Authorities say a roofer wasn’t wearing a safety harness when he fell died in a roof collapse at a prestigious eastern Pennsylvania private school. Montgomery County Coroner Walter Hofman says Kevin Sensenig had climbed on to the roof to show …
A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a” and assigned an NR-5 (Not Formally Followed) to the FSRs and “nr” to the ICRs of Louisiana-based Audubon Insurance Company and …
A Pennsylvania woman is suing natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. and two of its subsidiaries, claiming that drilling near her rural home has fouled the water with methane and other pollutants and created a rash of health problems since …
New York-based First Niagara Risk Management has acquired Summit Insurance Group and Summit Benefits, both of Pennsylvania, for an undisclosed sum. The two businesses, founded by Rennie Rodriguez and Kevin McAdams, will adopt the First Niagara brand immediately, the company …
Tuesday’s elections could have ramifications for a number of state insurance commissioner posts across the country. Nationwide, 11 commissioners are directly elected but there are only four such elections tomorrow; the rest of commissioners are appointed, most by governors or …
Garden Variety Fraud “Consumers should know that in addition to being wide-spread, insurance fraud also affects a wide-spread group of people: everyone.” —New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Tom Considine, commenting on the launch of a new unit within the Department of …
A Philadelphia-area school district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The Lower Merion School District admits it captured thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots from student laptops in a …
Hub, Burnham & Co. Chicago-based broker Hub International has acquired Burnham and Company Inc., of New Jersey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Burnham, based in Englewood Cliffs, has approximately $4 million in annual revenue. It will become part …
A Long Island woman claims her one night at the Waldorf Astoria hotel has cost her $13,000 because her room was infested with bedbugs that came home with her. Susanne Igneri filed a lawsuit against the upscale Manhattan hotel last …
Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Danny R. Schamma to vice president, finance. He will direct the business planning process, oversee financial reporting and analysis, and develop and implement strategies for expense management. He will be …
