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 …
Police in Plainfield, Connecticut say the bicycle death of a 13-year-old boy over the weekend is being investigated as an accident. William Howard died Saturday after he fell off his bike and struck his head at a skateboard park. Police …
Court records show that feuding emergency workers in Smithsburg, Maryland, have settled a wrongful death lawsuit. An attorney for Smithsburg Emergency Medical Services said Monday the case has been settled by mutual agreement. The lawyer, Thomas McCarron, declined to discuss …
The New York State Insurance Department has sent a reminder to all car insurers in the state that an admittedly confusing new law requires carriers to collect a $10 annual fee for each policyholder — at least for now. The …
The New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) erred when it ruled that an Anheuser-Busch brewery worker was not entitled to benefits for his asbestos-related lung condition because he had failed to timely notify his employer of his occupational disease. The …
A group of 25 lawyers from seven Boston-area firms have formed the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association (MReBA), a group the members say is a first-of-its-kind group focused on reinsurance law. William N. Erickson of law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & …
New Haven, Connecticut-based agency Abbate Insurance Associates has named Lisa Iannotti-Montz as a personal lines account executive. The 25-year industry veteran will be responsible for new business development and working with the agency’s current clients. Source: Abbate Insurance Associates
Diane Sammer and her partner, Pam Dennis, were careful to sign papers giving Sammer power of attorney over Dennis’ affairs. Yet after Dennis died of a heart attack and her body was to be cremated, the undertaker refused to accept …
Five Hampton Roads homeowners are seeking more than $5 million in a lawsuit filed against a local developer, a distributor and a Chinese drywall manufacturer. The homeowners claim the companies were negligent for selling the drywall and not warning customers …
A contractor wants an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the parents of a Pittsburgh-area soldier electrocuted in an Army barracks shower in Iraq. The notice of appeal filed Thursday by KBR Inc., doesn’t include the contractor’s arguments …
