August 18, 2009
NYMAGIC appointed Tim McAndrew and Ed Skoch to senior executive positions within its Mutual Marine Office Inc. subsidiary. McAndrew has been appointed executive vice president and chief underwriting officer – Ocean Marine. He has over 28 years of experience in …
August 18, 2009
David Dickson has been appointed to the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board’s (NYCIRB) Fraud Task Force. Dickson has served on the NYCIRB since last year, and originally was named to the committee as the appointee of the AFL-CIO of …
August 18, 2009
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 …
August 17, 2009
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., …
August 17, 2009
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 …
August 17, 2009
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 …
August 14, 2009
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 & …
August 14, 2009
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, …
August 14, 2009
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 …
August 14, 2009
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 …