August 15, 2019
Boutique insurance recovery and entertainment firm Pasich LLP has expanded its national platform and New York footprint with the addition of Peter A. Halprin as a partner. Before joining Pasich LLP, Halprin was a shareholder in Anderson Kill P.C.’s New …
August 15, 2019
Kyle and Marie Stechert say they rushed to buy another car after their vehicle was “totaled” in an accident because their insurance carrier refused to keep paying for their rental vehicle. The new car was twice as expensive as the …
August 14, 2019
Delaware environmental officials are updating residents about actions taken by a chemical plant owner since a gas leak last year temporarily closed the Delaware Memorial Bridge on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Department of Natural Resources …
August 14, 2019
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman and Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced agreements with two insurers and the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) to protect Pennsylvania businesses and lessen the chances of errors in the filing of loss costs, …
August 14, 2019
Concord Specialty Risk has hired Ilan D. Peress as vice president and Reps & Warranty Insurance underwriter, where he will take on a leading role in Concord’s Reps & Warranty Insurance practice. Peress will be based in New York, N.Y. …
August 14, 2019
Cook Maran, a Prime Risk partner, headquartered in Melville, N.Y., recently hired Eric Patterson as a client advisor. He will operate out of the Cook Maran location in Fair Lawn, N.J. Patterson was previously a Professional Employer Consultant at TriNet …
August 13, 2019
A Providence, Rhode Island, city employee who says she was compelled to resign from her previous position after years of reporting coworkers’ fraudulent credit card spending is suing the city. The Providence Journal reports that Charlene Oliver previously worked as …
August 13, 2019
Investigators are working their way through accusations from 1,862 calls made to a clergy abuse hotline in the 12 months since a landmark grand jury report exposed decades of child abuse within Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses, the state attorney general …
August 13, 2019
Conductor James Levine’s breach of contract and defamation lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera has been settled. A lawyer for Levine and the company made the announcement last Tuesday but did not disclose terms of the agreement. The 76-year Levine was …
August 13, 2019
Schools in New York state can now install cameras on the stop arms of school buses to catch motorists who put students at risk under legislation signed into law last Tuesday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Drivers caught on camera passing …