Monthly Archives: <span>March 2011</span>

Strategic Alliance for Swiss Re and PRO

PRO Insurance Solutions (PRO) and Swiss Re Europe S.A. German Branch (Swiss Re) announced a strategic alliance for the German market which seeks to leverage the resources and experience of PRO to expand the services provided to Swiss Re’s clients. …

Copper Wire Worth $143G Stolen From Tow Lot

Authorities in central New Jersey are investigating the theft of a trailer containing $143,000 worth of copper wire from a towing company’s parking lot. Perth Amboy Police Lt. David O’Donnell tells the Home News Tribune newspaper that a tractor-trailer carrying …

Woman Sentenced to Probation in New Jersey Fraud Ring

A woman described as a minor player in what prosecutors said was a massive identity theft and fraud ring largely involving Korean immigrants on Friday became the first of 53 defendants in the case to be sentenced. Song-Ja Park was …

Man Tested Positive for Salmonella Dies in Rhode Island

A man who tested positive for salmonella in an outbreak that may be linked to a Rhode Island bakery has died. Annemarie Beardsworth, a spokeswoman for the state health department, said Tuesday the man died March 23. He was in …

Murder an Accident? To Insured It Is, Court Says

New York’s top court says the estate of a man run down by a homicidal driver is entitled to make insurance claims for injuries caused by an accident. The Court of Appeals says that even though Ronald Popadich pleaded guilty …

NYC Officer Awarded $325,000 For Injury

A New York City police officer who was denied a tax-free injury pension after she was shot in the hand will get $325,000. The award settles a federal lawsuit filed by Officer Pamela Walker. Walker was shot during an annual …

NY Judge Limits NFL in Workers Compensation Cases

A New York judge says the NFL must be limited in how much money it can recover when injured NFL players receive state workers’ compensation awards. Judge Paul Crotty wrote in a decision Friday that the NFL sometimes wants to …

Ricardo Ortega Named Crawford Claims Manager in Brazil

Crawford & Company has named Ricardo Ortega as manager of its claim operations in Brazil. Based in Sao Paulo, he will report to Mauricio Alonso, senior vice president and regional managing director for Latin America. Ortega will be responsible for …

Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty in Insurance Case

A Semmes, Alabama woman pleaded guilty in Mobile to charges that she hired her nephew to burn down her house for insurance money last year. Sarah Juanita Comstock and her sister, Donna Kirkland Venerable, pleaded guilty last week to aiding …

Disney Monorail Lawsuit Voluntarily Dismissed

A lawsuit that was brought by the mother of a Disney World worker killed during an accident in 2009 has been voluntarily dismissed. Orange County court records show the suit was dismissed on March 24, but the reason of the …