A former TV news staffer’s pioneering lawsuit over bedbug bites she received at her office has been thrown out by a judge who said workers can’t necessarily hold their employers’ landlords responsible for injuries on the job. Jane Clark’s lawyer …
Pennsylvania-based insurer Harleysville said severe winter storms over the last few months will hurt its first quarter profits. “We experienced unusually severe winter weather throughout much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, especially in New England and New York,” said CEO …
A claims rep for Nationwide in New York has been arrested for stealing $44,900 that should have been paid to a policyholder whose home burned down. State police arrested Scott E. Wood, of Liverpool, earlier this month. Fraud investigators say …
A new regulation that goes into effect in New York this month will force excess line insurers to triple their minimum policyholders surplus to $45 million by the middle of 2013. For eligible excess line insurers already in the state, …
A 42-year-old upstate New York man has been hospitalized after the 55-gallon drum he was cutting up exploded and shot into the air, hitting him on the head. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says Ricky Poore was using a cutting …
A Staten Island woman who was getting $850 a month in alimony because she was supposedly disabled and unable to work had to give the payments up after her ex-husband spotted photos of her belly dancing on the Internet. Brian …
A New York City man has been mistakenly hit with 643 summonses totaling $48,000. The Sanitation Department issued the tickets to 72-year-old Levy Zelishovsky for illegally posting fliers around Brooklyn advertising a moving company. The insurance salesman has never been …
New York-based wholesale broker Russell Bond & Co. promoted Kim Thome to claims manager. She will assist clients nationwide in understanding each insurer’s process and requirements for claim filing as well as procedures, legal issues, tracking and recording. Thome joined …
Suspicious insurance claims in New York were up about 4.5 percent in 2010, an industry report shows. In 2010, insurers reported a total of 7,026 questionable claims in the state, compared with 6,726 in 2009, according to the insurance industry’s …
AmWINS Brokerage of New York has named Robert Hegarty assistant vice president and casualty broker. Hegarty 15 years of insurance industry experience, both as an underwriter and a wholesale broker, particularly in the areas of construction, habitational, products liability, healthcare …
