July 1, 2014
ACE Group has expanded its suite of products developed to address the needs of U.S.-based life sciences companies through its wholesale-focused business, ACE Westchester Professional Risk. The ACE Westchester Professional Risk Life Sciences policy addresses the exposures faced by life …
July 1, 2014
Environmentalists say New Jersey’s proposed new rules for coastal development would place more people and property at risk from future storms like Superstorm Sandy. At the first of three public hearings on the proposed changes on June 25, representatives of …
July 1, 2014
A new law is ready to take effect that will ban texting while driving in New Mexico. Starting today, the law will prohibit drivers from sending or reading text messages and emails, even while at a stop light. Drivers also …
July 1, 2014
Motorists traveling in Wyoming can go a little faster on certain stretches of interstate highways. Wyoming Department of Transportation crews began changing speed limit signs along three sections of Interstates 25, 80 and 90 to 80 mph. The higher speed …
July 1, 2014
AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Cabrillo Pacific Insurance Services, a non-standard auto insurance managing general agent, and Tidewater Pacific Adjusters, the administrator that manages claims and appraisal functions for Cabrillo and other clients. The acquisition of Cabrillo and Tidewater, both …
July 1, 2014
The fidgety patient stood a bit too close to the counter at DownHome Pharmacy in Roanoke, Virginia, and chatted a bit too eagerly. She had no insurance, she said, and would be paying cash for her prescription for Norco, a …
July 1, 2014
Most year-round residents in a flood-prone area in Berkeley County have accepted government buyouts through a hazard mitigation effort that began following a flood in 1996. Fewer than 10 year-round residents remain in the flood plain area of the Sportsman’s …
July 1, 2014
Two chiropractors in Connecticut face sentencing for falsifying medical records. Jennifer Lynne of Milford and George DeCarvalho of Stamford are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Bridgeport. DeCarvalho pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud …
July 1, 2014
Cindy Belcher has been promoted to chief operating officer of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. Her promotion coincides with the announcement by CEO James L. Weidner that he will retire effective March 1, 2015 after 20 years …
July 1, 2014
A tropical depression off the coast of Florida is forecast to grow into Hurricane Arthur and strike North Carolina’s Outer Banks during the Fourth of July holiday. The storm was stationary 95 miles (153 kilometers) southeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, …