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Federal Agency Probing Accident That Sickened Amazon Workers in New Jersey

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 …

Penn. High Court Rules Employer Has Duty to Safeguard Employees’ Personal Info

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 …

AssuredPartners Acquires AOPA Insurance Agency’s Aviation Book of Business

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 …

Massachusetts’ Energi Names Windstein Chief Underwriting Officer

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 …

Travelers Establishes Program to Help with Connecticut Crumbling Foundations

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 …

New York Said to Open Investigation into Potential Small-Business Lending Abuse

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 …

Manhattan Man Convicted in Two Identity Theft Schemes

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 …

Connecticut Receives Federal Declaration for Rain Storms

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 …

Man Sentenced for New York Vacation Rental Home Scam

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 …

New Jersey Amazon Workers Treated After Bear Repellent Releases Fumes

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., …

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