The Democratic Rural Conference of New York is backing former Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo for the party’s nomination for attorney general. Dinallo won among a field of five Saturday in the straw poll that’s often been a bellwether for the …
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with workers’ comp fraud after authorities found her moonlighting as an exotic dancer while collecting benefits from a waitress job she claimed she couldn’t do. In 2007, Christina Gamble, of Quakertown, reported that she …
A woman who had a voluntary double mastectomy after genetic testing is alleging her employer eliminated her job after learning she carried a gene implicated in breast cancer. Pamela Fink, 39, said in discrimination complaints that her bosses at natural …
The family of a paramedic who died in a 2008 Medevac helicopter crash in Maryland is suing the federal government for $15 million. The attorney for flight paramedic Mickey Lippy’s family said that Lippy’s wife and young daughter deserve restitution …
Despite sizable losses from late season, East Coast storms, New Jersey-based Selective Insurance Group swung to a first quarter profit of $5.8 million, a positive change from the $12.9 million the insurer lost in the year-ago quarter. The profits include …
CNA has appointed Belinda Mattucci-Mychajliw to commercial underwriting officer for its New York Metro branch office. In this position, Mattucci-Mychajliw joins nine recently announced commercial underwriting officers who will add local underwriting leadership and deep technical underwriting capabilities to branch …
NIF Group, Inc., a program administrator, MGA and specialty brokerage firm, has created a product for homeowners. The program is available in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and focuses on coastal risks. An HO-3 and HO-8 …
Pennsylvania-based JC Stevens, a program underwriter specializing in cranes, has been acquired by Norman-Spencer for an undisclosed sum. “JC Stevens has a built a strong reputation as a quality underwriting and service organization,” said Brian Norman, vice-president of Ohio-based Norman-Spencer, …
Two New Jersey insurance agencies have joined forces to launch a master agency named Consolidated Insurance Agents. Pavese McCormick Insurance Agency, of Monmouth Junction, and Valvano Insurance Agency, of Linden, say the master agency will offer several several partnership affiliation …
A man paralyzed from the waist down in a snow-tubing accident in Virginia is suing the parent companies of Massanutten Resort for more than $25 million. John Carwile of Hampton was injured after his head hit the wall at the …
