While Other States Struggle, New Hampshire Boasts Insurance Is ‘Going Quite...
Consumers are hearing a lot about insurance difficulties around the country. The news from California and Florida and elsewhere about how disasters, skyrocketing premiums and carrier withdrawals are...
View ArticleVermont City Pays $215K to Settle Lawsuit Accusing Officer of Excessive Force
Vermont’s largest city of Burlington has paid $215,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing a police officer of using excessive force by grabbing a man and slamming him to the ground, knocking him unconscious...
View ArticleCouple Accused of Using Theater Group’s Credit Card Settles With Insurer
A Connecticut couple who previously lived in Tampa, Florida, has agreed to settle a subrogation lawsuit brought by Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., which accused the couple of using a nonprofit...
View ArticlePolice Chase Ends with Driver Dead and 7 Officers, Civilian Taken to Hospital
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — A police pursuit that began in New York City ended on Long Island with the shooting death of the driver, and seven police officers and a civilian taken to hospitals for...
View ArticleFBI Boards Vessel Managed by Firm That Operated Ship Blamed for Bridge Collapse
Federal agents on Saturday boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI confirmed. In statements, spokespeople for the FBI and...
View ArticleTown Expects Insurance Will Help Cover $14.9M Wrongful Incarceration Settlement
A Massachusetts town has agreed to pay $14.9 million to a citizen who spent 36 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Town officials in Braintree said they hope to recover much of that payment...
View ArticleJury Awards $116M in Death of Passenger in No-Door Helicopter Crash
A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter that crashed and sank in a New York City river, leaving passengers trapped in their safety harnesses....
View Article12 University Lacrosse Players Diagnosed With Rare Muscle Injury After Workout
A dozen Tufts University men’s lacrosse players have been diagnosed with a rare muscle injury after participating in a voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout that the team conducted, a university...
View ArticleRoad Work Inspector Who Survived Baltimore Bridge Collapse to File Claim
It was just another overnight shift for Damon Davis, a road construction inspector who was supervising repairs on Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge — until the deck beneath his feet started...
View ArticleLast of Eight Bulls Eyed Escaping From Mall Rodeo Recaptured: Video
First responders in a Massachusetts city had to exercise some impromptu roundup skills when eight bulls escaped from a rodeo being held in the parking lot of a mall on Sunday. Video posted online...
View ArticleMaryland Joins in Suing Dali Ship Owner, Operator for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
The state of Maryland is suing the owner and operator of the Dali cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, joining the U.S. government, the families of six...
View ArticleUS Court Declines to Dismiss Mandarin Hotel COVID-19 Claim Against Insurers
Insurers have failed to win dismissal of a federal COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit against them by the luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental. Judge John P. Cronan of U.S District Court in New...
View ArticleVandal in Rampage at Car Dealer Damages 75 Vehicles
A Maine man damaged 75 vehicles at an automobile dealership, smashing windows and denting hoods of vehicles before he was arrested, police said. The 25-year-old man from Auburn was charged with...
View ArticleCape Cod Margaritaville Contractor Owes $300K in Workers’ Pay Plus $70K Penalty
A Virginia-based construction company converting a Cape Cod hotel into a Margaritaville Resort has reached a settlement with the state of Massachusetts over wage violations affecting 78 workers....
View ArticlePeople Moves: Greggains Joins Irwin Siegel as President; Plymouth Rock...
Irwin Siegel Agency (ISA), headquartered in Rock Hill, New York, named Nick Greggains as president. ISA is a managing general underwriter and part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Greggains is...
View Article3 Tufts Lacrosse Players Remain Hospitalized With Rare Muscle Injury
Three Tufts University men’s lacrosse players remained hospitalized with a rare muscle injury Monday after participating in a voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout earlier this month, according to a...
View ArticleNorcross Defense Team Pans Racketeering Case as ‘Crime Thriller With No Crime’
Lawyers for New Jersey insurance executive and political power broker George Norcross III say the state’s 111-page indictment against him and others for alleged racketeering is a “crime thriller with...
View ArticleSnowmobiler Who Crashed Into Black Hawk Helicopter on Path Awarded $3 Million
The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge...
View ArticleAlex Jones’ Infowars to Be Liquidated at Auctions to Pay Sandy Hook Families
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ‘ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the...
View ArticleAM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Members of Coverys Companies
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable while affirming the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) of “a” (Excellent)...
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