XPT Hires Bewick as Senior Vice President in Massachusetts XPT, a national specialty insurance wholesale distribution company, hired industry veteran Gordon Bewick as senior vice president. He will be based in Boston, Massachusetts. Bewick’s experience combined with the support of …
Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the handling of sexual misconduct accusations. The evangelical Virginia school filed its responses to Scott Lamb’s suit last week, seeking more …
Police in Rochester, New York, are investigating a string of fatal shootings that came just hours after Mayor Lovely Warren declared a local state of emergency to combat rising gun violence. The recent killings, including three within a 12-hour period, …
Three tornadoes that hit Rhode Island and southeast Connecticut this weekend were the first since at least 1950 to strike the area in November, the National Weather Service said Sunday. The service confirmed the three tornadoes touched down Saturday evening. …
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued final guidance to New York-regulated domestic insurers regarding their management of the financial risks from climate change. After issuing a proposed version of the guidance in March, DFS received …
AM Best has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A+ (superior) from A (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit ratings (long-term ICR) to “aa-” (superior) from “a+” (excellent) of the pooled members of Selective Insurance Group. Additionally, AM Best …
A chemical company has agreed to pay $34 million to compensate residents of a Vermont town for chemical contamination in groundwater and soil. The ChemFab plant in Bennington, owned by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, used industrial chemicals that spread throughout the …
A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from hexavalent chromium and cadmium – both known carcinogens – at its Bloomfield facility, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspection found. …
The Pittsburgh Penguins have settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former minor league assistant and his wife, who accused the team of negligently retaining a coach who sexually assaulted and harassed her and then retaliating against him for reporting …
Two New Jersey men and a Florida man pleaded guilty to running a health care fraud scheme involving orthotic braces. Nicholas Defonte, 73, and Christopher Cirri, 63, both of Toms River, New Jersey, and Pat Truglia, 53, of Parkland, Florida, …
