Workers’ compensation insurance wholesaler PMC Insurance Group appointed Bob Jones as vice president. Jones will share responsibility for expanding PMC’s agency management plan and revenue growth in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — including the management and oversight of …
American Collectors Insurance has expanded the availability of insurance and services it offers to car collectors in Massachusetts. American Collectors, a provider of specialty insurance for collector vehicles and collectibles, eased three prior restrictions in Massachusetts: Late-model collector cars now …
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario has stepped down as the state’s top insurance regulator to take a position with the federal government as director of federal Office of Insurance Exchanges. Robert L. Pratter has been named acting insurance commissioner. He …
Clifton E. Thompson has been appointed a commissioner of Connecticut’s Workers’ Compensation Commissioner. Thompson is a former Army sergeant, Hartford police officer and private practice lawyer who specialized in real estate and landlord and tenant law. _ Source: Workers’ Compensation …
The New Jersey Supreme Court says a liability waiver protects a gym from a lawsuit filed by a customer who was injured by a faulty bike. Gina Stelluti signed a liability waiver before joining Powerhouse Gym in Brick. The form …
Florida-based Brown & Brown has acquired Virginia-based benefits firm Synergy Benefits Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Synergy, which has annual revenue of approximately $1.2 million, will merge with Manassas office of Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia — including …
Massachusetts-based insurer The Hanover has named Gerald T. Merritt as president of its professional liability business. In this new role, Merritt will work closely with the professional liability team to expand the capabilities of the business unit to create greater …
Massachusetts insurance agents scored a victory this week as the state’s governor signed a new law allowing them to keep their rights to clients’ expiring auto policies — a move sought by agents since the state’s insurance system was deregulated …
New Jersey insurance regulators plan to eliminate a never-used legal entity designed to monitor and encourage auto insurers to write more business in higher-risk areas of the state. The plan, known as the Territorial Rating Equalization Exchange (TREE), was modeled …
The mostly white Fire Department of New York is temporarily barred from hiring more than 300 rookie firefighters because it used an entry exam that discriminates against blacks and Hispanics, a federal judge ruled. In a written decision in federal …
