A New York construction firm has won a $10.7 million judgment – plus interest – against two Kemper-affiliated insurers that failed to indemnify and defend the company when a subcontractor accidentally touched off a blaze that destroyed a Manhattan synagogue …
Kingstone Cos. Inc. has completed its conversion from an agency franchiser to a property/casualty insurance carrier, the company said. The Hewlett, N.Y.-based firm was spun out of the combination of DCAP Group Inc. with the former Commercial Mutual Insurance Co., …
The family of a Connecticut woman who died five days after ovarian surgery has received $1 million from the insurance company of two doctors sued for medical malpractice. The lawyer for Barbara Beaudoin’s estate says her family was paid last …
New Jersey personal auto insurer Palisades is using a unique approach to market itself: an “art gallery” of 13 highway billboards across the state. The images were picked by online voting and were pared down from more than 900 entries …
A New York judge says a jury can decide whether an author who wrote a best-selling book about Anna Nicole Smith’s death defamed her lawyer and companion. Federal Judge Denny Chin found plenty of reasons on Wednesday to let a …
Liability claims have been settled against the tour company that arranged a fall foliage excursion in which 20 passengers were killed when their tour boat overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005. Terms of the settlement between Shoreline Travel & …
Mary Landen has been named Educational Institutions Program Manager at S.H. Smith & Co. Inc. in Hartford, Connecticut. In her new role, Landen will manage educational institutions programs, which provide umbrella and excess Liability coverage for private schools and colleges, …
New York Gov. David A. Paterson has tapped James J. Wrynn to be the next superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department. Wrynn currently serves as executive director of the New York State Insurance Fund and is a founding …
A group of medical providers is challenging New Hampshire’s request for a speedy appeals process in a dispute over a malpractice fund. Lawyers for Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia and other policyholders of the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association …
New York-based Demetriou General Agency Inc. has acquired H. Al Roth Agency in Manhattan for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition comes as Demetriou announced expansion plans for its Madison Avenue headquarters to accommodate two other acquisitions that are being concluded. …
