Scientists have met with residents of a central Pennsylvania town to reassure them about the hundreds of tiny earthquakes the area has experienced over the past year. Charles Scharnberger, Millersville University professor emeritus of geology, says fracturing rock is to …
As the holiday season approaches, Maine state officials are kicking off a campaign to encourage safe driving habits. The campaign announced Thursday in the State House focuses on seat belt usage, observing speed limits, not drinking and other behaviors. Maine …
It was a heartwarming story: A 200-year-old general store suffers a fire, the owner can’t afford to rebuild it and the town’s historical society steps in to buy the building, hoping to make it the commercial and social hub of …
Wisconsin insurance officials plan to hand $12 million in property insurance credits back to local governments next year. Wisconsin municipalities can pay into a state account in exchange for insurance on public property. State auditors reported in June the account …
New Hampshire authorities have created a new Web site that allows the public to anonymously report companies believed to have misclassified workers as independent contractors. The site is part of an effort by the state’s Task Force for the Misclassification …
Alabama’s new state fishing pier, near Gulf Shores, which cost $16 million and is less than four months old, has been closed indefinitely because of damage from the first tropical storm to hit since it opened. The director of Alabama’s …
A New Bedford, Massachusetts seafood processing plant faces $66,800 in fines following a probe into the death of a worker who became caught in an industrial ice-making machine. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Northern Wind Inc. with …
New York-based program manager Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. (ISA) says it has added several new eligible classes to its worker’s compensation program for the social services, small business and healthcare industries. The coverage, which is available as a stand-alone policy …
New York-based Marsh & McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of insurance mega-broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Insurance Alliance, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Marsh said the transaction marks the first …
The advisory aand policy form organzation American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is introducing an optional Green Coverage Endorsement and accompanying schedules under its Commercial Output Program (COP). AAIS develops policy forms and rating information used by more than 600 …
