One of Maine’s largest employers is asking Superior Court to appoint a receiver for the state Workers’ Compensation Board, saying it has failed to adopt a legally required medical fee schedule and that its chairman is in conflict due to …
Boston-based professional liability insurer ProMutual Group has hired Daniel R. Judson as compliance manager and promoted Diane McKenna to director of physician education. Judson will engage with the copmpany’s business units to ensure the company’s policies and procedures are understood …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has hired Kristina Baldwin as assistant vice president, state government relations. She will assume responsibility for state government relations activities in New York and Connecticut. Prior to re-joining PCI, Baldwin most recently served …
The American Insurance Association (AIA) says the P/C industry made some positive legislative steps in Maine and Maryland this year, although the trade group says it was disappointed with a Maryland law that will raise the minimum auto liability coverage. …
Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say two people were injured, one seriously, in a fire at a pipe manufacturing plant. The fire erupted after a furnace burst around 8:30 a.m. Monday at Victaulic Co. in Lower Macungie Township, just outside Allentown. …
Maine Gov. John Baldacci has directed his chief legal counsel to look into an assault charge against a member of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Fifty-four-year-old Anthony Monfiletto of Portland pleaded guilty last week to an incident that happened last fall …
People who live in northern New England have some of the lowest car insurance rates in the country. A survey by Insure.com says the lowest rates are found in Maine, followed by Vermont. New Hampshire and Massachusetts also made the …
There are no reports of damage from a minor earthquake that struck Southwest Virginia. The National Geological Survey’s Web site says the 2.5-magnitude temblor struck at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday. The epicenter was 8 miles northwest of Richlands and 7 miles …
New York-based Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) said it would begin offering personal lines coverage to owners of high-value homes in Maryland and Washington D.C.. The company, a member- owned reciprocal insurer, said it will also offer automobile, jewelry, art, …
An upstate New York man has been charged with fraudulently collecting $6,000 in no-fault lost wage benefits, the New York State Insurance Department said. State police arrested Daniel J. Weisenburger, of Rome, following an investigation by the Insurance Department’s Frauds …
