Berkley FinSecure, a Berkley Company, has announced three new senior leadership appointments. Joe Gresia has joined the company as senior vice president and chief field operations and business development officer. Gresia will assume this position effective January 1 and will …
The New York Thruway Authority has filed a lawsuit against multiple companies over the failure of four wind turbines. The authority says in its lawsuit filed Thursday the turbines located along the Thruway in Erie and Chautauqua counties went offline …
A judge in Pennsylvania is considering whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the widow of a high school football team volunteer who died in 2016 after a player ran into him. Attorneys for the Valley View School District contend …
A warehouse fire in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., has caused damage to a business that supplies temporary bleachers and scaffolding. Prince George’s County fire department spokesman Mark E. Brady told the Washington Post that the fire at the …
A New Jersey surgery center that may have exposed more than 3,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C used poor drug storage methods, an outdated infection control plan and unacceptable sterilization practices, according to a new state report. …
An insurance company investigating the sinking of Nathan Carman’s boat in 2016 is suggesting that he may have thrown a gun used to kill his grandfather into the ocean. National Liability & Fire Insurance Company and the Boat Owners Association …
FM Global, a commercial and industrial property insurer, has named Deanna Fidler as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. In this role, she is based at FM Global’s corporate offices in Johnston, R.I., and succeeds Enzo Rebula, who …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Conshohocken, Penn.-based Preston-Patterson Co. Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1947, Preston-Patterson is a retail property and casualty insurance broker offering a range of coverages and services to broadcasters …
A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, delaying flights and sparking a social media storm of jokes about an alien …
As Insurance Journal looks back on the most popular stories of 2018, its readers in the East region showed interest in a variety of topics from auto insurance to the September gas explosions in Massachusetts to state lawsuits. However, the …
