December 11, 2018
Federal officials will review an accident in which an automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals. The Occupational Safety and Health …
December 10, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an employer has a legal duty to use reasonable care in safeguarding its employees’ sensitive personal information stored on an internet-accessible computer. This vacates earlier Trial Court and Superior Court decisions in the …
December 10, 2018
AssuredPartners Inc. has added the aviation book of business formerly owned by AOPA Insurance Agency Inc. into the AP Aerospace operations of AssuredPartners. AOPA is a Frederick, Md.-based aerospace specific association focusing on the needs of aircraft owners, renters, CFI …
December 10, 2018
Energi, the Peabody, Mass.-headquartered parent company for Energi Insurance Services Inc., has named Michael Windstein as chief underwriting officer. In this role, Windstein will support Energi’s underwriting operations with the recent launch of its eCaptiv programs for the energy and …
December 10, 2018
The Travelers Companies Inc. has established the Travelers Benefit Program, a $5 million fund to assist customers in repairing homes with crumbling foundations in northeast Connecticut. The matter stems from concrete contaminated by the mineral pyrrhotite, which can cause foundations …
December 7, 2018
New York’s attorney general has opened an investigation into potential abuses by finance firms that offer quick money to small businesses nationwide, according to a person familiar with the probe. Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s office is looking into whether merchant …
December 7, 2018
A Manhattan man has been convicted of engaging in two separate identity theft schemes between 2013 and 2014 and has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half to 15 years in state prison. An investigation by New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood’s …
December 7, 2018
Connecticut state agencies, municipalities, and the state’s two federally recognized tribes are now eligible to receive federal financial assistance to help repair the damage caused by severe rain and flooding in September. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday his …
December 7, 2018
An upstate New York man has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay back more than $100,000 he bilked out of people in a vacation home rental scam. Federal prosecutors say 58-year-old Henry Dean III, of …
December 7, 2018
An automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey on Wednesday, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals, officials said. An Amazon representative said that as of 8 p.m., …