A worker fell to his death from a scaffold at a building under construction in Queens, officials said. Diego Lliguicota, 32, fell from a scaffold at 9:30 a.m. Saturday as he was trying to remove a ladder on the sixth …
Hub International Northeast Hires Howard in New Jersey Hub International Northeast, a global insurance brokerage firm, has hired Arthur (Art) J. Howard as employee benefits regional sales officer. In this newly formed role, he will be responsible for overseeing the …
Flooding is the costliest — and the most common — natural disaster to significantly impact communities across the United States, The PEW Charitable Trust notes in its reporting on flood-prepared communities. Flood events have accounted for more than $850 billion …
State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village. Investigators in Calumet were treating it as a crime scene, …
“I remember when the worst thing you had to worry about at work was a misdirected reply-to-all on an email.” Joann Lytle, a partner with the law firm McCarter & English in Philadelphia, knows things have changed and there are …
The Florida Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion last month further amending the federal summary judgment standard it officially adopted last year. The move came as part of the court’s Dec. 31, 2020 opinion In Re: Amendments to Florida …
Things look bad with California’s ever-sooner wildfire season seemingly approaching and what’s shaping up to be a severe drought across the Western U.S. The plague of wildfires in the past few years in California have made things tough for residents …
Boatim Inc., a company offering digital boating products and services, has launched an online boat insurance offering for U.S. customers. Through a partnership with international marine insurance broker American Marine Insurance (AMI), Boatim customers can access coverage from insurers Markel, …
Insurance agencies reported a couple of highs and a low in first quarter profitability results, according to the latest Reagan Consulting Growth & Profitability Survey of the agency consulting firm’s agents and broker clients. Three industry measures were the best …
A Cowlitz County, Wash., man stands accused of faking injuries to collect nearly $300,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. James Joseph Thomasson, 52, of Kalama, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Thurston County Superior Court on one count of felony …