Wal-Mart agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker last year. Nassau County …
Massachusetts-based Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency Inc. has hired John P. Curley as a Commercial Lines Sales Account Executive. Curley, who is a former professional golfer, joined the agency in February and is based in its South Dennis office.
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the New York-based insurance broker and consulting firm, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid rigging, price fixing and receiving kickbacks. State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal …
A judge on Wednesday approved an agreement that freezes $10 million in assets belonging to the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled a woman. The family of Charla Nash is suing the chimp’s owner, Sandra Herold, for $50 million. Nash …
The New Jersey Senate’s Commerce Committee is in the midst of vetting two key bills that would have significant impact on the Garden State’s insurance industry. One bill would create a create a financial backstop for homeowners in the event …
Jennifer Curran could only sit in the pews of her Roman Catholic church over the years and watch as bride after bride — friends, her two sisters — walked down the aisle. Now that her home state of Maine has …
Federal prosecutors have charged four Providence, Rhode Island residents with identity theft for allegedly making more than $500,000 worth of purchases after obtaining credit cards with the stolen personal information of more than 50 victims. A 32-count indictment unsealed Wednesday …
New Jersey-based insurance brokerage Bollinger Inc. has acquired Gail Steinberg & Co. Inc. of New York, New York, the company announced. In connection with the merger, Gail Steinberg, president and chief executive officer of her namesake firm, will join Bollinger …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is trumpeting a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that it says upholds the importance of enforcing the plain meaning of insurance contract language. The Supreme Court’s decision in Ace American Insurance …
Bordentown, New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting has promoted John Heft to the newly created position of director – Real Estate Practice. Heft will lead the group’s focus on providing insurance and risk management solutions for all types of Commercial and …
