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New Jersey to Cease Printing Agents’ Licenses

Print it yourself. That’s what New Jersey’s insurance regulator is telling insurance agents about their insurance licenses. The department issued a new bulletin advising agents and public adjusters in the state that, starting next month, it will no longer print …

Insurance to Cover Payments to Victims of D.C. Subway Accident

Officials from Washington, D.C.’s Metro service say families of the nine people who died in last year’s crash are eligible for a $50,000 insurance benefit. Metro said that Chartis, its excess liability insurance carrier, indicated that coverage is applicable in …

New York Looking to Clamp Down on Self-Insured Trusts

New York Gov. David Paterson wants to rein in the use of self-insured trusts in the Empire State, following the recommendation of task force formed in the wake of several high-profile trust collapses over the last several years. The task …

Goldberg Joins Gendelman Insurance

Bruce Gendelman Insurance Co. has hired Christopher J. Goldberg as vice president of its new division that will concentrate on relationships with advisers for wealthy families. Goldberg will be working with financial advisers, attorneys, bankers, and CPAs to ensure that …

ProMutual Group Hires Lynch as Controller

Boston-based medical professional liability insurer ProMutual Group has named Mark W. Lynch as its new controller in the corporate finance department. Lynch will be responsible for the financial reporting of all ProMutual Group companies, including federal and state tax filings, …

Baltimore Now Requires Residential Fire Sprinklers

Baltimore has become the largest American city to require automatic sprinklers in new single family homes and duplexes, after a law change signed earlier this month. The law change goes into effect July 1. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said. that the …

Maryland Jury Awards $2M in Inmate Highway Death

A Prince George’s County Circuit Court jury found the state of Maryland and a truck driver liable Thursday for roughly $2 million after the August 2007 death of an inmate who was killed while picking up trash along Interstate 495. …

DiMartile to Head Insurance Women of Buffalo

Michelle DiMartile has been elected president of the Insurance Women of Buffalo (New York) for its 2010 term, starting next month. DiMartile, who specializes in Personal Insurance lines with Russell Bond Insurance Wholesalers, has been active in the group for …

Connecticut Fertility Center Fined for Embryo Mistake

A noted Connecticut fertility center has been reprimanded and fined by state regulators after it accidentally transferred a patient’s embryos to another woman with the same last name. The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services at the University of Connecticut Health …

Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Claim for Injured Mass. Carpenter

Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The decision upholds an earlier ruling by an administrative judge at the Industrial Accident Reviewing Board …

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