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Rhonda Cabrinha Rhonda Cabrinha, vice president of Ellis Moreland Ellis Inc. in Syracuse, New York, was named the Insurance Person of Distinction during the recent annual Syracuse I-Day event. Cabrinha rose through the ranks to become an owner of Ellis …

NO TO GAY STANDING:

A New York Appeals Court has ruled that the same sex partner of a man who died after surgery related to injuries suffered in a car accident does not have standing to sue the hospital for malpractice under state law. …

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Rhonda Cabrinha, vice president of Ellis Moreland Ellis Inc. in Syracuse, New York, was named the Insurance Person of Distinction during the recent annual Syracuse I-Day event. Cabrinha rose through the ranks to become an owner of Ellis Moreland Ellis …

News Briefs

MASSACHUSETTS Sprinkler Opposition: Dozens of Massachusetts restaurants and private clubs are appealing a state mandate in that they install sprinkler systems, arguing that they are being misclassified as nightclubs. The Legislature last year passed a law requiring any club with …

Cloutier Joins TD Banknorth Insurance’s Maine Office

Patricia L. Cloutier has joined TD Banknorth Insurance Group in South Portland, Maine as an account manager for employee benefits lines. She will provide a range of services to employee benefits clients throughout Maine. Cloutier has 23 years of experience …

Tetrault Joins NAMIC as Northeast Rep Based in Boston

Paul T. Tetrault will represent the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies as state affairs manager for the Northeast from a base near Boston. Tetrault, an attorney and former editor of The Standard, an insurance trade wekly, will advocate on …

ProMutual Stays on Course as Medical Liability Market Starts Moving Again

Richard Brewer likens the medical liability business to a barge floating down the Mississippi. “You’re never quite sure what it’s going to look like around the bend,” he explained. As president and chief executive officer of ProMutual Group, a Northeast …

ProMutual Stays on Course as Medical Liability Market Starts Moving Again

Richard Brewer likens the medical liability business to a barge floating down the Mississippi. “You’re never quite sure what it’s going to look like around the bend,” he explained. As president and chief executive officer of ProMutual Group, a Northeast …

Gay Partner Can’t Sue Hospital for Malpractice, N.Y. Appeals Court Rules

A New York Appeals Court has ruled that the same sex partner of a man who died after surgery related to injuries suffered in a car accident does not have standing to sue the hospital for malpractice under state law. …

Heavy Rains Force Eastern U.S. Evacuations; Four Lives Lost

Prolonged, heavy rain caused flooding from North Carolina to New Hampshire over the weekend, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, knocking out electricity, weakening dams and making roads impassable. At least four people died, including two people killed in New …