Upstate New York insurer Kingstone Cos. Inc., posted a $259,000 profit in the first quarter of 2010 — a positive change from the $171,000 loss it saw in the year-ago period. The insurer — which was launched last year through …
Wholesaler Crump Insurance has promoted Kevin Hahn to executive vice president. In his new role as head of New York brokerage operations, Hahn will oversee Crump’s offices in Long Island and New York, as well as its environmental practice. __ …
Last year, insurers in New York paid consumers $32 million and offered to reinstate 116,000 policies that had been improperly cancelled or non-renewed, according to the New York State Insurance Department’s new annual report. Investigations by regulators with the department’s …
Montgomery County, Maryland is trying to get rid of a lawsuit charging that the way it operates its speed camera program is illegal. The lawsuit says the county is breaking Maryland law by paying a contractor by the ticket. Affiliated …
The investigation into a series of explosions at a gun and ammunition manufacturing plant in far northern New Hampshire that killed two people has led to one machine, the state’s fire marshal said Saturday. Bill Degnan said that the investigation …
A disabled passenger who fell and injured himself while exiting a commuter plane in Philadelphia can sue the airline in state court, a federal court has ruled. The suit — which a lower court tossed, ruling that federal law preempts …
A Connecticut teenager and her mother have agreed to pay $1.1 million to the family of a toddler who drowned while the girl was baby-sitting. The New Haven Register reports that Cheshire Probate Judge Raymond Voelker approved the settlement Wednesday …
CNA has appointed Jamie Abercrombie as commercial underwriting officer. Abercrombie, who has more than 27 years of underwriting experience will be based in Philadelphia. He most recently served as vice president of risk management for Chubb’s Mid-Atlantic region. He began …
A lawyer for the family suing a Pennsylvania school district for allegedly spying on students through school laptops says they won’t seek a class-action damage award. Lawyer Mark Haltzman says Lower Merion School District student Blake Robbins only plans to …
Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired four retail insurance agencies in central and southeastern Connecticut with combined revenues of $7.2 million. The acquired agencies are McCutcheon Burr & Sons, of Middletown, The Gardner-Kirby Corp., of Meriden, Hedden Insurance, of …
