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AHT Insurance Partner Schermerhorn Elected as Chairman of TechAssure Association

AHT Insurance, a Baldwin Risk Partner, has announced that Partner Brian Schermerhorn was recently elected as chairman of TechAssure Association Inc., a consortium of independent insurance agents and brokers who focus on technology-related risks and have expertise in technology, life …

New York Attorney General Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Shortfalls

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday over its handling of worker safety issues around the COVID-19 pandemic at two warehouses, just days after the retailer filed its own lawsuit seeking to block her case. In …

150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Reveals Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels

Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling and now-defunct oil refinery once operated by Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES). Other laborers ripped asbestos from the …

Ice Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power in Mid-Atlantic

Ice and freezing rain from a winter storm moving through the mid-Atlantic region knocked down trees and power lines and left tens of thousands of people without power Saturday. Dominion Energy reported some 130,000 customers in Virginia without power Saturday …

With Crashes Down, Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Lower Car Insurance Rates

Lawmakers and the attorney general’s office want a state agency to force car insurance providers to lower rates for Massachusetts customers. The pandemic has kept many drivers off the road, meaning thousands of fewer accidents in 2020 compared with the …

Core Assurance Partners Names Brandau as President, Russell as Vice President

Core Assurance Partners Inc. has named Zack Brandau as the organization’s president and Will Russell as vice president. Brandau will continue to lead the firm’s daily operations and drive strategic growth initiatives. He is a founding principal of the firm. …

New York Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud in Obtaining $200K of iPhones

A Bronx, New York, woman has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $200,000 worth of iPhones from an insurance company. Rosanna Lucrecia Cruel Blanco, 39, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit …

Baltimore County School Board to Address Ransomware Attack

The Baltimore County Board of Education has approved more than $1.7 million in contracts for services that were necessary after a ransomware attack on school systems in November. Administrators told board members that they expect the school system’s cyber insurance …

Amazon Sues New York Over COVID Workplace Safety, Firing Lawsuit

Amazon.com Inc. on Friday sued New York’s attorney general to stop the state from filing its own lawsuit over the online retailer’s early response to COVID-19, including its firing of activist Christian Smalls. In a complaint in Brooklyn federal court, …

Massachusetts Superior Court Says Woman’s Medical Malpractice Claims Can Proceed

A Massachusetts superior court has ruled that a woman can bring claims for medical malpractice and unfair consumer practices against a hospice company for overmedicating her with narcotics and falsely certifying that she was hospice eligible. Plaintiff Patricia Marble and …

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