Eight people have been arrested for more than a third of the 34 fires police say were intentionally set in the last two years in New Castle in western Pennsylvania. “Hopefully, we can rest a little easier now, however our …
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) said NBC News Correspondent Tom Brokaw will be its special guest speaker for the 2009 New York Division Gala. The event is being held on December 9 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New …
Swett & Crawford has hired Carmela Noto as a broker in the insurance wholesaler’s Morristown, New Jersey office. The insurance industry veteran has long-term experience in marketing and managing commercial insurance portfolios and spent the bulk of her 20-year career …
New York fire officials say two people have been injured in an explosion that badly damaged a two-story home in the Flushing section of Queens. A Fire Department spokesman says one person was hospitalized with non-life threatening burns and the …
GUARD Insurance Group has begun offering Businessowner’s Policy coverage in New York. This new line complements the company’s traditional specialtym, workers’ compensation insurance for small- to medium-sized businesses. In addition, Commercial Excess Liability policies are available to BOP customers. Although …
A Connecticut judge has ruled that the insurance company for a former Fairfield lawyer who killed his neighbor in 2006 won’t be responsible for any damages that could be awarded in a lawsuit filed by the victim’s family. Jonathan Edington …
A Florida real estate agent has been arrested in New York for committing insurance fraud against the state’s largest workers’ comp insurer, the New York State Insurance Fund. Ben Keskin, 52, of Florida, was arrested during an appearance at the …
Connecticut-based specialty insurer AIX Group Inc.,has launched a Preferred Logistics program in partnership with International Excess Program Managers. The custom program offers insurance solutions for small to mid-sized courier businesses, expediters, freight forwarders and food delivery companies nationwide. The Preferred …
A group of former Eastman Kodak Co. workers objected Friday to a proposed $21.4 million deal to settle two lawsuits by black employees who maintain they were paid and promoted less than white counterparts. “We’ve all been mistreated in some …
Boston-based insurance brokerage William Gallagher Associates has acquired RPG Insurance Administrators Inc. (RPG) of Medfield, Massachusetts for an undisclosed sum. RPG specializes in risk management services to medium- and large-sized health care organizations, including hospitals and physician practices. “WGA has …
