Woodruff Sawyer has expanded its New England office’s leadership structure due to growth it has seen in the past two years. As part of this initiative, it is positioning its three leaders in roles that will further support and facilitate …
A Massachusetts family whose 5-year-old special needs daughter was left stranded for hours on a cold school bus has settled a lawsuit against the school district. A lawyer for the Gloucester family told The Gloucester Daily Times on Monday that …
Greenhill & Co. Inc., an independent investment bank, has hired Matthew Morris in New York as a managing director and head of Insurance Corporate Advisory. Morris has 21 years of investment banking experience focused on the insurance industry. Most recently, …
A.M. Best has affirmed its financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and its long-term issuer credit ratings of “a-” while revising its outlook to negative from stable for Glastonbury, Conn.-based Connecticut Medical Insurance Company and its sponsored risk retention group …
Alliant Employee Benefits has hired Pittsburgh, Penn.-based benefits consultant Mark Weber as vice president. In this role, Weber will bring his quantitative analysis and strategic problem solving skills to Alliant’s service platform, working to deliver strategies that optimize performance and …
Insurance broker Lockton will pay a $7 million fine for administering National Rifle Association (NRA) member insurance programs in New York that officials say violate several state laws. The settlement with Lockton is the first in what is a broader …
USA Risk Group (USARG), a Barre, Vt.-based independent captive management firm, has promoted Cindy Lyford to senior vice president. Lyford currently serves as office head for the Vermont and Western domiciled captive insurance business. Prior to her promotion, she served …
The parents of a man who died in a Virginia boating accident have reached a $4 million settlement in a lawsuit they filed over his death. Graham McCormick’s family sued his friend, John Randolph Hooper of Richmond, Va., accusing him …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited roofing contractor John Prevete Framing LLC for exposing employees to safety hazards while performing residential demolition work at a Passaic County, N.J., site. OSHA proposed $221,343 in …
A federal judge has ruled that Delaware’s lawsuit against drug manufacturers, distributors and drugstores over the opioid crisis should be sent back to state court. In a ruling last week, the judge granted the state’s request to remand the case …
