Nine new auto insurers, more carriers for each independent agency to represent, a drop in the number of uninsured drivers, and a decrease in policies written in the residual market — these are some of the advantages under the one-year …
A member of New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s Cabinet is stepping down. After three years as commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance, Steven Goldman will leave July 15 to resume his private law career. He will work for …
A new study claims that merging 10 Westchester County fire departments could save New York homeowners and businesses about $47 million a year in fire insurance premiums alone while delivering better service. The Pace University study, commissioned by the Westchester …
First Deputy Superintendent Kermitt Brooks is overseeing the New York State Insurance Department following the departure of Eric Dinallo. Dinallo announced in May that he would be resigning as insurance superintendent to take a teaching position at New York University …
New York State licensed insurance agents and brokers should be aware of an identity theft scam involving telephone calls used to target insurance professionals in at least a half dozen states. Acting New York Insurance Superintendent Kermitt Brooks today warned …
All 14 hospitals in Rhode Island have agreed to adopt a uniform set of precautions to prevent surgeons from operating on the wrong body part or committing other grievous errors. Doctors and hospital officials said Tuesday that following the same …
A Connecticut woman and her son avoided jail time Tuesday and were sentenced to three years probation for attempted insurance fraud and evidence tampering after a fiery wreck at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four people in 2005. …
The Rhode Island Senate has declined to take up auto body legislation opposed by the insurance industry. The bill would have required consumers to have an independent appraisal for car repair work that exceeded $2,000. The legislation had been supported …
A Connecticut High School teacher has been named Teacher of the Year by an insurance industry-backed group for his efforts to introduce students to careers in insurance. Gary Barcher, who has taught at Bloomfield High School since 1980, was recognized …
A man, his son and a co-worker hired to clean a putrid dry well at a waste transfer station died Monday when the son fell into a space filled with toxic fumes and the other two went to help him, …
