Livery firm can be sued for passenger's later crash (Business Insurance)

Published - 12/02/2008 04:03 PM

BOSTON—A commercial livery service and its driver can be held liable for death or personal injuries caused by an intoxicated passenger who later causes a drunk driving accident, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled. 

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Narragansett Bay Insurance Company Succeeds To Adirondack Insurance New York Homeowners Policies (PropertyandCasualty.com)

Published - 11/24/2008 11:18 AM

Narragansett Bay Insurance Company announced that it has entered into a renewal rights agreement with Adirondack Insurance Exchange. The agreement involves over 4,500 policies with premiums of approximately $10M and will result in the appointment of independent agents who currently service the accounts 

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ProMutual Group Announces Dividend for Massachusetts Dentists (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Published - 11/26/2008 09:43 AM

Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company ("ProMutual"), the parent company of ProMutual Group, recently announced a dividend for qualified Massachusetts dentists. This year's dividend is the fifth consecutive year the company has issued a dividend to dentists. 

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City Council mulls Promac again (The Woonsocket Call)

Published - 11/25/2008 08:41 PM

WOONSOCKET — The City Council took up a proposed settlement of the longstanding Promac Inc. legal dispute Monday night but once again ended the closed-door talks without the parties involved reaching closure to case. 

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Write to Know (Cape Cod Times)

Published - 11/23/2008 01:08 AM

Dear Write to Know: I would like to thank readers for their tremendous support over the past three years, but I continue to need "Fairy Godmothers. 

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Stop & Shop, Giant Food to Offer Pet Insurance (Progressive Grocer)

Published - 11/17/2008 08:21 AM

Ahold-owned Stop & Shop and Giant Food will begin offering pet insurance this fall as a complement to their pet products, and an additional service to pet-owning shoppers. 

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Blue Cross trims its work force, cuts positions (The Providence Journal)

Published - 11/12/2008 07:43 PM

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island said yesterday that it has laid off 41 people and cut 33 vacant positions as it deals with current economic conditions. 

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A healthcare system badly out of balance (Boston Globe)

Published - 11/16/2008 02:43 AM

This story was reported by Globe Spotlight Team members Scott Allen, Marcella Bombardieri, Michael Rezendes, and editor Thomas Farragher, as well as Liz Kowalczyk and Jeffrey Krasner of the Globe staff. It was written by Allen and Bombardieri. 

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Diner Owner Hopes To Restore Old-Time Feel (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)

Published - 11/14/2008 02:37 PM

When a car slams into Cassidy’s Diner on West Main Street in Meriden, the 50-year-old-plus restaurant has to shut down. 

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FM Global plans IT hiring amid industry gloom (Providence Business News)

Published - 11/14/2008 08:21 AM

FM GLOBAL PLANS to hire 26 experienced IT professionals, as well as 12 students for paid co-op positions, by the end of this year. 

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