Vermont Ski Resort to Open with $6.5M Shortfall After Fraud Case

A ski resort whose owner and president were accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of massive fraud months ago is set to open for the season on Saturday with what a federal receiver overseeing it says is a $6.5 …

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As Reinsurance Market Evolves, So Must Distribution, Say CEOs at Bermuda Forum

The flow of so-called alternative capital into the global reinsurance market is continuing, bringing it closer to the “convergence” in which traditional providers will eventually become conduits to the capital markets, said panelists at the 2016 Bermuda Reinsurance Conference sponsored …

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Student to Return to New Hampshire Prep School After Sex Case

A federal judge has temporarily reinstated a teenager at an elite New Hampshire prep school after his mother said he was wrongfully expelled after having sex with another student. The Portsmouth Herald reports Judge Joseph Laplante said Tuesday that the …

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New York Officials Warn Drivers to Watch for Pedestrians

The city is ramping up pedestrian safety efforts during the annual influx of holiday visitors and decreased daylight hours. Mayor Bill de Blasio, police Commissioner James P. O’Neill and other officials said Tuesday that this season is traditionally the “deadliest …

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Western New York Restaurant Closed After 60 Illnesses Reported

Health officials have closed a suburban Rochester restaurant after dozens of people reported getting sick after eating there on Thanksgiving. The Monroe County Health Department says it closed the Golden Ponds Restaurant and Party House in the town of Greece …

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H.W. Kaufman/Burns & Wilcox Promotes Paulin, Bates, Manuelidis, Shipley, 14 Others

Michael S. Paulin has been named chief information offer and vice president of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox. Paulin joined Michigan-based Kaufman in 2014.  He Joined Burns & Wilcox from Meadowbrook Insurance Group where he was information …

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House Passes Bill to Speed Up Drug Approvals

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping, $6.3 billion bill that supporters say will spur medical innovation, speed access to new drugs, expand access to mental health treatment and battle the opioid epidemic. The 21st Century Cures …

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