Union Mutual of Vermont Companies announced several management changes that were approved at this month’s quarterly meeting of the board of directors. The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2014. Robert Glass has been promoted to senior vice president, products and …
Massachusetts and Vermont are withholding payments and considering legal options against the contractor that set up the states’ problem-plagued health insurance websites. Massachusetts has paid $11 million of its $69 million contract with CGI Group, a Montreal-based information technology company. …
As a second New Year since Superstorm Sandy approaches, many coastal residents are still waiting for New York, New Jersey and New York City to distribute billions of federal dollars that were intended to go directly to people struggling to …
A “Surge” Bulletin from GAB Robins reports that the “Christmas storms have caused widespread storm and flood damage with the worst affected areas so far in the south of the country.” The bulletin said: “We have already received a large …
A program in Florida’s Palm Beach County provides rewards of $100 to people who report drunk drivers to local police. The Safety Council of Palm Beach County said the Mobile Eyes program helps law enforcement personnel arrest people suspected of …
A year after a strong tornado hit Mississippi’s rural Pearl River County, residents are recovering unevenly. Sue Hubbard’s family has a new metal roof on their new house, thanks in part to insurance payments. But the Sun Herald reported that …
New food safety rules proposed by the federal government could prove cumbersome and costly for Georgia farmers, the state’s agriculture commissioner said. Gary Black, a Republican, was among many who asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to change its …
Deutsche Bank AG and Allstate Corp. settled a suit the insurer brought that accused the bank of misrepresentations and omissions in connection with loans backing $185 million in mortgage securities. Allstate sued the Frankfurt-based lender in New York state Supreme …
Fidelity National Financial Inc., the largest U.S. title insurer, won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services Inc. The Federal Trade Commission cleared the deal on condition that Fidelity National sell a copy …
A U.S. judge on Thursday said Daimler AG and Rheinmetall AG cannot be held liable for allegedly aiding and abetting South Africa’s former apartheid government in race-based attacks and injustices. The plaintiffs in the case accused the two German companies, …
