It Figures
90 Number of workplace deaths recorded in New York City last year, according to the Dept. of Labor. About a third of those deaths were due to construction accidents. The leading cause of death was a fall from a substantial …
Business Moves
Aon, Carpenter Moore Global insurance broker Aon Corp. has agreed to acquire Carpenter Moore Insurance Services, Inc., a provider of executive liability risk management services and a wholly owned subsidiary of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Financial terms of the …
Clear Insurance Policy: A Closer Look At Document Language
Insurance companies are taking another rhetorical beating — this time as a part of President Obama’s promotional campaign for his health care reform proposals. Now a healthy dose of professional introspection can be valuable, if for no other reason than …
People
Maryland-based insurance and risk management firm HMS Insurance Associates Inc. has made several executive-level promotions. Nancey Bohlen has been promoted to chief financial officer and vice president of operations. She will oversee financial aspects of insurance and non-insurance related business. …
Second Fire at Historic Vermont General Store Ruled Arson
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 …
New Hampshire Creates Anonymous Tip Site for Misclassified Workers
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 …
OSHA Fines Massachusetts Firm over Ice Machine Death
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 …
Family Sues over Boy’s Death at Massachusetts Gun Show
The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head. The family of Christopher …
Northeast Learns Lessons from ’08 Ice Storm
One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel’s home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December. “It sounded like I …
State: Massachusetts Woman Due $1M in Discrimination Case
A former employee of a Cape Cod country club who said she was laid off because of her age has been awarded nearly $1 million by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. The commission said 64-year-old Virginia DiIorio was one of …
