A lot of people are happy to see same-sex marriage legal in New York: lawyers, marriage counselors, insurance agents. The effect of New York becoming the sixth state to allow gay marriage is expected to ripple beyond the couples tying …
State Farm Insurance Company says it plans to reduce the size of a New Jersey operations center, sending about 500 jobs to New York and Pennsylvania. The company said it intends to downsize its Parsippany office over the next two …
Eddie Williams joined S.H. Smith & Company, in Hartford, Ct., as executive vice president in the commercial property, casualty and environmental department. Williams will head the brokerage division, which is responsible for individual risk property, casualty and environmental business. Before …
Tens of thousands of businesses in Connecticut are receiving bills from the state to pay $30 million in interest this year for state borrowing from the federal government for unemployment insurance benefits. About 73,000 employers have been assessed $1.70 per …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, following a recent rash of tour bus crashes, said he will suspend the operating licenses of eight charter and tour bus companies and their 100 buses after repeated failures in safety inspections. “The frequent and …
A proposal to stiffen sentences for arson in Pennsylvania has run afoul of a debate over the use of mandatory minimum sentences in the commonwealth. State Sen. John Rafferty Jr., R-Chester, introduced the measure in March in response to the …
In papers filed in the case of Windsor v. United States, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman challenged the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which redefined marriage for federal purposes to exclude same-sex unions that are valid …
State Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi announced the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) helped consumers recover nearly $2.4 million in the first six months of 2011, with health insurance claims making up the bulk of the recovered claims. “Our Consumer Affairs …
New York businesses are being told they have to help pick up the tab for interest the state owes on federal unemployment insurance loans. The state Department of Labor says the maximum payment will be $21.25 per employee, due by …
Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that calls for the phasing in of a sharp increase in the state’s unemployment tax rate. Proponents say that will spare businesses from having to immediately pay a hefty boost in the rate. The …
