New Hampshire Approves Elias as Insurance Commissioner to Succeed Sevigny May 18, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The New Hampshire Executive Council has unanimously approved John Elias as New Hampshire’s new commissioner for the Department of Insurance,...
Report Shows Far to Go for NJ Transit to Hit Safety Deadline May 18, 2018 By David Porter New Jersey Transit had installed a federally mandated emergency braking system on less than 10 percent of its fleet of...
Preferred Property Program Names Dow Vice President of Programs in New Jersey May 18, 2018 Preferred Property Program (PPP), a national managing general agency, has named Wayne Dow vice president of programs. Dow will be...
Pennsylvania’s Exude Inc. Hires Offner as a Director May 18, 2018 Exude Inc., a Philadelphia, Penn.-based organizational health and strategy company, has hired Gregory Offner Jr. as a director. In this...
Cleanup Underway After Powerful Storms Pound Northeast May 17, 2018 Residents in the Northeast cleaned up Wednesday, a day after powerful storms pounded the region with torrential rain and marble-sized...
Workers’ Compensation Professionals Form Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire May 17, 2018 Workers’ compensation professionals have created Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire, a 501c3 organization that provides scholarships for the children of...
Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Costello Benefits Group May 17, 2018 Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Costello Benefits Group (CBG Benefits Inc.),...
Salem Five Acquires Massachusetts’ Fabri & Rourke Insurance May 17, 2018 Salem Five, a commercial and personal insurance provider based in Salem, Mass., has acquired Fabri & Rourke Insurance, headquartered in...
Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case May 16, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is...
Man Struck, Dragged by Bus Settles Lawsuit with New Jersey Transit for $2.3M May 16, 2018 A New Jersey man who was struck by a bus and dragged for nearly two miles has settled his lawsuit...