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New Jersey Ex-Assemblyman Gets 5 Years for Child Pornography

The former chairman of the New Jersey Assembly’s insurance committee has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing child pornography. Former Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen, of Paramus, has also been barred from any public employment or elected office, …

Bradway Joins Business Risk Partners

Connecticut-based managing general agency Business Risk Partners has named Mark Bradway as director of broker relations. He has worked in specialty liability for over a decade. He began his career at wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford in Los Angeles …

Starbucks Defeats New York Woman’s Tea Burn Lawsuit

A Manhattan woman has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court that Starbucks Corp should be held liable for severe burns she suffered after spilling tea served in a double cup. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Tuesday …

PIANY Names Belser as Hudson Valley Insurance Exec of the Year

The Professional Insurance Agents of New York honored the late Camilla Belser, former vice president and regional manager of Merchants Insurance Group, as its executive of the year from the Hudson Valley region. Belser died of cancer earlier this year. …

Worker Killed by Concrete Slab Collapse in Connecticut

A town official in Greenwich, Connecticut says a man has died after a concrete slab collapsed on him, killing him instantly as he worked in a trench. Medics and police and fire officials responded at about 3 p.m. Monday to …

Report Looks at Use of New Hampshire Insurance Group’s Funds

A preliminary state report says New Hampshire’s Local Government Center may have violated the law by reorganizing improperly and by failing to return surplus money from its insurance programs to communities. Center Executive Director Maura Carroll says the organization began …

AIM and Quincy Mutual Launch Underwriting Alliance

A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Companies and Quincy Mutual Group will join forces to to create the Commercial Solutions Underwriting Alliance, a business arrangement designed to meet the commercial lines product needs of small to medium-sized employers in Massachusetts A.I.M. is a …

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Resigns

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan has resigned from his position as the Nutmeg State’s top insurance regulator. Sullivan, a former executive at The Hartford, was appointed commissioner in 2007 by outgoing Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a Republican. His last day …

New Jersey Man Gets Three Years in Auto Give Up Scheme

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to three years in prison for lying to police and insurance company and falsely claiming his car was stolen, according to state prosecutors. James Sgambati, of Parsippany, was also ordered to pay restitution …

Pennsylvania Woman Sues Gas Driller, Claims Water Tainted

A Pennsylvania woman is suing natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. and two of its subsidiaries, claiming that drilling near her rural home has fouled the water with methane and other pollutants and created a rash of health problems since …

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