Federal and state agencies are opening a new disaster recovery center in Spotsylvania County and reopening one in Louisa County in Virginia to assist victims of last year’s earthquake. The Spotsylvania center at 3960 Courthouse Road and the Louisa center …
Heffernan Insurance Brokers, an independent insurance brokerage headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., has hired Elizabeth McMurray to join its Manhattan office in New York as account executive. McMurray has over 20 years of industry experience. Her past responsibilities included developing, …
Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger acquired Argent Professional Insurance Agency in Warren, N.J. Bollinger said the acquisition would help bolster its professional liability insurance brokerage business. Bollinger has also formed a new professional liability division within its agency. In …
Business property insurer FM Global appointed Rod Fisher as senior vice president of underwriting and reinsurance. In his new role, based at the company’s Johnston, R.I., headquarters, Fisher will be responsible for the company’s overall underwriting and reinsurance functions. Previously, …
The panel formed by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to review the preparations and responses by the state, utilities and others to the remnants of Hurricane Irene and the freak October snowstorm is wrapping up its work. Malloy said the …
Two retired Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who became lawyers have filed lawsuits because the agency revoked lifetime toll and parking passes. Thomas Westfield filed suit on behalf of himself and is seeking class-action status …
Lockton Affinity, an insurance program management division of brokerage firm Lockton Companies, appointed Sara Payne as senior vice president. Payne brings expertise in areas of creation and operation of Defense Base Act insurance programs for government contractors. She will be …
Allstate Insurance is seeking to recover more than $1.1 million from 16 New York-area defendants. According to its federal complaint filed last week, the insurer alleges that a chiropractor, together with one layperson and two lay entities, illegally owned and …
Medical Protective Co. (MedPro), a medical professional liability insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, announced this week the completion of its acquisition of Princeton Insurance Co. Princeton Insurance is a New Jersey-based professional liability insurer for healthcare providers. It employs over …
Jay-Z may have 99 problems, but missing workers’ comp insurance payments isn’t one of them. The judgement against the rapper and the court-ordered $18,000 fine will be vacated in a few days, according to a report from New York Post. …
