, and could go higher. The Boston Globe reports that NiSource Inc., the …
The Massachusetts attorney general has sued a property owner and a contractor hired to demolish a shed on his property for costs associated with a fire and explosion that authorities say released a toxic soup into the environment. The attorney …
