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Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Rental, Voter, Climate Bills as Deadline Looms

The Massachusetts Legislature gave final approval Monday to a bill that would tax and regulate short-term rentals, including those offered by Airbnb and other online platforms. After weeks of negotiations, House and Senate lawmakers reached agreement on the compromise bill …

Lockton to Administer Attorney Protective Lawyer Program in the East

Lockton Affinity will be the exclusive administrator for Attorney Protective’s Professional Liability Insurance Program for attorneys in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The Attorney Protective program was developed to protect attorneys, their reputation and assets. The program is administered by …

Lawsuit Says Equipment Led Delaware Firefighter to Fall from Helicopter

A lawsuit charges that improper equipment led a Delaware firefighter to fall to his death from a helicopter during a 2016 training exercise. The News Journal of Wilmington reported that firefighter Timothy McClanahan’s family filed the lawsuit this month. The …

Maryland Hits Record-High Drug Deaths, Fueled by Fentanyl

Maryland, a state that already had one of the country’s most punishing overdose mortality rates, notched a record-high number of drug deaths last year. The grim milestone was fueled by an alarming increase of fentanyl-related fatalities. Despite renewed efforts to …

Boy’s Death During Boating Safety Lesson in New York Results in New Law

A Long Island county where a 12-year-old boy died during a boating safety lesson now has a new law aimed at preventing such tragedies from happening again. Newsday reports that Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone signed Ryan’s Law on Saturday …

Student Hit in Eye by Baseball Sues New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College

A Dartmouth College student who was seriously injured during baseball practice is suing the Ivy League school. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Colton French said he was pitching to a batter in a narrow indoor area enclosed by netting in …

RSG to Acquire Certain Assets of New York’s ARC Specialty Brokerage

Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) and ARC Excess & Surplus LLC (ARC) have entered into a definitive agreement in which RSG will acquire certain assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage LLC, the P&C Division of ARC, a wholesale insurance brokerage based …

City Council Aims to Make New York First U.S. City to Cap Uber, Others

New York City is moving toward becoming the first major U.S. municipality to cap ride-sharing services, sparking a tsunami of protest on Friday from Uber and others, which warned that those living in far-flung neighborhoods will suffer most. The City …

Three Workers Hurt in Virginia Custom Machinery Plant Explosion

An explosion has injured three workers at a company in Virginia that makes custom machinery. News outlets report the employees were hurt Wednesday in the explosion at Thomas Industrial Fabrication in Woolwine, Va. Patrick County Emergency Services Coordinator Steve Allen …

Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Marshall

Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass.-headquartered, independent insurance agency, has appointed Patrick Marshall as a business insurance consultant. Marshall comes to Rogers & Gray from Denver, Colo.-based Xactly Corporation, a cloud-based software company, where he served as an …

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