Quincy, Mass.-based Arbella announced the start of the second year of the Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation “Let’s Drive Out Hunger” program. The program will run from Dec. 1 through the end of Feb. 2010. The program is designed to …
Camden, New Jersey officials have decided to borrow nearly $1.2 million to pay a settlement that covers racial discrimination claims brought by two deputy fire chiefs. The City Council approved plans for a $1.175 million bond to cover the payments …
New Jersey is No. 2 when it comes to the nation’s highest auto insurance rates. Data in the National Association of Association of Insurance Commissioners’ annual report shows the average Garden State resident in 2007 paid just over $1,100, down …
Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was a Connecticut bishop a decade ago, saying he found it “marvelous” that so few priests had been accused over the years, according …
Maine’s supreme court may have the final say over whether victims of the Hannaford supermarket chain’s data breach can sue for damages. A federal judge who’s considering a class-action lawsuit asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court whether consumers who’ve been …
Oscar-nominated actor James Woods settled a lawsuit against a Rhode Island hospital where his brother, Michael, died, a judge announced this week. A hospital executive apologized and agreed to start an institute in his brother’s name. The settlement, which also …
The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies today announced that its building at 436 Walnut Street in Philadelphia has earned the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). ACE said …
New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental and construction-related professional liability broker, has added Joseph Buono as an account manager. Buono joins New Day Underwriting from Protector Insurance Agency where he was a marketing/sales executive. Prior to his …
A New Jersey municipality cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars by awarding an insurance contract to a favored public insurance fund over the low-bid private insurer, a state audit claims. A report released by State Comptroller Matthew Boxer found …
One New Jersey city is considering billing insurance companies for fire department services. Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco is proposing insurers pay $500 for residential fire calls and $25,000 for fires in commercial buildings. Fire department calls to car accidents could …
