Massachusetts businesses will see an average 14.6% reduction in workers’ compensation rates—a cut that is almost twice the size of what the insurance industry’s rating bureau proposed in its filing. The lower rates go into effect on July 1, 2024. …
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed an interim commissioner at the helm of the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA). Moore named Joy Y. Hatchette as interim insurance commissioner at MIA. The current commissioner, Kathleen Birrane, previously announced plans to retire at …
DuPont, 3M, Honeywell and 16 other defendants were sued on Tuesday by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they believed the proposed class action filed …
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the indictment of a former state employee in two separate cases involving theft and insurance fraud. Shanell Angelia West, of Essex, was allegedly involved in a theft scheme while working at the Maryland …
Regional grocery chain Weis Markets, Inc. has settled a sexual harassment and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of an employee, the federal agency announced. The charges included mandating that an employee participate …
The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge’s supporting columns and caused the bridge to collapse. The 984-foot Dali …
Florida-based King Insurance Partners hired new team members at its Manchester, New Hampshire location. Kathy Kelley, commercial lines manager, has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years in the Manchester area, previously serving as partner at Richard E …
New York has issued guidance to commercial insurers that they are prohibited from inquiring about or making coverage decisions based on a property’s status as an affordable housing development or a tenant’s source of income. The guidance is in a …
Days before the five-year anniversary of a crash that killed seven motorcyclists, relatives and friends urged New Hampshire officials not to allow the trucker involved back on the state’s roadways. A jury in 2022 found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of …
A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in his home in 2011. Suffolk County, on Long Island, has agreed to pay the settlement to the family …
