Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked the Senate Public Safety Committee to send Senate Bill 20, a bill improving the state’s enforcement tools against uninsured drivers, to the full Senate for a vote. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen. …
The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill to enable doctors to get refunds on their malpractice insurance premiums. The action corrects the medical malpractice reform law approved in a special session last year. The Senate approved the same …
Insurance companies and other underwriters in Pennsylvania reported a steep jump last year in payments for malpractice claims against physicians, according to a federal agency. In 2004, insurers reported paying out $448 million, a 13.5 percent jump from $394.5 million …
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance released its second annual auto insurance report since reforms reshaped the marketplace and at the same time reported that another insurer is entering the market. Esurance Insurance Company, an online auto insurer, …
Auto leasing interests in New York are renewing their battle against the state’s vicarious liability law that they say has demolished the car leasing industry in the state. The United Auto Workers, New York State Automobile Dealers Association, Greater New …
A New York man who sought workers’ compensation benefits after his same-sex partner of more than 20 years was killed in an airplane crash has been denied his claim. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of …
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch’s plan to help small businesses facing stiff health insurance costs passed its first hurdle last week in the Senate. The new plan steps back from reforms enacted just over a year ago under Senate Bill …
Rhode Island’s landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry has been postponed until Sept. 7 to give former lead company attorneys more time to depose parents or guardians of lead-poisoned children. The case was scheduled to begin on April 4. …
John Rowland has had some prestigious titles in his Connecticut career: state representative, congressman, governor and also independent insurance agent. On March 25, he got a new one: federal inmate No. 15623-014. The three-term Republican governor was scheduled to report …
Boston’s $14.6 billion Big Dig highway project is to blame for millions of dollars in property damage to homes and businesses, including cracked walls, shifting foundations and flooded basements. But the Big Dig’s managers and its insurer, AIG, have paid …
