The estate of a William Paterson University student who took her own life after alleging she was raped at a fraternity has settled a lawsuit against the school for $800,000. Cherelle Locklear’s mother alleged in the lawsuit that the university …
Companies testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh will have to immediately report crashes resulting in any injuries and have three days to reveal those that result in any damage. The guidelines are part of an executive order signed Monday by Mayor …
Lawyers for the operators of a limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York say the deaths could have been caused by an act of God or the passengers’ failure to wear seat belts. The Times Union …
Wellfleet, a Springfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Hathaway company specializing in accident and health insurance benefits, has hired William Farmer as vice president of National Distribution and Workplace Benefits. Farmer, who built the broker division at Aflac, is leading the Wellfleet Workplace …
Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a Wellesley, Mass.-based membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has appointed Robert A. Bondi as president. In this role, Bondi’s primary responsibility is to accelerate growth and income for the independent agency members of the alliance. …
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired John Sames to its Northeast region leadership team as director of operations and sales. Sames will be based in EPIC’s Pearl River, N.Y., …
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a time limit of six years also applies to claims involving diseases with extended latency periods, such as asbestos-related illnesses. The …
New York’s insurance regulator issued a subpoena to the Trump Organization’s primary insurance broker, a person familiar with the matter said. It came just days after President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney testified to Congress that the president’s company sometimes …
Big news! Going by third-quarter state gross domestic product data that were just released, Connecticut’s economy is on track to grow more than 2 percent in 2018! That’s … not much. But it’s better growth than the state has seen …
Everest Insurance has hired Kathleen Boland to its Marketing & Distribution team as director, focusing on the Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, Boland will be based out of the Everest Insurance Philadelphia office and report to Matt Murray, East region …
