New Jersey Transit had installed a federally mandated emergency braking system on less than 10 percent of its fleet of locomotives nine months before the deadline, according to a progress report covering the first quarter of this year. The report …
Preferred Property Program (PPP), a national managing general agency, has named Wayne Dow vice president of programs. Dow will be joining the Bell Works office in Holmdel, N.J., to oversee the marketing of PPP products to all of its network …
Exude Inc., a Philadelphia, Penn.-based organizational health and strategy company, has hired Gregory Offner Jr. as a director. In this role, Offner will oversee the growth of the Commercial Insurance and Risk Management Division. Prior to joining Exude Inc., he …
Residents in the Northeast cleaned up Wednesday, a day after powerful storms pounded the region with torrential rain and marble-sized hail, leaving at least three people dead and more 200,000 homes and businesses without power. Connecticut officials said men in …
Workers’ compensation professionals have created Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire, a 501c3 organization that provides scholarships for the children of workers who are seriously injured or killed on the job. Sebastian Grasso, CEO of Windham Group, a workers’ compensation case …
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Costello Benefits Group (CBG Benefits Inc.), a full-service employee benefits brokerage firm headquartered in Woburn, Mass. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This acquisition is …
Salem Five, a commercial and personal insurance provider based in Salem, Mass., has acquired Fabri & Rourke Insurance, headquartered in Georgetown, Mass. This is the second Georgetown-based acquisition for Salem Five, having acquired Georgetown Bank in 2017. Salem Five has …
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case that has led to questions about worker misclassification. “Worker misclassification …
A New Jersey man who was struck by a bus and dragged for nearly two miles has settled his lawsuit with New Jersey Transit for $2.3 million. A lawyer for the firm that handled 63-year-old Seres Arpad’s case confirmed the …
The Evans Agency LLC, a wholly owned insurance subsidiary of community financial services company Evans Bancorp Inc., has acquired the business of Richardson & Stout Insurance (R&S) of Wellsville, N.Y. The transaction is effective July 1, 2018. Terms of the …
