The Connecticut Insurance Department has posted a new schedule of fees, effective next month, which doubles the cost of most insurance agents’ licenses. Among the increases: producers license fees and renewals jumped from $40 to $80, and exam fees have …
A Maryland woman is seeking $150,000 for injuries she says she sustained when she tripped over a flower pot at a fire hall in 2006. According to court documents, Shirley Hiser filed suit Tuesday against the Maugansville Goodwill Volunteer Fire …
New York-based insurer Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) says it will begin offering property and casualty insurance coverage to owners of high-value homes in Connecticut. PURE, which is a member-owned reciprocal insurer, has also received licenses in Maryland, Georgia, Alabama …
A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding the painkiller OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup. Babette Perry says in a lawsuit that she was not …
New York’s Senate has confirmed James J. Wrynn as superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department. Wrynn, who succeeded Eric Dinallo, had been serving as acting superintendent since Aug. 20. He most recently served as executive director of the …
A Maryland man has entered an Alford plea in connection with a fire at his home last year. Fifty-one-year-old Bruce B. Opel entered the plea to a charge of reckless endangerment Wednesday in Allegany County Circuit Court. With an Alford …
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has allowed a lawsuit brought by residents and businesses served by electric utility Unitil to go forward. The 13 plaintiffs are seeking damages for losses incurred in an ice storm that hit the state in …
The New York State Insurance Department released proposed new rules mandating how and what insurance agents must reveal to clients about how they are compensated in the sale of a policy. The so-called transparency rules – which are not yet …
Two Rhode Island insurance agencies have launched an affiliation group and are searching for potential partners, they said. Hunter Insurance and Loiselle Insurance Agency have created the Trusted Insurance Alliance (TIA) to “capitalize on the shared performance of participating independent …
Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes is stepping down from here role as chief insurance regulator to take a fellowship position at Notheastern University in Boston. Burnes resignation is effective at the end of the month, when she heads to her …
