The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care workers are increasingly …
DeCotis Specialty Insurance, headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island added Lori Lyle as senior commercial lines account manager, and Jay Downie as a commercial lines insurance broker. Lyle joins DeCotis after spending nearly four decades on the commercial insurance retail side. …
Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc., in a tort action in which Republic, as another insurer of B-P, bore the litigation and settlement costs, a federal …
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced indictments against two men for a total of 50 crimes including thefts of 16 luxury cars valued at more than $1 million. Dyllan Lopes, age 21 of Quincy, was indicted for 31 crimes …
New England’s Foy Insurance Group has been acquired by national broker World Insurance Associates. The Foy agency, headquartered in Exeter, New Hampshire, has been doing business in New Hampshire for more than 100 years. Today it is one of New …
A former employee of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) pleaded guilty to falsely claiming he had inspected a part of a railway that an investigation determined was broken and contributed to a collision in Speonk, New York in 2019. …
The U.S. Supreme Court has passed on deciding whether private citizen “testers” who search online for and then sue companies that appear to not be in compliance with federal disability regulations have standing to sue. However, the high court advised …
Pennsylvania has established a task force to recommend policies to make flood insurance more affordable. The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force will examine potential programs that provide premium discounts, incentives for local governments to support flood mitigation efforts, necessary …
Denver-based insurance brokerage IMA Financial Group reports it is expanding its employee benefits practice nationally with the acquisition of EBS Insurance Brokers of Newton, Massachusetts. EBS and its 30 employees offer health and welfare plan administration, executive and international benefits …
Bayer was ordered on Tuesday to pay nearly $3.5 million by a Philadelphia jury that found the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused a woman’s cancer, the company said, the latest in a string of trial losses for the company as it …
