Monthly Archives: <span>April 2019</span>

Massachusetts Construction Company, Owner to Pay $123K for Wage Law Violations

A Massachusetts construction company and its owner will pay $123,430 in restitution and penalties to settle allegations that it violated Massachusetts wage and hour laws, Attorney General Maura Healey announced. The AG’s Office issued two citations against WCP Construction Corp. …

Government and Benefactors, Not Insurers, to Bear Cost of Notre Dame Rebuilding

Major European insurers expect France to bear the bulk of the cost of rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral after a fire tore through the eight-centuries-old Paris landmark on Monday. The cost of a likely multi-year restoration project could itself take a …

Corporate, Individual Donations Pour In for Effort to Restore Notre Dame

France’s luxury-goods tycoons are among the country’s wealthiest individuals and companies to pledge at least 600 million euros ($678 million) to help in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame cathedral a day after the Paris landmark was ravaged by fire. Kicking off …

Sutter Health in California Settling Medicare Allegations for $30M

A Northern California health care provider has agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the federal government for Medicare patient reimbursements. Sutter Health didn’t acknowledge any liability in the settlement announced Friday by the U.S. Department …

Montana Regulator Warns of Bad Insurance Policies Being Peddled

Montana’s insurance commissioner says a Tennessee man is peddling unauthorized car insurance policies. Commissioner Matthew Rosendale sent a cease-and-desist letter last week to Mervin Graber of Whiteville, Tenn., after about 20 people bought policies, most of them in the Flathead …

Family of Man Who Died Outside Oregon Denny’s Sues Killer, Security Firm For $10M

The family of a man shot to death by a security guard outside a Salem, Ore. restaurant is suing his attacker, and the security company that employed him, for $10 million. The Statesman Journal reported the negligence of Homefront Security …

Amenity Analytics Raises $18 Million from Starr, Allstate, Others for Text Analysis Tool

Starr Companies and Allstate have contributed to an $18 million financing round for Amenity Analytics, a startup developing cloud-based analytics designed to help businesses analyze text on a massive scale. The New York-based startup said that both Starr and Starr …

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Acquires Connecticut’s Wilson Agency

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has acquired The Wilson Agency Inc. of Shelton, Conn. The Wilson Agency is a third generation, family owned and operated agency serving Fairfield County and the Naugatuck Valley for more than 65 years. …

World Insurance Associates Merges with New Jersey’s Professional Insurance Associates

World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., merged with Professional Insurance Associates Inc. (PIA) of Carlstadt, N.J., on March 1, 2019. Professional Insurance Associates has been meeting the insurance needs of both commercial and …

Royer Named Head of Liability for Zurich Canada

Marco Royer has been named head of Liability for Zurich Canada. Royer will be responsible for leading the underwriting teams in Zurich Canada’s liability portfolio, including casualty, energy casualty, construction liability, environmental liability and commercial automobile. Royer will also oversee …