Yearly Archives: 2005

DEVELOPMENT EFFECT ON FLOODING:

A doctoral student says his study of two small streams in eastern Pennsylvania appears to back up what inundated residents...

CHANGE AHEAD FOR AUTO TERRITORIES:

New Jersey officials claim that caps removed from auto insurance rates in cities will not automatically increase costs for drivers...

CLOSING HIT-AND-RUN LOOPHOLE:

New York lawmakers are about to increase the penalties for leaving the scene of a fatal accident, instead of “rewarding”...

AIG FACES AUDIT OVER COMP:

The state insurance department is appointing a consultant to audit years of alleged improper booking of workers’ compensation premiums at...

BILL SEEKS PRODUCER DISCLOSURE:

Two Rhode Island State Senators, William A. Walaska, D-Warwick, and David E. Bates, R- Barrington, Bristol, who is an insurance...

METLIFE AGREES TO JOBS PLAN:

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche announced an agreement to keep...

CIVIL UNIONS ADOPTED:

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed landmark legislation that makes Connecticut the first state to recognize same-sex civil unions without...

INSURERS OPPOSE POLICE LEVY:

State regulators and auto insurance companies doing business in Massachusetts are opposed to a legislative proposal that would impose $15...

HIGH RISK CHALLENGE IN COURT:

Massachusetts insurance company trade associations and companies recently filed a friend of the court brief defending the reforms of the...