Lawyers and judges warned lawmakers on Monday that budget constraints on the state’s judiciary are imperiling the delivery of justice and compromising security in its courts. Robert Mulligan, chief justice for administration and management, said a 17 percent reduction in …
Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown wants to increase the number of applications to a federally funded health insurance program run by the state. Brown kicked off the second anniversary of the federal Affordable Care Act on Monday with a marketing …
A supervisor in Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation program has been charged with bribery. Agents from the state attorney general’s public corruption unit arrested 53-year-old James McDonnell of Scranton on Monday. His wife, 44-year-old Michelle McDonnell, was also arrested and charged with …
A report has found that an air sample taken underground at the Second Avenue subway construction site had excessive levels of a dangerous dust particle. According to the New York Post, the sample was taken by the Occupational Safety and …
Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide hired John Elbl as vice president for the business development group. Elbl comes from Zurich Insurance Company, where he worked for the past 13 years. Most recently, he was global head of catastrophe …
Delaware insurance regulators say failing to create a detailed home inventory can put homeowners at risk for inadequate home insurance coverage, should severe weather strike. The regulators pointed to a recent survey from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), …
A Costa Rican company accused of a $670 million insurance fraud scheme has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Richmond, Va. Defense attorney John Russell entered the plea Monday on behalf of Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd. Provident and its …
AmWINS Group Inc. promoted Matt Szkotak to branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. Szkotak has been serving as property manager in the Philadelphia office for the past 10 years and will continue to lead the property …
The Insurance Center of New England, an independent agency headquartered in Massachusetts, promoted William Trudeau to the position of president and CEO.Dean Florian, who has been serving as the firm’s president, has assumed the role of chairman of the board …
The owners of the cash-strapped New York Mets baseball team agreed to pay $162 million to settle a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for the victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraud, averting a potentially embarrassing trial. The pact was announced …
