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Delaware Sees 30% Drop in Teen Crashes

A new study has found that crashes involving 16-year-olds in Delaware have dropped 30 percent since the graduated driver’s license law took effect in 1999. The University of Delaware study attributes the drop to more parental supervision and night-driving restrictions. …

Cincinnati Insurance Co. Enters Connecticut

The Cincinnati Insurance Co., the lead property/casualty subsidiary of Cincinnati Financial Corp., will begin writing business in Connecticut through Rose & Kiernan Inc., an independent insurance agency serving Danbury, Conn. The agency is a branch of Rose & Kiernan Inc. …

Ex-AIG Executive Indicted in New York Horse Farm Fraud

A former Deutsche Bank AG and American International Group Inc. managing director and her husband have been indicted for fraud for allegedly conspiring to illegally extract money from those companies to help run their upstate New York horse farm. According …

New York Man Sues Bumble Bee Tuna Alleging Mercury Poisoning

A suburban New York City man has filed a lawsuit that claims he got mercury poisoning from eating 10 cans of tuna a week. Lee Porrazzo, of White Plains, filed the suit against Bumble Bee Foods. He’s asking for unspecified …

Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Marks 10 Years

New England’s Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a network of specialty services for independent insurance agencies, marked its 10-year anniversary this month. The coalition of independent insurance agencies now encompasses 85 agency members with a combined total of more than 100 …

Connecticut Fines American Modern Home for Licensing Violations

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan has fined American Modern Home Insurance Co., headquartered in Ohio, $170,000 for violations to state law. Connecticut state law requires individuals sellingl insurance products within the state to be licensed. In addition to licensure, …

Insurance Industry Volunteer Week Underway in Tri-State Region

A weeklong insurance community involvement campaign kicked off over the weekend: The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s (IICF) Volunteer Week. Begun on the West Coast 13 years ago, Volunteer Week is new to the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut tri-state region. In the …

Maine Courts Fail to Notify Drivers of Suspensions

Court officials say nearly 300 people continue to drive on Maine roads with suspended licenses after failing to be notified their licenses were suspended. Court officials told the Morning Sentinel that the drivers in question had their licenses suspended when …

Man Drops Claim in Vermont Over Condom in Burger

A former Vermont man who claimed he bit into a Burger King sandwich and found an unwrapped condom has dropped his lawsuit, with the restaurant agreeing to drop its counterclaim. The man and the store’s owners agreed to pay their …

Liberty Mutual Breaks Ground on $300M Building in Boston

Liberty Mutual Group Chairman and CEO Edmund F. Kelly was joined yesterday by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, other state and city elected officials, neighborhood representatives and members of the construction trades at a groundbreaking ceremony …

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