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Connecticut Flood Victims Facing Deadline Today

Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state. Anyone with property damage has until today to file with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Tuesday …

Wilson Joins Business Risk Partners as National Sales Director

Connecticut-based managing general agent Business Risk Partners has hired Mark A. Wilson as director of national sales. Wilson served as the agency director of broker relations from 2002 to 2006, overseeing marketing for wholesale and retail brokers nationwide. Most recently, …

Tornado Damages 18 Condos in Western New York

A tornado tore through western New York on Saturday, ripping the roof off a condominium and damaging 17 others and causing widespread power outages. The National Weather Service said the twister touched down in Mayville in Chautauqua County at 4:48 …

Two Die in Pittsburgh-area Well Explosion

An oil storage tank at a natural gas well exploded Friday morning, killing two workers, leaving a third man remarkably uninjured and sparking a smoky well fire that smoldered for hours. A team of oil- and gas-well firefighting experts flew …

Ryan Joins Provider as Biz Dev Manager

Massachusetts-based Provider Insurance Group, has hired Michelle Ryan as business development manager. Ryan will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division. She will also support the producers in their new business …

Pennsylvania Arsonist Pleads Guilty

A suburban Philadelphia man who authorities say tried to pass himself off as a firefighter has pleaded guilty to intentionally setting a fire at a diner. Twenty-one-year-old Mark Gilliam, of West Bradford, was sentenced Wednesday to 33 to 66 months …

Second Indictment Charges Maryland Broker with $2.5M Theft

A New Jersey grand jury has indicted a Maryland insurance broker, his companies and an accomplice on charges they conspired to steal $2.5 million from the Perth Amboy school system, the state’s attorney general said. Insurance broker Francis X. Gartland, …

Morgan Promoted at CMIC

CMIC, a Connecticut-based medical professional liability insurer, has promoted Michael F. Morgan to vice president of Business Development. Morgan’s responsibilities include the development and promotion of professional liability solutions for health care professionals and hospitals throughout New England. He joined …

Vermont Sees Growth in Number of Captive Insurers

Seventeen new captive insurers formed in Vermont through the first half of the year, a rate that puts the state on pace to have one of the best years in its history in terms of new captives. Last year the …

Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Dies

Former Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell, the first woman to hold the job, has died. She was 57. The Republican Town Committee of Torrington, where Cogswell lived, released a statement saying Cogswell died Tuesday morning surrounded by her family. She …

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