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Penn. Woman Tried to Get Policy After Child’s Crash

A western Pennsylvania woman will stand trial on charges she fraudulently applied online to insure her daughter’s car less than an hour after an accident, and then had her daughter to lie about the time of the crash. Forty-two-year-old Heidi …

N.J. Court Rules in Favor of Allstate in Agency Franchise Lawsuits

Allstate announced on Friday that the Superior Court of New Jersey has entered judgment in favor of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company, and dismissed all claims in the franchise lawsuits filed against …

PPIB Launches Outpatient Medical Facilities Program

Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) has launched an outpatient medical facilities program. The program is available in all states and offered to both retail and wholesale insurance companies. The program will provide general and professional liability coverage for ambulatory surgery …

Officials Announce Two Disaster Aid Centers Opening in Virginia

Federal and state agencies are opening a new disaster recovery center in Spotsylvania County and reopening one in Louisa County in Virginia to assist victims of last year’s earthquake. The Spotsylvania center at 3960 Courthouse Road and the Louisa center …

Heffernan Hires McMurray as Account Executive in New York Office

Heffernan Insurance Brokers, an independent insurance brokerage headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., has hired Elizabeth McMurray to join its Manhattan office in New York as account executive. McMurray has over 20 years of industry experience. Her past responsibilities included developing, …

N.J.-based Bollinger Acquires Argent Professional Insurance Agency

Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger acquired Argent Professional Insurance Agency in Warren, N.J. Bollinger said the acquisition would help bolster its professional liability insurance brokerage business. Bollinger has also formed a new professional liability division within its agency. In …

R.I.-Based FM Global Appoints Senior Vice President

Business property insurer FM Global appointed Rod Fisher as senior vice president of underwriting and reinsurance. In his new role, based at the company’s Johnston, R.I., headquarters, Fisher will be responsible for the company’s overall underwriting and reinsurance functions. Previously, …

Crews Gaining Ground on Blackfeet Reservation Wildfires in Montana

A pair of wildfires fueled by strong wind gusts that burned buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation were helped by milder weather conditions on Thursday as firefighters got a better handle on the blazes, …

Family Taking $350K in Vegas Missing Organs Claim

The family of a British commodities trader who died while partying in Las Vegas will accept $350,000 to end a federal lawsuit stemming from the disappearance of the man’s internal organs after an autopsy and before his body was returned …

Opponents of Arizona Law Seek Class-Action Status

A judge set an April 9 hearing for considering a request by opponents of Arizona’s 2010 immigration enforcement law to grant class-action status in their lawsuit that seeks to declare the law unconstitutional. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational …

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