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Natural Gas Service Mostly Back for Hundreds in Pennsylvania

Officials say service has mostly been restored to hundreds of Pennsylvania utility customers who had their natural gas service temporarily shut off. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania shut off service Saturday to about 1,700 customers in Washington County. That came after …

Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of New York’s The Rubin Group

Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of The Rubin Group Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Rubin Group President Michael Rubin, along with his team, will join Hub International Northeast following …

New Jersey’s Solutions Insurance & Financial Services Joins Gloron Agency

Solutions Insurance & Financial Services of Fairfield, N.J., has joined Gloron Agency Inc. of New York, N.Y., effective January 1, 2019. The headquarters for the newly combined firm will remain in Manhattan, and the Fairfield, N.J., office will continue to …

NYC Street Collapses Amid Gas Line and Water Main Ruptures

A New York City street and sidewalk collapsed Friday into a 40-foot-wide crater near a construction site as a gas line exploded and a water main ruptured. Authorities said no one was injured in the afternoon incident at Northern Boulevard …

Columbia Gas Halts Service to About 1,700 in Pennsylvania

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania says it’s in the process of shutting off service to about 1,700 customers in Washington County. The utility company said Saturday that the decision to suspend service has been made “out of an abundance of caution.” …

Vermont’s Union Mutual Promotes Cook, Ryan and Miles

Union Mutual has promoted M. Joseph Cook, Schuyler M. Ryan and Matthew Miles. Cook was named vice president of Union Mutual and executive vice president of Community Mutual, a member of the Union Mutual Companies. Ryan was named director of …

Worker Badly Burned at Connecticut Construction Site

A construction worker has suffered serious burns in an accident at a site of an apartment complex in Connecticut. The Day reports the man became injured while trying to refuel a running air compressor at the site in Pawcatuck Wednesday …

Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Burak Insurance

Kaplansky Insurance, an independent, locally owned agency in the Northeast, has acquired Burak Insurance, located in Canton, Mass. The addition of Burak marks Kaplansky Insurance’s 31st overall acquisition and its fourth for 2018. Kaplansky Insurance, based in Needham, Mass., provides …

GMG Insurance Agency Acquires Pennsylvania’s Superior Benefits Plans

GMG Insurance Agency (GMG), an independent insurance and risk management agency offering nationwide coverage and services, has acquired Superior Benefits Plans LLC, an independent employee benefits insurance brokerage firm. The acquisition expands upon GMG’s technological capabilities and capital management strategy …

WAHVE Names Evans Senior Vice President of Business Development

Work At Home Vintage Experts has named Dave Evans a senior vice president of business development. He works out of his home in Connecticut. His business experience includes employee benefits consulting and two decades in association management with the Independent …

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