The Connecticut Public Health Department’s online doctor database frequently omits information about past malpractice payments, making it difficult for patients to make informed decisions. The Hartford Courant reports that there are more than 100 doctor on the site whose malpractice …
Insurance broker Marsh has named Jill Sulkes head of its U.S. financial institutions practice. Sulkes, based in New York, most recently served as a managing director in Marsh’s financial and professional liability practice, where she specialized in directors’ and officers’, …
New York-based managing general agent WKF&C Agency has promoted Michael Sillat to president and chief operating officer. Sillat joined WKF&C in 2002 as chief financial officer. In 2005 he took on the additional responsibilities of chief operating officer. He spent …
Marsh appointed Jill Sulkes as head of its U.S. Financial Institutions Practice. Sulkes has more than 15 years of experience in risk management for financial institutions, most recently as a managing director in Marsh’s financial and professional liability (FINPRO) practice. …
Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., is acquiring New York-based Countryway Insurance. Countryway, with headquarters in Syracuse, sells farm and personal lines coverage in 10 states through 380 agencies — chiefly in the Northeast. Virginia Farm Bureau is purchasing the …
Though it’s been nearly five years since her grandfather died, Alyssa Fodor still remembers the suffering her family experienced when he never returned home from his daily farm chores. And that’s why the 22-year-old from Rittman, Ohio, along with her …
New Jersey will soon allow captive insurers under a bill passed by the state’s legislature and expected to be signed by the state’s governor in the coming weeks. The legislation makes the Garden State a captive insurance domicile, and would …
Ann Weaver has been named head of the Insurance Solutions Group at New York-based MphasiS. Weaver previously served as as risk services’ chief information officer for global products at Aon. In her new role, she will lead a team of …
A key trade group for insurers in New York State applauded a proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to merge the state’s insurance regulatory arm into a single agency overseeing insurance, banking and consumer protection. The proposal for the so-called Department …
A New London woman and Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have settled a lawsuit in which the woman claimed the hospital failed to properly diagnose and treat her mother after she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria. An attorney for Bianca Nardi tells …
