Joseph Lachance has joined the sales team at Aspen Insurance Agency in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he will focus on personal lines and mid-size commercial lines business. Lachance is a licensed insurance producer with a background in education and law …
The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (FAIR Plan) has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve allegations that it wrongly cancelled homeowners insurance policies over a four-year period, according to Attorney General Maura Healey. According to court documents, the residual market …
A man arrested for painting the letters “AIM” on an American flag that he flew upside-down at his house in protest has settled his free speech lawsuit against the township for more than $55,000. Supervisors in Allegheny Township, Blair County, …
New York state is launching an investigation into the working conditions of employees in the dry cleaning industry. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the effort will include the study of chemicals commonly used by dry cleaners that pose a health risk …
A western New York man struck by a Rochester police cruiser earlier this year has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the department. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that 24-year-old Brian Norford claims in the lawsuit that police used …
World Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, said it recently acquired AIV Group, an insurance agency serving the Asian community. AIV Group, in Avenel, New Jersey, was founded in 2010 by Sonali Shah, who …
A former partner at the law firm Fox Rothschild was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for trading on inside information that a client at his law firm was about to announce a merger, prosecutors said. Herbert Sudfeld, …
The University of Connecticut is establishing an Institute of Biological Risk. The school says the new institute will seek to understand and mitigate emerging threats to agriculture, natural resources, human health and the economy. That means studying climate change and …
The Massachusetts-based agency coalition and services network, Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, has named Michael R. Christiansen to the position of managing director, Strategic Business Development. In this role, Christiansen will work with management and business development teams on a range …
The administrator of the federal compensation fund for Sept. 11 victims is stepping down after five years. Sheila Birnbaum will leave her post as special master of the fund that disburses compensation awards to first responders, recovery workers and other …
