The New York Insurance Department recovered $13.6 million in the second quarter of the year for consumers and health care providers who filed complaints with the department, according to the department. Nearly 3,000 individuals filed complaints, which include health insurance, …
New Hampshire has appealed a lower court ruling denying its claim to a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The state counted on $65 million of the money to help balance the budget in the fiscal …
Investigators are still trying to determine the source of noxious fumes at a Massachusetts trash disposal facility that sent 119 people to hospitals, including two who were listed in critical condition. Police and fire officials said as many as 10 …
Two families are suing the city of Bridgeport and the Connecticut Zoological Society over the deaths of two children who drowned when a minivan plunged into a pond in 2007. Relatives of 6-year-old Jayden Wilson and 2-year-old Julia Boyd allege …
Northeast personal lines insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. reported that Chris Olie will assume the role of president, a position currently held by Hal Belodoff. Belodoff will become chairman of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. and will continue his role as …
The Connecticut Insurance Department says it recovered approximately $1.3 million from insurers for consumers in the second quarter of the year. That amount is double the recovery made in the same quarter. Forty-four percent of complaints in the past quarter …
Massachusetts-based Arbella Insurance Group has named Eileen Currie vice president of commercial lines. She joins Arbella from Crum & Forster Insurance Co., where she held the position of chief marketing officer and senior vice president of field operations. She has …
National insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired two New England offices of Atlanta-based Gresham & Associates Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The offices — which are in Portland, Maine and Cranston, Rhode Island — are managing general …
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart says the state is working to attract new insurance carriers. Stewart made the announcement Thursday while discussing new sources of revenue the commission is pursuing. She says captive insurance companies are another possible source …
Police say a tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks admitted he was texting …
