July 2, 2018
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 …
July 2, 2018
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 …
June 29, 2018
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 …
June 29, 2018
Hanover Stone Solutions, an advisory firm providing risk consulting services to U.S. property and casualty and life insurance companies, has appointed Joanne Morrissey and Gary Dubois as senior advisors based in New York City. The executives will have roles in …
June 29, 2018
State Treasurer Denise Nappier announced Wednesday that 21 Connecticut Higher Education Trust college savings accounts were recently breached, resulting in more than $1.4 million in unauthorized withdrawals. Nappier said her office was advised of the breach by TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing …
June 29, 2018
A possible chemical leak at a Massachusetts electronic cigarette manufacturer resulted in a hazmat response and the hospitalization of dozens of plant workers. Officials say a hazmat team was called to the e-cigarette plant in Salem Sunday afternoon to investigate …
June 28, 2018
Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Branchville, N.J.-headquartered Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced the following officer appointments. Maria Orecchio has been appointed to senior vice president and deputy general counsel. Orecchio joined Selective in 2014 as vice …
June 28, 2018
Federal authorities investigating a gas explosion that leveled a Pennsylvania home last year, killing one utility worker and injuring two other workers, are urging changes to prevent incorrect installation of a gas distribution system component. The National Transportation Safety Board …
June 28, 2018
Authorities say three people were hurt, one critically, at a Manhattan construction site when a mini crane rolled over and fell from the fourth floor to the street below. Officials said it happened Monday morning while workers were installing a …
June 28, 2018
A New Jersey judge who was injured in a fall outside a courthouse has filed a $1 million claim against the city of Camden. The Courier-Post reported Camden County Assignment Judge Deborah Silverman Katz says in her claim that she …