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Missed Deadline Costs Harvard $15M in Insurance for Admissions Policy Defense

Harvard University’s failure to notify its insurer by the policy deadline has cost it up to $15 million in insurance coverage to help it defray costs related to its ongoing defense of its affirmative action admissions program. U.S. District Judge …

Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Trivedi Capacity Associates and Risk Purchasing Group

Alliant Insurance Services has acquired New Jersey-based Trivedi Capacity Associates, further expanding its reach in the community association and condominium association underwriting space. Central to the acquisition is Trivedi’s HARP risk purchasing group, which provides a range of targeted insurance …

Jury Sides With New Jersey Police in $10M Suit by Family of Man Who Died After Arrest

A federal court jury has decided that New Jersey police did not violate the civil rights of a man who died shortly after a physical altercation during his arrest 7 1/2 years ago. After a trial, jurors in federal court …

Uber Can’t Force Massachusetts Crash Victim to Arbitration

Uber cannot compel a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver to go to arbitration over his $63 million damages claim without a trial. Citing a 2021 state high court ruling that also went against Uber, a …

School Resource Officers Remain Popular in Maryland as Safety Tops Concerns

Amid nationwide concern about school shootings and other violent incidents, all 24 Maryland school districts have employed school resource officers at some time since the 2016-2017 school year, and all but one retain them still. But now, at least five …

New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Gun Carry, Requiring Liability Insurance

A New Jersey legislative committee voted to require liability insurance for gun owners and restrict where they could carry their weapons, moving what would be some of the strictest US firearms limits closer to becoming law. The vote by the …

19th Person Indicted in Scheme Using Stolen IDs to Defraud Rideshare Companies

A nineteenth co-conspirator was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston this week in connection with a nationwide conspiracy to open fraudulent driver accounts with rideshare and delivery service companies, law enforcement officials reported. Officials said Caio Felipe Oliveira …

New York High Court: Insured’s ‘Mutual Mistake’ Argument Came Too Late

New York’s highest court reversed a $4.5 million judgment against an insurer that denied a fire damage claim by the owner of a vacant commercial building because the owner had not installed an automatic sprinkler system required by the policy. …

State Inspector Cites Regulatory Lapses in Fatal New York Limo Crash

New York regulators failed to do all they could to sideline a poorly maintained stretch limousine that careened down a hill and crashed in 2018, killing 20 people, according to a state watchdog. State Inspector General Lucy Lang released a …

Maryland’s Boudreau Agency Joins The Liberty Company

Boudreau Insurance of Annapolis, Maryland has joined The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers network. The deal marks Liberty’s first partnership in Maryland. Boudreau Insurance specializes in personal and commercial risks, with an emphasis on boat and yacht coverage. The agency was …

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