New Jersey transit officials said Tuesday they hope to earn a two-year extension of a federally mandated deadline for installing an emergency braking system on their rail lines. With an initial deadline six months away, New Jersey Transit basically made …
An environmental group has sued the city of Newark, N.J., alleging officials violated federal safe drinking water laws by not adequately monitoring and testing a water system that contained what it termed “dangerously high” lead levels. The lawsuit by the …
The Federal Railroad Administration has warned Maryland officials the state’s train system is at risk of failing to meet a congressional deadline to install a mandatory safety system by the end of the year. WRC-TV reported that it obtained copies …
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired John Check as a senior consultant in the firm’s Employee Benefits Consulting Division. Check will be based in EPIC’s Pittsburgh, Penn., office …
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Insurance Associates, a Rockville, Md.-based independent insurance agency specializing in the construction industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1956, Insurance Associates …
Officials in a New Hampshire city say they spent more than $150,000 to remove a virus that affected the city’s entire computer system. The Portsmouth Herald reports Portsmouth Deputy City Manager Nancy Colbert Puff announced Thursday the city has filed …
Drivers for car services and ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft are usually on their own when it comes to buying health insurance, but starting Sunday in New York they will now be able to get coverage for vision care …
Effective Coverage has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based BungalowInsurance.com, an online renters insurance platform geared toward the modern generation. Effective Coverage, a specialty provider of renters insurance and resident risk management products for multifamily owners and operators, saw the acquisition as an …
The Concord Group Insurance Companies, located in Concord, N.H., has added Sue Greene to its Massachusetts marketing team as a senior marketing representative. Greene spent the past 18 years with an insurance carrier in Massachusetts, most recently as a business …
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has signed into law an act that will mandate an annual August sales tax holiday, increase minimum wage over the next five years and create a new paid family and medical leave program in Massachusetts. The …
