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NFP Acquires Pennsylvania-Based Insurance Broker Team Scotti

Insurance broker NFP as acquired LFG Inc., which does business as Team Scotti). The transaction closed effective December 1, 2019. Team Scotti, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., and founded in 1987, is a national insurance broker offering insurance and employee benefit …

Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty After Lying During OSHA Investigation

After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the owner of a Somerset County, N.J., construction company has pleaded guilty to one count of felony perjury brought by the U.S. Attorney for the …

Maryland, Virginia, D.C. Intend to Sue EPA on Bay Pollution

Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to require two other states to implement plans to cut pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, officials said Monday. EPA Administrator …

Car Crashes into Closed Pennsylvania Convenience Store

A car slammed into a convenience store in western Pennsylvania, killing one woman and injuring two others, authorities said. The car was traveling down Dwellington Drive in Middlesex Township when it crashed into a closed store at the CoGo’s at …

Citi Appoints Haider to its Financial Institutions Group in New York

Citi has appointed Jawad Haider as North America head of insurance in its Financial Institutions Group, based in New York. He is starting at Citi effective immediately. Haider has more than 20 years of experience in providing strategic coverage and …

Delaware Teen Charged with Setting Fire at Elementary School

Authorities in Delaware have arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of intentionally setting fire to a structure at an elementary school, causing damage estimated at $80,000, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. State Fire Marshal deputies charged the teenager with …

Investigations Continue Following Blast at Maine Paper Mill

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of the site of a paper mill blast could take several more months. OSHA has until six months after the date it entered the Pixell Specialty Solutions mill on April 17 to complete …

Great American Insurance Group Hires Lewis as Divisional Vice President

Great American Insurance Group has hired Gordon M. Lewis as a divisional vice president within its Ocean Marine division. Lewis has more than 28 years of experience in numerous lines of business within the marine insurance industry. He joins Great …

Hub Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Lashua-LaChance & Poliks Insurance Agency

Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Lashua-LaChance & Poliks Insurance Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Gardner, Mass., Lashua-LaChance is a locally owned, independent insurance agency that provides personal …

New York’s Simco Insurance Center Joins Satellite Agency Network Group

Simco Insurance Center recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Established in 2005, Simco Insurance Center is a family-owned business serving the insurance needs of families and businesses in western …

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