March 21, 2011
The New Jersey Captive Insurance Association (NJCIA) has appointed a seven-member advisory board, which will assist the group in guiding the state’s new captive insurance industry. The board members are Andrew Barile, president of Andrew Barile Consulting Corp. Inc., a …
March 18, 2011
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that he wants to review information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about safety of a nuclear plant that lies near a seismic fault line 35 miles north of Manhattan. “Frankly, that was surprising to …
March 18, 2011
Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating five arson fires in six days in a one-block area of the city’s west side. Investigators say all the fires went out on their own, but they caused some damage. Police say that …
March 17, 2011
New York investigators arrested 668 people accused of insurance fraud last year, including a Brooklyn woman arrested after a fist fight, a surgeon who made $3.5 million by billing for working more than 24 hours a day, and a liquor …
March 17, 2011
Authorities say they are investigating the death of a worker at a North Kingstown company. Police say the 26-year-old man was moving equipment at Composite Rigging Co. on Tuesday when a cable snapped and hit him in the head. He …
March 17, 2011
The father of a Pennsylvania man who had soaked himself in gasoline during a domestic dispute is suing the Pennsylvania State Police because his son caught fire and died when a trooper used a stun gun to subdue him. Shawn …
March 16, 2011
New York-based Integro has acquired Windward International Inc., a marine insurance broker based in New Jersey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Windward International Inc. has developed a significant subspecialty in brown water coverage, the industry term for inland …
March 16, 2011
Gov. Paul LePage is keeping Anne Head in his Cabinet as commissioner of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Head, of Yarmouth, was appointed by former Gov. John Baldacci in August 2008. LePage said Monday that Head has a …
March 16, 2011
Lawmakers were told Monday that unsafe, abandoned or obsolete dams are “time bombs” that pose a threat to public safety and wildlife habitats in Massachusetts and need to be repaired or dismantled as quickly as possible. A public hearing was …
March 15, 2011
Almost nine in 10 suspected health care fraud cases in New York last year came from no-fault auto injury claims, a cottage industry so rife with abuse that the state Insurance Department wants to tighten regulations. Related Fraud Bureau investigations …