November 9, 2023
Syracuse University must face a claim by a female student who alleges school officials retaliated against her after she filed a sexual assault complaint against a male athlete. A federal district court in September 2022 dismissed Jane Doe’s deliberate indifference, …
November 9, 2023
Democrat Dan McCaffery won an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court in Tuesday’s general election, preserving a strong Democratic majority on a panel that has produced several critical election-related rulings in the presidential battleground state. The seven-member bench, which will …
November 9, 2023
A federal judge on Monday pared back a U.S. government lawsuit accusing drug distributor Cencora, formerly called AmerisourceBergen, of fueling the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic by failing to report hundreds of thousands of suspicious orders of prescription painkillers. U.S. District …
November 8, 2023
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared a state of emergency to assist firefighter response efforts on two wildfires around the state due to dry conditions and high winds. Two fires—the Quaker Run Fire in Madison County and the Tuggles Gap …
November 8, 2023
Frederick Mutual, which is exiting the personal lines market and focusing strictly on commercial lines in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions, has reached a renewal rights agreement with another insurer for the bulk of its personal lines business. Beginning January …
November 8, 2023
Western New York’s Evans Bancorp, Inc. has agreed to sell its insurance agency operation, The Evans Agency, to global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for $40 million. The net gain on sale, on an after-tax basis, is expected …
November 8, 2023
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers continues its growth with the acquisition of Massabni Insurance & Financial, a veteran and family-owned agency in Hyattsville, Maryland. The deal was made in partnership with Liberty Boudreau Insurance Services of Owings, Maryland. Massabni Insurance …
November 8, 2023
The Maryland attorney general is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Baltimore on the afternoon. of November 7 According to the state, officers with the Baltimore police department fatally shot an armed man in 2600 block of Wilkens …
November 7, 2023
Keller, Lynn Join MEMIC Express Team MEMIC, headquartered in Portland, Maine, hired E.K. Keller as express business segment leader in the Eastern region and Keith Lynn as production underwriter in the company’s Southeast territory. Keller began his insurance career in …
November 7, 2023
Honeycomb Insurance, a which says its technology eliminates the need for physical property inspections, has won regulator approval to write policies in Virginia. The company, which began operating in 2021, writes in 15 states, including North Carolina, Pennsyslvania and New …