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She Took Out 40 Insurance Policies Worth $20 Million, Scamming Insurers and Investors

A federal jury convicted a Maryland woman yesterday for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and related charges for wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. According to court documents, Maureen Wilson, of Owings Mills, conspired with her husband …

People Moves: NJM’s CEO Livingston to Retire; Voorhees Named Successor

NJM Insurance Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer Mitch Livingston, will retire on July 31, after 19 years at the company, including the past seven as its leader. The company’s board of directors has selected Carol Voorhees, NJM’s executive vice …

Third Magellan Diagnostics Exec Pleads Guilty Over Lead-Test Device Defect

The former CEO of Magellan Diagnostics pleaded guilty on Monday to a criminal charge related to a malfunction in the company’s lead-testing devices that produced inaccurately low results for tens of thousands of patients. Amy Winslow was the last of …

15 Injured When School Bus Overturns on Parkway in New Jersey

A school bus carrying 31 people overturned on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, sending more than a dozen people to hospitals, officials said. New Jersey State Police said 15 people, including the driver and 14 young people, were …

NTSB ‘Urgently’ Recommends Alternative Route for Helicopters at DC Airport

A report from the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday urgently recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) permanently prohibit helicopter operations near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport when certain runways are in use for arrivals or departure. The NTSB …

Attempt to Make S’mores Blamed for Long Island Wind-Driven Brush Fires

Multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were accidentally caused by a family’s attempt to make s’mores, Suffolk County police said Monday. Commissioner Kevin Catalina said detectives traced the cause to a …

School Owner Sentenced for Falsifying Asbestos Removal Training Documents

The owner of a Rhode Island asbestos abatement training center who falsified documents attesting individuals paid for, attended, and successfully completed an Environmental Protection Administration (EPA)-approved abatement training program has been sentenced to two years’ probation, announced Acting United States …

5 Hospitalized After Small Plane Crashes in Retirement Community Parking Lot

A single-engine airplane carrying five people crashed and burst into flames Sunday in the parking lot of a retirement community near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania, and everyone on board survived, officials and witnesses said. The fiery crash happened …

New York Sues National General and Allstate Over Data Breaches

New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against National General and its parent Allstate Insurance Co. alleging they have failed to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. The suit by Attorney General Letitia James cites incidents in 2020 and …

Lawsuit Aims to End LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania

Two public school districts and several parents have sued Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, saying the state’s two-year-old regulation is illegal because it goes beyond what lawmakers intended or allowed. The lawsuit …

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