Insurers Dogged by Claims of Slanted Sandy Reports December 28, 2014 By David B. Caruso and Michael Kunzelman When Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast, flood insurance companies working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency dispatched an army...
Rhode Island to Begin Issuing 3 Distinct Adjuster Licenses December 24, 2014 Rhode Island’s Insurance Superintendent Joseph Torti III issued a bulletin this week on transitioning to new license categories for adjusters....
Portland, Maine, Looks to Regulate Uber Ride Service December 24, 2014 The city attorney for Portland, Maine, will draft an ordinance to regulate Uber, the online ride service that began operating...
A.M. Best Reaffirms Chesapeake Employers’ Financial Strength Rating December 24, 2014 Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest workers’ compensation insurance company in Maryland, announced that insurance ratings agency A.M. Best Co....
Obama Signs Disaster Declaration for 9 N.Y. Counties in Wake of Nov. Storm December 24, 2014 President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in upstate New York. That means Washington will chip in to help...
New York City Sees 25% Drop in Tickets to Bicyclists December 23, 2014 New York City bicyclists are getting fewer tickets. The drop comes as biking safety is in a spotlight. The New...
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Goldsmith to Step Down in January December 23, 2014 Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Goldsmith — who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley in 2011 for a four-year...
Report Calls for More Study of N.H. Workers’ Comp Costs December 23, 2014 By Kathleen Ronayne A governor’s commission aimed at addressing New Hampshire’s high workers’ compensation costs recommended no significant changes to state laws in...
AssuredPartners Acquires Sheehan Insurance in Virginia December 23, 2014 AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired the business and assets of Sheehan Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As...
New York DFS Requires Ocwen Reforms, $150M Homeowner Help December 23, 2014 By Michael Virtanen New York financial regulators have reached a settlement with Ocwen Financial Corp. requiring the nation’s largest subprime mortgage servicer to...