July 15, 2009
Virginia State Police issued citations for nearly 8,300 violations on Interstates 95 and 81 as part of a weekend traffic-enforcement campaign. State police say troopers stopped 2,077 speeders and 240 reckless drivers on I-81 and 4,749 speeders and 504 reckless …
July 15, 2009
Connecticut’s flex-rating law will continue for two more years, after Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed legislation extending the practice of letting insurers vary premiums without regulatory approval. Flex-rating allows Connecticut personal lines insurers to adjust premiums up or down by …
July 15, 2009
New Jersey workers’ comp regulators will soon be able to issue stop-work orders to contractors who misrepresent employee headcounts, under a bill signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The bill targets contractors that undercount employees in order to avoid paying …
July 14, 2009
Rhode Island-based Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. has named Laura L. Colangelo as director of accounting. Colangelo brings broad experience in all aspects of accounting and internal and external financial reporting within the insurance and reinsurance industries. She will oversee the …
July 14, 2009
New York’s Dutchess County is sending drivers a message: No more text messaging behind the wheel. County Executive William Steinhaus said Friday he wouldn’t veto a law against sending text messages while driving. His decision means the law will take …
July 13, 2009
Pennsylvania-based Donegal Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $105,000 to settle claims that it used unlicensed copies of Microsoft software on its computer systems, a trade group for software makers said. The Business Software Alliance, which represents the world’s …
July 13, 2009
Maryland State Fire Marshals say a fire has destroyed a Manchester automotive company and 12 cars inside. There were no injuries. The fire began about 11:20 a.m. Friday when workers at Ron’s Automotive noticed the fire. About 100 firefighters from …
July 13, 2009
A southern New Jersey county has approved a $4 million settlement that could end a class-action lawsuit over strip searches done at its jail. The suit claimed unnecessary strip searches were conducted on thousands of men and women at the …
July 10, 2009
New Yorkers who want to take advantage of accident prevention courses to increase their chances of avoiding accidents while reducing the cost of their automobile or motorcycle insurance now can do so over the Internet. The New York State Department …
July 10, 2009
A baseball fan has settled a lawsuit that claimed he was kicked out of Yankee Stadium by a police officer because he left his seat to use the bathroom during the playing of “God Bless America.” Boston Red Sox fan …