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Delaware Woman Indicted for Insurance Fraud Following Motor Vehicle Accident

A Delaware woman has been indicted by a Sussex County Grand Jury for two counts of insurance fraud and one count of identity theft following an investigation by the Delaware Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Unit. Janet Lane, 59, formerly …

World Insurance Associates Acquires Rhode Island’s Bucci Insurance Group

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Bucci Insurance Group of West Warwick, R.I., on September 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Bucci Insurance Group serves the New England community with personal, commercial and benefit …

New York Moves to Enact Statewide Flavored E-Cigarette Ban

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat announced Sunday that the state health commissioner would be …

Hub International Acquires Assets of New York’s StoneStreet Pearl River

Hub International Limited (Hub), a global employee benefit and insurance brokerage firm, has acquired the assets of StoneStreet Pearl River LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Pearl River, N.Y., and led by Barbara Delaney, StoneStreet is …

Saxe Doernberger & Vita P.C. Hires Crawford to Northeast Office

Saxe Doernberger & Vita P.C. (SDV) has hired Associate Janet E. Crawford to its Northeast office. Crawford brings experience from a career in litigation to her new role. In addition to insurance coverage, she has worked on a range of …

Conner Strong & Buckelew Hires Trullinger, Keating in New Jersey

Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm, has hired Thomas Trullinger as senior vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions. He will be based in the firm’s Camden, N.J., headquarters. In this role, …

AssuredPartners Acquires Connecticut’s Alton E. Woodford Insurance Agency

AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Alton E. Woodford Insurance Agency Inc., located in West Hartford, Conn. The team of nine will remain under the operational leadership of Tallison Noble and Nerissa Smith following the acquisition. Headquartered in Lake Mary, Fla., and …

Rochester Woman Arraigned for Defrauding Workers’ Comp System of More Than $5K

A Rochester, N.Y., woman has been arraigned on charges that she defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage reimbursement checks intended for her deceased grandmother. “This is an egregious case where an individual …

Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Virginia’s Washington Financial Group

Hub International Limited , a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Wash Financial L.L.C., doing business as Washington Financial Group (WFG). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in McLean, Va., and led …

Massachusetts, New York Signal Purdue Faces Stiff Court Fight

The attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York gave Purdue Pharma LP a preview of the opposition it’s facing in bankruptcy court as the embattled maker of the OxyContin painkiller seeks approval of a roughly $10 billion settlement stemming from …

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