New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined with her Senate colleagues in a bipartisan campaign to improve crop insurance coverage for all apple growers in New York and across the country. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, …
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell released workplace injury data showing an increase in accidents, injuries and deaths in the state in 2002, and launched a targeted “Call Before You Dig” awareness campaign as part of his effort to improve workplace …
Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri has announced the launching of expanded online capabilities at the Division of Motor Vehicles that are intended to provide more convenient options to consumers. The owners of nearly 800,000 vehicles can now have their …
Three years after taking over Reliance Insurance Co., the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is attempting to raise cash by selling far-flung properties of the failed company. Reliance Insurance faces a $3 billion shortfall between more than 100,000 claims filed by customers …
In response to a law change taking effect July 1, 2004, agents selling prepaid legal service plan contracts in Virgnia must register with the Office of the Consumer Affairs (OCA) at the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This …
Vermont motor vehicles officials are preparing a mandatory four-hour classroom course for new motorcyclists. The state is working with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, a national nonprofit organization in Irvine, Calif., to come up with the course. The foundation, which is …
Providence Washington Insurance Companies is shutting down after more than two centuries, a victim of financial losses, an inability to raise capital and failure to find a buyer. The Providence, R.I.-based company’s existing policies will remain in place for now, …
As expected, last week the governing committee of the high risk auto reinsurance facility in Massachusetts approved rules guiding the pool’s changeover to an assigned risk plan. Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers, known as CAR, sent the rule changes to Massachusetts Insurance …
The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed its view of the so-called Daubert doctrine that expert testimony must be scrutinized closely using a two-pronged test. In the medical malpractice case of Linda Maher v. Quest Diagnostics, et al. (SC 17001), the …
Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro A. Iuppa has announced a new resource to assist property owners who have had difficulty obtaining insurance for specific types of residential property insurance risks. “It can sometimes be very frustrating for a homeowner to …
