Rhode Island-based agency DeCotis Insurance Associates has named Joshua Hankin as senior account executive. He will be responsible for the growth and development of professional liability lines of insurance throughout New England. He will be based in Braintree, Massachusetts. Most …
General Motors Co. has been sued by a Pennsylvania woman seeking to force the U.S. automaker to fix rear-end problems on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impala vehicles for 2007 and 2008 model years. In 2008, GM told dealers to replace …
New Jersey will be getting almost $50 million in federal funds to help bolster the state’s long-term flood protections. Emergency Management authorities announced Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved grants to flood-proof properties and minimize the impact …
A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities in Philadelphia said. Since leaving prison last …
Hartford-based E&S broker S.H. Smith & Co. has hired Jonathan Kinder as an underwriter. Kinder joins the in-house underwriting department and will work on new and renewal business. It’s a second stint at S.H. Smith for Kinder: He previously worked …
Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. said it will cease writing coverage in Rhode Island and write only certain lines of business in Massachusetts. State Auto will continue to write business and farm Insurance in Massachusetts, but will not renew any …
Cash-strapped Connecticut has increased a number of fees and charges at its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Among the fees are an $8 increase — up to $72 — for renewing licenses, a $25 fee for failing to renew on …
TD Insurance has named Joseph W. Valerio senior vice president – regional sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic region. Valerio will be based in Mt. Laurel, N.J., and will be responsible for market growth and sales leadership through a network of …
A Maryland jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing Exxon Mobil more than $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline station, the Baltimore Sun reports. The Sun, quoting a source who had viewed the verdict, said the jury had …
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state’s worker’s comp laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners and partners of small businesses. Agents in state have long backed the change, which would extend insurance …
