September 23, 2024
Consumers are hearing a lot about insurance difficulties around the country. The news from California and Florida and elsewhere about how disasters, skyrocketing premiums and carrier withdrawals are making coverages hard to find and afford naturally raises concerns in other …
September 20, 2024
Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the launch of an online portal for companies and other entities reporting data breaches. The site is for reporting breaches impacting more than 500 Pennsylvania residents — which is required under Pennsylvania law beginning …
September 20, 2024
Two insurers have settled their dispute over coverage involving a touring company for the musical “Cats” and an employee who was seriously injured on the set at a Providence theater in 2019. The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) employee was …
September 20, 2024
A bill introduced after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, U.S. …
September 20, 2024
A Connecticut aquarium where three beluga whales died in recent years has agreed to settle a federal investigation over alleged animal care and water quality violations by paying a $12,200 fine while not admitting or denying the accusations. The whales …
September 19, 2024
Families of immigrant construction workers killed when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was hit by the cargo ship Dali plan to challenge the attempt by the ship owner and operator to limit their liability for the tragedy. …
September 19, 2024
A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before it discharged gallons of firefighting foam containing harmful chemicals in Maine’s biggest accidental spill of the fire suppressant on record, according to a recently …
September 19, 2024
A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a truck driver in September 2023 illegally after the employee raised safety concerns. The driver expressed concern that the loads and …
September 18, 2024
Hundreds of delivery drivers for e-commerce giant Amazon.com have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, seeking improved wages, working conditions and safety standards, the labor union said on Monday. Workers across three Delivery Service Partners (DSP) in Queens, New York …
September 18, 2024
The MEMIC Group, based in Portland, Maine, hired Scott Davis as a senior production underwriter overseeing the Virginia and District of Columbia territory. Davis, based in Virginia, joins MEMIC with over two decades of experience in multiline insurance and underwriting. …