The Maine Workers Compensation Board is not subject to the more strict rules of evidence governing other courts and should be open to evidence from a variety of sources so long as it is sufficiently reliable, the state Supreme Court …
ProMutual Group, the Boston-based provider of medical malpractice insurance in the Northeast, has launched a new patient safety program aimed at reducing the incidence of shoulder dystocia. Shoulder dystocia is a birth condition in which a baby’s shoulder is blocked …
Report: Lax Safety a Factor in Deadly Nursing Home Conn. Fire Lax safety standards and inaccurate information about fire drills contributed to the deaths of 16 people in a fire at a Hartford, Conn. nursing home last year, federal investigators …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) presented Bill Thornton, president of Acadia Insurance Company in Westbrook, Maine, with the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award at the ICT’s 12th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium, held July 15. Thornton is the seventh …
The Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. said that it has received approval to write surplus lines insurance business in the state of Maine effective July 2, 2004. Prime, which offers solutions for hard-to-place risks, will offer its lines in Maine including …
Preserver Group, Inc. announced that Patrick J. Haveron had been promoted to president and chief executive officer. Haveron, who had been co-CEO with Stephen A. Gilbert, replaces Gilbert as president. Gilbert will remain with the company as its vice chairman …
New York state law does not require disability insurance policies to include the same benefit levels for physical injuries and for disabling mental and emotional conditions, the state’s highest court ruled last week. The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that …
Chairman Tim Hegarty Explains How His Trade Group Serves Big and Small Alike What happens when you put giants like State Farm, AIG, Nationwide and Liberty Mutual in a room with tiny farm mutuals like Husbandsmans Mutual, Lumber Mutual and …
Lighting up a cigarette in a bar in Georgetown, Delaware is unlawful, but you can get more drunk in Delaware than anywhere in the nation and still be allowed to get behind the wheel. “Delaware’s got so many laws that …
Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s largest workers’ compensation insurance writer that was formed in 1990 as a state fund, is taking steps to write coverage outside of the state. The Warwick company has put up $20 million to license …
