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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Announces New York Rate Cut

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company has announced it will cut its rates in New York. As a result, its overall personal auto rate will drop by 3.4%. The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm Mutual by this rate …

Virginia Reminds Homeowners to Review Property Coverage Before a Hurricane

Although hurricane activity in the Atlantic has been relatively quiet so far for 2018 with only five named storms to date, the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance is reminding Virginians not to let their guard down. With …

Roost Partners with New York-Based Kingstone Insurance

Roost, a provider of home telematics for property insurance carriers, has partnered with New York-based Kingstone Insurance. Roost is a technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. Kingstone is a property and casualty insurance holding company whose principal operating subsidiary, Kingstone …

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Group Names Pesta VP and Chief Internal Audit Officer

Erie Insurance has named Pam Pesta as vice president and chief internal audit officer, effective September 4, 2018. In this role, she will manage the overall operations of the Internal Audit Department and provide strategic, risk-based insight to the organization. …

Kushner Cos. Fined $210K by New York for False Documents

The Kushner family real estate company was fined $210,000 by New York City regulators on Monday following an Associated Press investigation earlier this year that showed it routinely filed false documents with the city claiming it had no rent-regulated tenants …

Lawsuit Against Connecticut Bar Seeks More Than $50K in Damages After Fatal Crash

Relatives of a Waterbury, Conn., man who died in a car crash that also killed the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has filed a lawsuit against a Connecticut restaurant. A lawyer for the restaurant declined comment on the …

Pastor Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire to His Washington D.C. Rental Apartment

The pastor of a Baltimore, Md., church has pled guilty to setting fire to an apartment he rented in Southeast Washington in a plan to collect insurance money. Jamel Carelock, the pastor of Lead Church, pled guilty in the Superior …

Hiscox Appoints Peterson as Miscellaneous Professional Liability Product Head in N.Y.

Hiscox, an international specialist insurer, has appointed Tyler Peterson to miscellaneous professional liability product head in New York. Peterson joined Hiscox in 2012 as a professional risks underwriter and most recently drove product development and expansion across Hiscox UK’s Media …

Vermont Residents Learn More About River Regulations for Flooding

The Norwich Planning Commission in Vermont says it is gathering information on implementing proposed river corridor regulations. The commission and municipal Planning Director Rod Francis met last Thursday with about 15 town residents to discuss adopting language recommended in the …

State Police Investigating Plane Crash in Vermont

A plane has crashed in northern Vermont, killing its sole occupant. WCAX-TV reports the Vermont State Police are investigating the crash in Island Pond. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, near the John H. Boylan Airport. Emergency crews responding to a …

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