June 18, 2018
Vermont is moving forward with its quest to ensure that as many residents as possible have health insurance by enacting a law that will require all to be covered or be penalized. The law, signed with no fanfare by Republican …
June 15, 2018
A Delaware couple has been arrested for insurance fraud after filing false medical claims for an automobile accident that never occurred, leading their insurance provider to be billed more than $100,000. “We take insurance fraud seriously,” said Delaware Insurance Commissioner …
June 15, 2018
Wholesale Trading Insurance Services LLC (WTIS) has hired Alex Megenis as a vice president and property and casualty broker in New York. Megenis most recently was a broker at Risk Placement Services, where he worked for just less than eight …
June 15, 2018
President Trump has granted a major disaster declaration for the state of New Jersey for damage stemming from the severe winter storm and snowstorm March 6-7. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the declaration issued Friday will release federal funds …
June 15, 2018
MAPFRE Insurance has entered into definitive agreements with affiliates of The Plymouth Rock Company to exit the states of New York and New Jersey as part of MAPFRE’s previously announced strategy to focus on its core states and lines of …
June 15, 2018
A group of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for costs related to climate change. ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. argued in a hearing …
June 14, 2018
Liberty Mutual, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered global insurer, has appointed Matt Waters to lead the areas of its National Insurance Specialty unit that provide a full range of primary and excess products to large and mid-size construction and energy companies through …
June 14, 2018
Massachusetts on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the OxyContin maker of illegally promoting the use of opioids, and became the first state to sue the drugmaker’s executives and directors to hold them responsible as well. The …
June 14, 2018
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Monday began assessing damage from a tornado and a macroburst that hit Connecticut during severe storms last month, a process that could lead to federal aid. Officials reviewed damage from an EF1 tornado with …
June 14, 2018
Allied Insurance Brokers has promoted Landin Beer to senior account manager. In her new position, Beer will manage a territory that includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. She will handle a book of business focusing on …