Pennsylvania-based managing general underwriter Interstate Insurance Management has made several promotions. Larry E. DeFrances has been named executive vice president, commercial auto underwriting manager – U.S. operations. DeFrances is responsible for implementing all aspects of the company’s commercial automobile underwriting …
The production company behind Broadway’s troubled “Spider-Man” musical has been slapped with three violations of workplace safety standards by federal regulators. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citations Friday for four separate incidents late …
Federal investigators are looking into why scaffolding collapsed at a high-rise building in a suburb of New York City, leaving two workers dangling by their safety ropes until they were rescued by a firefighter. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman …
Insurance broker USI Insurance Services has acquired The Amerisc Corp., Atlynx Surety Brokers and its principal affiliates. Amerisc, based in Garden City, New York with an office in Nanuet, specializes in commercial property/casualty, surety and employee benefits insurance for middle-market …
Insurer Liberty Mutual says it will hire 100 new employees in connection with the launch of a new Information Technology Development Center in Boston The positions are a mixture of entry level and experienced roles for software developers, project managers …
Insurer XL has added John Turner as Product Recall Manager for North America. Turner, based in New York, has more than 20 years of insurance market experience, including multi industry product recall and product liability cover in North America. Most …
Aon Risk Solutions added three new execs to its Greater New York business development team. Sonia Pollock and Michael D. Lezynski join Aon as senior vice presidents, and Christine Moran joins as a managing director. Pollock, a 24-year industry veteran, …
Maine insurance regulators say they recovered nearly $3.5 million for insurance consumers whose claims were underpaid in the state last year More than $1.5 million was recovered for consumers by the Bureau’s Property and Casualty Division, and nearly $2 million …
A former North Providence town councilman has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, admitting he solicited tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for votes to approve zoning changes as well as his role in an unrelated insurance fraud …
Main Street Insurance Agencies, an alliance of agencies in Massachusetts, has elected new officers. Colleen Herlihy, Herlihy Insurance Group in Worcester, was elected president. Vice presidents are Thomas F. Bagley III, of Anderson, Bagley & Mayo Insurance Agency in Leominster; …
