February 1, 2019
A U-Haul subsidiary and the former general manager of one of its Philadelphia stores have pleaded guilty after a food truck explosion that killed a woman and her teenage daughter. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the U-Haul Company of Pennsylvania and …
February 1, 2019
The Maryland Insurance Administration has settled a lawsuit over gender-based pay discrimination. News outlets report the agency will pay nearly $37,000 to three female fraud investigators who say they were paid less than their male counterparts. The settlement with the …
February 1, 2019
Beazley has expanded its healthcare management liability team with the appointment of Jack Sheehan as an underwriter based in Boston, Mass. Sheehan brings 15 years of financial lines insurance experience in both broking and underwriting to this role. He previously …
February 1, 2019
The final implementation period for the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation covering DFS-regulated entities and licensed individuals ends March 1, 2019. New York’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation became effective March 1, 2017, and DFS implemented a two-year …
January 31, 2019
Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has promoted Dustin Greco to business segment leader to support the company’s continued growth of the small business market in the Northeast. Greco’s territory covers New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode …
January 31, 2019
Optisure Risk Partners, a national insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Manchester, N.H., has hired Jackie Roy as an account executive in the business insurance division, providing professional and commercial insurance and risk management programs. [inline-ad-1]During the past 30 …
January 31, 2019
Pennsylvania’s State Workers Insurance Fund (SWIF), the largest writer of workers’ comp insurance in Pennsylvania, has filed a plan to retroactively correct charges to employers for their workers’ compensation policies written between April 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018. The …
January 31, 2019
Brooks Insurance Agency, a Manalapan, N.J.-based multi-line wholesaler, has hired Michael McCluskey as senior vice president and broker. McCluskey specializes in placing professional liability insurance for the financial services sector, including investment banks, M&A firms, security dealers, investment funds and …
January 30, 2019
A Massachusetts judge says more details contained in a lawsuit that accuses the maker of OxyContin of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids must be made public. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders sided Monday with Massachusetts …
January 30, 2019
Federal safety inspectors went to court to remove a roadblock in their investigation of a limousine crash that killed 20 people nearly four months ago. Schoharie County Judge George Bartlett heard arguments Tuesday over National Transportation Safety Board access to …