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Pennsylvania Insurance Department Plans Review of Two Workers’ Comp Filings

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has received two mid-year workers’ compensation loss cost filings with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2019, from the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB). The department stated in a press release that it plans an …

Ex-Cafe Manager in Connecticut Ordered to Repay Owner $200K

The former manager of a Connecticut restaurant has been ordered by a judge to repay nearly $200,000 to the eatery’s owner. The Connecticut Post reports that the judge on Thursday ruled that Robert Manere’s explanation that he used the money …

New York Man Charged With More Than $15K in Workers’ Comp Fraud

A New York man has been arrested on charges that he defrauded the workers’ compensation system by claiming he was out of work due to an injury while continuing to work at his family business. Jeffrey Smalt of Bath, N.Y., …

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Rodman Insurance Agency

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Rodman Insurance Agency. With roots dating back to 1935, Rodman Insurance Agency specializes in providing property and casualty insurance products and services to commercial customers in …

Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Brown to Management Team

Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-based independent insurance agency, has hired Ryan Brown to its management team. Brown joins the agency from Safeco, a Liberty Mutual Company, where he was the senior territory manager in the Boston and New …

YOUNG & Associates Hires Pierro as Northeast Senior Regional Building Consultant

YOUNG & Associates, a full-service, national building consulting firm, has hired Don Pierro as senior regional building consultant serving the Northeast region. With more than 20 years’ experience, Pierro will provide clients with quantity surveying, cost estimating, scheduling, building valuation …

Climate Groups Warn About Virginia Tax Cut for Homes in Flood-Prone Areas

A measure approved by Virginia voters this week to cut taxes on homes in flood-prone areas of the flood-prone commonwealth has climate experts warning that it might encourage people to remain in vulnerable areas – and could spread to other …

Pennsylvania Charges 60 Individuals in Statewide Insurance Fraud Sweep

Criminal charges have been announced against 60 Pennsylvanians following investigations by the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section. As a result, 23 people were charged in Eastern Pennsylvania, 10 in Central Pennsylvania and 27 in Western Pennsylvania. The charges came about …

Injured Elevator Technician Settles Suit Against New Jersey Building Owner for $2M

An elevator technician who was injured while working on a six-story building in New Jersey has settled his lawsuit against the building’s owner for more than $2 million. Lawyers for Brett Riccio tell NJ.com the settlement was reached late last …

State Help Available for Upstate New York Areas Hit by August Storms

Residents in New York’s Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region who were impacted by damaging storms and floods in August are eligible for financial help. Officials announced Friday that $13 million is available in the form of grants to homeowners …

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