SILVER SPRING, Md. — An explosion and fire that destroyed a Maryland apartment building last week was accidental and caused by a maintenance worker who cut a gas line instead of a waste pipe, an official said Monday. Montgomery County …
An archaic Rhode Island law that says prison inmates serving life sentences are considered civilly dead in terms of their civil rights is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision released Wednesday. The 1909 law says inmates …
GM Financial, an automobile financing company, has agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to resolve allegations that the company’s business practices violated Massachusetts state consumer protection laws. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office alleged that Americredit Financial Services, Inc., d/b/a …
A ski lift accident that sent a gondola falling to the ground at Sunday River Resort in western Maine could have been far more serious. There was only one occupant in the gondola, which has a capacity of eight riders, …
The Vermont Supreme Court has denied a bid by a manufacturer of asbestos products to bypass Vermont law in determining the allocation of losses for insurance purposes. In so doing, the Vermont court sided with Ambassador Insurance Co., which has …
Natick, Massachusetts-based Eastern Insurance Group reports it has acquired the operating assets of Michals Insurance Agency, an insurance agency about 16 miles away in Watertown. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction marks the 35th acquisition of an independent insurance agency …
An insured’s plea of nolo contendere to criminal charges does not trigger a criminal acts exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy governed by state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled. A federal court asked the state’s high court to …
Vermont State Police say the recent multi-car pileup on I-89 likely was the largest motor vehicle crash in state history. Thirty-six vehicles were directly involved in the crash Feb. 28 in heavy and blowing snow and icy road conditions. Another …
New Jersey environmental officials are fighting fire with fire, using so-called “controlled burns” to reduce the risk of future wildfires by burning pine needles, dead leaves and other dry underbrush. Removing potential fuel from the forest floor deprives future fires …
Element Risk Management has acquired Ross Insurance, a personal and commercial lines agency located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Ross Insurance was founded in 1960 by Bill Ross Sr. and Sondra Ross. Brothers Richhi Ross …
