The wife of a former truck owner whose truck was involved in a fatal crash on Connecticut’s Avon Mountain nearly three years ago has pleaded no contest to attempted insurance fraud. Donna Wilcox faced a trial that was to start …
Greenwich, Conn.-based W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Kevin H. Ebers as senior vice president for information technology. Ebers, 50, will oversee information technology systems and operations throughout the company. He began his career with W. R. Berkley more than …
American International Group , the world’s largest insurer, is expected to report a quarterly loss Thursday, with crippled mortgage investments taking a $5 billion bite out of its derivatives portfolio. Analysts’ average forecast is a loss of 18 cents a …
The widow of a Connecticut Superior Court judge cannot pursue a lawsuit claiming the state worked her husband to death, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled. The high court struck down a special act of the legislature, passed in 1994, that …
A circuit judge in West Virginia has upheld a $196.2 million punitive damages award against DuPont in a class-action pollution case. Harrison County Circuit Court Chief Judge Thomas A. Bedell also ordered the Wilmington, Delaware-based chemical giant on Monday to …
Continental Western Insurance Co. has announced an $18 million expansion to its suburban Des Moines, Iowa location. Continental Western and its parent company, Connecticut-based W.R. Berkley Corp., are negotiating the purchase of nearby building from Allied-Nationwide Insurance for a National …
A federal court jury in Hartford, Connecticut has found four former General Re Corp. executives and one former American International Group executive guilty of corporate fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from allegations that the five helped cook AIG’s books in …
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Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Larry Kessler broker in the company’s Hartford, Conn. office. Kessler, who has served in various positions with Colemont since 2004, will specialize in casualty and property placements. Prior to joining Colemont, he managed a non-standard …
A Connecticut appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that awarded a bride $15,000 for emotional distress following a “Shakespearean drama of confusion and lost opportunities” that resulted in her having to move her wedding location two years after …
