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Brightway Insurance Franchise Owner Collins Expands Business to New Jersey

Brightway Insurance Franchise Owner Ryan Collins has expanded his business enterprise with a second Brightway location in Chatham, N.J., which is his first location in the Garden State. Collins opened his first Brightway store in Sunrise, Fla., in 2018. Brightway …

New York’s Fullerton Beck Taps Pedro to Manage Newly Opened New Jersey Office

New York-based law firm Fullerton Beck LLP has opened its first New Jersey office in Red Bank. The firm also has an office in White Plains, N.Y. New Jersey insurance coverage attorney Verne Pedro, who started with the firm on …

Dinallo Returns to Debevoise & Plimpton as Chair of Insurance Regulatory Practice

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has announced that Eric Dinallo has returned to chair its Insurance Regulatory Practice and join its Financial Institutions and White Collar & Regulatory Defense Groups. Dinallo will focus on developing and executing regulatory strategies for clients …

Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 100 Coronavirus Cases in New York State

The number of coronavirus cases in New York state rose Sunday to more than 100, an expected increase Gov. Andrew Cuomo predicts will continue as more testing is done. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that the …

‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads

Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state after Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday confirmed 11 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total number of cases to …

OSHA Cites Two Construction Companies After Employee’s Fatal Fall in Pennsylvania

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CLF Construction Inc. and Toll Brothers Inc. for exposing employees to fall hazards after a CLF employee suffered fatal injuries in a fall at a worksite in …

Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Prast as President

The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. has elected Gerard Prast of Wallingford, Conn., as president at the association’s Annual Convention, held March 5-6 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Prast is vice president for XS Brokers, which has …

Acadia Insurance Hires Former New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Elias

Acadia Insurance, a regional underwriter based in Westbrook, Maine, has hired former New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner John Elias to its management team as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer. He will be based in the company’s Westbrook office. Elias …

Officials Say 250 in Coronavirus Quarantine in Massachusetts

Massachusetts officials are launching an aggressive plan to regularly disinfect the state transit system and are calling on colleges and high schools to cancel study abroad programs as more than 700 residents have been quarantined amid the global spread of …

Haynes and Boone Hires Raptis as a Partner in Its Washington D.C. Office

Haynes and Boone LLP has hired Stephen Raptis as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office, bolstering the national expansion of the firm’s Insurance Recovery Practice Group. Over his 25-year career, Raptis has represented commercial policyholders across the nation in …

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