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The MEMIC Group Promotes Torrey to Production Underwriter in Connecticut

To support continued growth within the Connecticut market, workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has announced the promotion of Ian Torrey to the position of production underwriter. Torrey, a native of Hartford, Conn., joined The MEMIC Group in 2015 as …

New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Managers Promotes Burrows

New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverage based in Hamilton, N.J., has promoted Stacy Burrows to senior accounting and underwriting support analyst. Burrows originally joined New Day five years ago. Prior …

Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled that two former board members and investors in a limited liability company are not liable for failing to pay the LLC’s former president, in a case that the SJC called “quite …

Big Chill Returns to Menace Northeast as Snow Storm Subsides

The fast-moving snow storm that pummeled the U.S. Northeast, grounding flights, knocking out power to thousands and causing coastal flooding, gave way to a brutal cold on Friday with dozens of cities expected to break temperature records. The low in …

Massachusetts Bans Opioids from Courtrooms Over Exposure Fears

Massachusetts is banning some powerful opioids from courtrooms, because state court officials are worried people could be sickened by the drugs. The new policy was outlined in a memo to Massachusetts trial court officials on Tuesday. It goes into effect …

Former Blood-Testing Company CEO Sues Law Firm in Virginia Court

The co-founder of a defunct blood-testing company is suing her former law firm for malpractice and asking for at least $150 million in damages. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Tonya H. Mallory, the co-founder and former CEO of Health Diagnostic …

Winter Storm Prompts Emergency Declaration on Maryland Shore

A state of emergency was in effect on parts of Maryland’s Eastern Shore in response to a coastal winter storm. Gov. Larry Hogan issued the declaration late Wednesday night for the Lower Shore, including Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. Ankle …

Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire New York’s Kerwick & Curran

Ryan Specialty Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Kerwick & Curran Inc. (K&C), a wholesale insurance brokerage with offices in Tarrytown and Melville, N.Y. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. K&C …

New York’s Times Square Will Get Permanent Protective Barriers

New York City’s mayor says new protective barriers will be permanently installed in Times Square and other locations around the city in an effort to block vehicles after deadly attacks last year on crowds. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the …

Three Dozen Vehicles Involved in New York Chain-Reaction Pile-Up

A major New York highway has been reopened east of Buffalo after a deadly chain-reaction pile-up in heavy snow. WHEC says one driver was killed and another severely injured Tuesday afternoon when about three dozen vehicles, including 10 tractor trailers, …

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