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World Insurance Associates Acquires R.S. Gilmore Insurance Agency

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired R.S. Gilmore Insurance Agency Inc. of North Attleboro, Mass., on December 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The R.S. Gilmore Insurance Agency Inc. was established in 1938 and has grown …

Two Businesses, Owners Charged with Fraud Against New York State Insurance Fund

Two businesses and their owners have been charged with fraud against the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Manuel Sanchez and his business Lagos Construction have been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly failing to pay insurance …

Workers Released from Hospital After Baltimore Explosion

All but two construction workers injured in December in an explosion at a high-rise building in Baltimore have been released from hospitals as officials continue to investigate what caused the incident. Twenty-one workers were taken to area hospitals following an …

Maine High Court Finds Aquaculture Worker Covered by State Workers’ Comp

An aquaculture worker who got hurt tending to salmon raised in offshore pens is covered under state law, but not under the federal law that defines some of the rights for mariners, Maine’s supreme court ruled. The court ruled unanimously …

CBIZ Acquires New Jersey’s Borden Perlman Insurance Agency

CBIZ Inc., a provider of financial, insurance and advisory services, has acquired Borden Perlman Insurance Agency Inc. (BP) of Ewing, N.J., effective December 31, 2020. Founded more than 100 years ago, BP is a fourth generation, family owned property/casualty insurance …

The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Hiram Cohen & Son Inc.

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Hiram Cohen & Son Inc. (HCS). The transaction became effective on December 1, 2020. HCS, founded in 1919, is still operated by descendants of Founder Hiram Cohen, celebrating four generations in …

Acrobats Hurt in Rhode Island Circus Accident Reach $52.5M Settlement

Eight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor during a circus performance in Rhode Island in 2014 have reached a $52.5 million settlement with the ownership and management of the arena where …

New York Reaches Deal on Cleanup at Long Island Aerospace Site

New York has reached an agreement with defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy on a $406 million plan to clean up a massive plume of underground contamination left from Long Island’s heyday as a hub of aerospace manufacturing, …

Heavily Criticized Pennsylvania Veterans’ Home Sued Over COVID-19 Outbreak

A state-run veterans’ home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit, filed by family members of five residents who died of COVID-19. The family members accuse Southeastern …

Former N.Y. Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Unearned Wages

A former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) officer has pled guilty to forging paperwork falsely claiming military service so that he could take time off. Kyle Bouille, of Corning, N.Y., took time off by falsely …

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