The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a construction company to reimburse a workers’ compensation claimant for marijuana that was prescribed to relieve his back pain caused by a work injury. The high court rejected M&K Construction’s argument that …
A landlord has been accused of discriminating against a tenant by not allowing her to house an emotional support dog for her anxiety and depression, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a lawsuit. The complaint filed Friday in New Hampshire …
The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Maryland-based Parallel Risk Advisors LLC. (PRA). The transaction became effective on January 1, 2021. PRA is a commercial lines property/casualty consulting and advisory firm specializing in the commercial real estate industry. As part …
A Delaware judge on Monday gave final approval to a $65 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving thousands of residents of a southern Delaware community affected by groundwater contamination from a local poultry processing facility. Approval of the settlement …
Starr Insurance Companies Hires Curtis to Lead Primary Construction Unit Starr Insurance Companies has hired Matt Curtis as vice president and profit center manager for its Primary Construction unit. In his prior role at Liberty Mutual, Curtis oversaw the primary …
NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property/casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has acquired Schuster Driscoll LLC, d/b/a The Schuster Group, and its nonprofit membership platform, TANGO Administrative and Management Services LLC (together, TSG). The transaction closed …
Four teenage girls ranging in age from 12 to 14 have been arrested on juvenile court charges of setting a fire that destroyed an unoccupied western Pennsylvania house earlier this month, sending a police officer and a firefighter to the …
Huron Capital Partners LLC, a lower middle-market private equity platform, has announced that its full-service insurance brokerage platform, High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP), has acquired Hartzell Insurance Associates, NYAB Insurance and Perry & Carroll Insurance. HSIP, formed in August 2018 …
A major Pennsylvania construction contractor was charged Thursday with stealing tens of millions of dollars from its own workers by systematically violating state and federal prevailing wage laws on taxpayer-funded public infrastructure projects. Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of State College, …
A wide-ranging climate bill that requires Rhode Island to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was signed into law Saturday by Governor Daniel McKee. “With four hundred miles of coastline, urban and rural coastal communities, fishing and agricultural industries, …
