June 28, 2011
Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors say Donald Bevins, of Williston, doing business as Twin City Roofing and Around the Clock Property Maintenance, operated without …
June 28, 2011
Sony Corp. believes it was targeted by hackers because it tried to protect its intellectual property, CEO Howard Stringer told a shareholders’ meeting at which he sidestepped a call for him to step down over the incident. Sony has been …
June 28, 2011
Insurance agents, brokers and other licensees of the New York State Insurance Department are now able to obtain and print copies of new and renewed licenses by accessing a self-service feature on the department’s Web site. The department issues approximately …
June 28, 2011
The number of California workers’ compensation insurance claims fell 13 percent between policy years 2007 and 2008 to 358,077 claims. However, a new report by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau shows that the average incurred loss on a claim …
June 28, 2011
Align Financial Group Inc. has added Jeffrey Abram as a broker in the San Diego Office of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers. Abram was previously a senior broker for Regional Excess Underwriters, heading its Washington …
June 28, 2011
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced that Rep. Jim Riesberg will be the state’s new Commissioner of Insurance. He will resign his House seat on June 30 and start work on July 1. Riesberg will replace John J. Postolowski, who was …
June 28, 2011
A series of new California homeowners regulations aimed at enhancing the standards and training for estimating the replacement value on homeowners’ insurance in the event of a disaster took effect on June 27. Meanwhile, two insurance trade associations continue to …
June 27, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the major tobacco companies of a $270 million award for a Louisiana smoking cessation program. Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris USA Inc, a Reynolds American Inc unit, a Lorillard Inc unit and …
June 27, 2011
The nation’s largest association of insurer fraud investigators has contributed $10,000 to a memorial fund honoring two Louisiana investigators who were killed in the line of duty June 7. The board of directors of the International Association of Special Investigation …
June 27, 2011
Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger Inc. has acquired the Cranford, N.J. agency, The Property and Casualty Group (PCG). Terms were not disclosed. PCG It sells commercial and personal insurance in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. The agency was …