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New York Suit Seeks $10M for Unnecessary Brain Surgery

A lawsuit says neurosurgeons operated twice on a New York woman for brain and spinal cord problems she didn’t have. Kristy Pirozzolo is suing Long Island doctors Paolo Bolognese and Thomas Milhorat for $10 million. Pirozzolo says she now has …

Former New Hampshire Insurance Agent Sentenced to Prison

A New Hampshire state employee has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and pay back more than $164,000 to clients she defrauded in her previous job as an insurance agent. Raye Ellen Douville of Bedford, who had pleaded …

Northeast Bank Expands Insurance Agency Presence in Maine

Northeast Bank Insurance Group has expanded its presence in Southern Maine, adding Goodrich Insurance Associates of Berwick to the list of what is now eight agencies the bank has acquired in the last two years. In connection with the acquisition, …

Plymouth Rock Offers Reminder Service for Massachusetts Drivers

Boston-based auto insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance has launched a new program that will allow any Massachusetts driver to receive free e-mail reminders 30 days before their license renewals, registration renewals and annual auto inspections. This program is an expansion of …

New York Man Charged with Torching Defunct Nightclub

A suburban Albany, New York businessman remains jailed on charges he burned down a defunct rock club he’d recently acquired. Town of Colonie police say 43-year-old Akiva Abraham of Rexford is being held without bail Monday after being charged with …

New York OKs Online Course for Defensive Driving

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has approved an online defensive-driving course that will qualify drivers for insurance discounts, according to the company offering the course. The Improv Aware Driver Course, recently approved in New York, was first …

Direct Writers Continue Battle for Massachusetts Auto Market

Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in Massachusetts as early as the …

Keep Joins Conning in Hartford

Connecticut-based insurance consulting firm Conning & Co. has named Stephen W. Keep as director. An experienced marketing executive in U.S. insurance asset management, he will be based in Hartford. Keep will be responsible for marketing Conning’s investment services and products …

Delaware Diocese Weighs Selling Assets to Pay Abuse Settlements

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, may have to sell assets to pay for settlements in child sexual abuse cases. Bishop Francis Malooly says settlements will probably exceed $9 million next month. But Diocesan spokesman Robert Krebs says officials won’t …

Worker Killed in Explosion at New Jersey Business

Police say a longtime employee at a New Jersey welding supplies shop was killed when a 60-pound oxygen tank he was filling exploded. The force of the blast last Wednesday morning at the J.W. Goodliffe and Son building in Linden …

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