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Ex-Shoe Company Exec in Massachusetts Gets Nearly Six Years for Embezzlement

A former executive at a nearly 140-year-old shoe manufacturer in Massachusetts has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for embezzling $30 million from the company and spending it on luxury items and travel for himself and another person, …

Vermont Governor Seeking Disaster Assistance After Flooding

Vermont Governor Phil Scott asked the federal government to help Bennington and Windham counties recover from summer flooding. Scott said communities in the two southern Vermont counties suffered an estimated $4 million in damage from flooding that occurred on July …

People Moves: USG Insurance Services Hires Partazana; Cross Insurance Promotes Branning

USG Insurance Services Names Partazana Director of Human Services USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agency, named Kathy Partazana as director of human resources in the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, branch. Partazana joins the USG team with 24 …

9/11 Fallout Includes Decades of Worry About Toxic WTC Dust

Two decades after the collapse of the World Trade Center, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to dust that billowed over the city after the terror attack. To date, the U.S. has spent $11.7 …

Connecticut Woman Arrested for Workers’ Comp Benefits Fraud

A Newtown, Connecticut, woman was arrested and charged with illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits while being employed as a supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services for the Town of New Fairfield Board of Education. Ann Marie Cordisco was arrested by inspectors …

NJM Insurance Group Expands in the Mid-Atlantic Region

NJM Insurance Group now offers its full complement of personal and business insurance in Maryland and full line of business insurance in Delaware. Maryland residents can now apply for the company’s auto, homeowners, condo and personal umbrella insurance policies. Workers’ …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Lloyd Bedford Cox

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Bedford Hills, New York-based Lloyd Bedford Cox. Inc. (LBC). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1921, LBC is a fourth-generation retail insurance agency providing insurance coverage, services and risk assessment tools …

University of New Hampshire Gets $1.8M to Study Road Damage from Coastal Flooding

The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to study how and why coastal hazards like excessive flooding are causing roads to crack and crumble. “We’re trying to better understand the causal links of not only …

Judge Temporarily Blocks New York Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

A U.S. judge in New York on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a requirement that healthcare workers receive COVID-19 vaccines against the wishes of employees with religious objections. U.S. District Judge David Hurd in Utica, New York in …

People Moves: RT Specialty’s Fagan Promoted; Baez Joins Berkley Construction Professional

RT Specialty Promotes Fagan Within Environmental and Construction Professional Practice Joseph Fagan has been promoted to account manager within the environmental and construction professional (ECP) practice of RT Specialty. He is based in RT ECP’s Hamilton, New Jersey, offices. Since …

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