N.Y. Announces New, Targeted Cybersecurity Assessments for Insurers February 9, 2015 New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today released a report on cybersecurity in the New York insurance industry...
Hanover Insurance Group Q4 Profit Rises 28% February 6, 2015 By Young Ha The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in Worcester, Massachusetts, reported $89.9 million net income for the 2014 fourth quarter, a 28...
Bridgeport, Conn., Police Department Eyes Driving Simulators February 6, 2015 By Brian Lockhart and Connecticut Post Two years ago on Christmas Day, veteran Police Officer Roderick Doda and new Officer Eric Schnieder suffered head and neck...
Jersey Shore Town Aims to Get Last 2 Sandy Families Home February 6, 2015 Just before the floodwaters of Superstorm Sandy inundated Krista Sperber’s home in Belmar, New Jersey, she had her two young...
Drivers Criticize New York Crossing Where Train, Car Collided February 6, 2015 By Freeman Klopott and Meenal Vamburkar The Westchester County rail crossing made Nicole Sanders anxious even before she witnessed this week’s fiery fatal collision between a...
Northeast’s Economy Took $500M Hit from Recent Blizzard: Aon February 6, 2015 By Jing Cao The Northeast U.S., including New York and Massachusetts, sustained at least $500 million in economic losses last month when a...
MiddleOak Exiting Personal Lines; Selling Business to Mapfre February 5, 2015 By Mark Hollmer Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE SA has said it wants to expand and is eying acquisitions in both Europe and the...
Maryland Man Gets 4 Years in Prison for Setting House on Fire for Insurance February 5, 2015 A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to plotting to burn down his house to collect insurance proceeds has been sentenced...
ACLU Challenges Rhode Island’s Uninsured Motorists Database February 5, 2015 The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a court challenge to the state Division of Motor Vehicles’...
New York Train Crash Investigators Ask Why SUV Stopped on Tracks February 5, 2015 By Alan Levin, Freeman Klopott and Michelle Kaske Federal investigators are trying to determine why a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle stopped in the middle of railroad...