June 30, 2006
Branchville, N.J.-based Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. announced the following officer appointments: Kathleen Imparato (Wantage, NJ), to assistant vice president of Selective’s Business Practices Group. Imparato joined Selective in 2002 as a government …
June 29, 2006
The deluge of rain that caused flooding in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in the East forced the evacuation of more than 2,200 people near a rising lake on Wednesday and washed out part of a four-lane highway. At least …
June 29, 2006
RTW Rehabilitation Services Inc. of Baltimore, Md. has pleaded guilty to one charge of mail fraud in federal court in Charleston, W.Va. and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution to the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner according to …
June 28, 2006
In Washington, D.C., a city that always seems to be in a hurry, this week’s soggy weather forced almost everyone to slow down. Water and mudslides blocked highways. Commuter rail lines sputtered. Some federal office buildings closed, and other government …
June 27, 2006
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported the filing of felony insurance fraud and felony theft charges against Joseph J. Muehleison, an insurance agent and former president of Commercial Lines Corporation which was located in Lutherville, Maryland. According to …
June 25, 2006
Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge last week that only the federal government may dictate health spending by private companies. Maryland’s law requiring large …
June 20, 2006
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has completed its common stock offering, the conversion of Educators Mutual Life Insurance Company, also of Lancaster, to a stock insurance company and the simultaneous acquisition of Educators Mutual and Eastern Holding Company, …
June 19, 2006
Maryland, seeking to address the higher costs of insurance for urban drivers, recently passed legislation to require insurers to regularly review their rating territories and streamline the process for protesting rates. But some other recommendations of a recent urban insurance …