Top 2013 Jury Awards: Price-Fixing, Nursing Home Liability, Defamation January 14, 2014 By Margaret Cronin Fisk U.S. juries awarded three verdicts of $1 billion or more for the third straight year in 2013, topped by a...
Obamacare to Ramp Up Pitch to Younger Insureds January 14, 2014 By Alex Wayne and Mike Dorning The U.S. government said it would ramp up Obamacare outreach in 25 cities to lure younger people to the program...
German Public Sector Insurers Unlikely to Merge: Fitch January 14, 2014 German public-sector insurers, which include Versicherungskammer Bayern and Provinzial Nordwest Holding AG, are unlikely to merge, Fitch Ratings said. “There...
Virginia Tech, USGS Install Seismic Stations in Central Va. for Earthquake Study January 13, 2014 Researchers are preparing to conduct a two-month study of earthquakes in central Virginia, a region that has a history of...
Mass.-Based Corcoran & Havlin, Sciarratta & Doucette Announce Merger January 13, 2014 The Corcoran & Havlin Insurance Group in Wellesley, Mass., recently announced it has merged with Needham, Mass.-based Sciarratta & Doucette...
Bloss & Dillard Acquires Agents Insurance Markets in Virginia January 13, 2014 Huntington, West Virginia-based managing general agent Bloss & Dillard Inc. announced it has acquired and now operates Agents Insurance Markets...
Maryland Will Meet Health Care Goal by End of March, Gov. O’Malley Says January 13, 2014 Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is acknowledging a troubled start for Maryland’s online health insurance exchange, but he predicted on Jan....
N.H. Court Upholds Local Government Center Repayment Decision January 13, 2014 By Lynne Tuohy The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld an order for the Local Government Center to return $33 million in surplus...
Heffernan Names Paletta Sales Manager, Benefits in California January 13, 2014 Heffernan Insurance Brokers named Marc Paletta sales manager for its Northern California benefits team. Paletta began his career in underwriting...
Hull & Company Names Dumag as Underwriter, Broker in California January 13, 2014 Jennifer Dumag has joined Hull & Company Inc. in its Stockton, Calif. office as a commercial lines underwriter and broker....