An Essex County, N.J., man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to obtain $74,000 in disability payments by submitting dozens of forged documents to his insurance provider. Major Smith, a former teacher in the East Orange school district, pleaded guilty …
Everest Insurance has hired Tim Bunt to its marketing and distribution team as vice president. In this role, Bunt is responsible for business development in the large account space. He will be based in the Everest Stamford, Conn., office and …
WKFC Underwriting Managers and CorRisk Solutions have hired Joseph Girardi as senior vice president of specialty casualty. Girardi joins WKFC and CorRisk with more than 30 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry. Previously, he served as senior vice …
More cases of a respiratory virus have been confirmed at the University of Maryland, College Park, where a freshman died of complications from the virus last month. The director of the university’s health center said Friday there were 22 confirmed …
The new entity charged with overseeing the distribution of state funds to help Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations has finally received a long-awaited $19 million. Michael Maglaras, superintendent of the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company, told The Associated Press on …
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would require National Grid to provide health insurance to locked-out gas workers and prohibit public funds from flowing to the company until the labor dispute ends. The bill scheduled for a legislative hearing …
Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, has unveiled the 2019 cohort of startups for its acceleration program. The chosen startups cover a range of abilities, from property insurance claims to peer-to-peer insurance (P2P). The 10 teams, selected from more than …
A regulation in Virginia’s new building code could alter the look and feel of some neighborhoods near the state’s coast in the coming decades. The Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday that the change will impact some of the Hampton Roads region’s historic, …
The family of a 30-year-old Vermont woman whose obituary gained national attention for its discussion about her opioid addiction are suing a Massachusetts police department for information about the days leading up to her death. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday …
The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business. That’s according to figures released Tuesday by the Cannabis Control Commission. The stores in …
