Within hours of Bernard Madoff’s arrest, Florida-based attorney Guy Fronstin, Esq., of the Law Offices of Guy Fronstin, P.A., received more than a dozen calls from friends and family who were heavily invested with Madoff and severely victimized by his Ponzi scheme. When investors told Mr. Fronstin they were “overwhelmed, depressed, not thinking clearly, and [...]

Size matters, according to a new report on the insurance brokerage market by Advisen Ltd. As a result, the frenetic pace of consolidation in the brokerage sector will be only temporarily slowed by the global economic recession.
“Large brokers enjoy certain advantages of scope and scale,” said John Molka III, the author of the report. “At [...]

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd announced through its U.S.-based Darwin subsidiary, a new program with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Facilities, Inc. in conjunction with the rollout of Darwin’s nationwide standard market Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) product. JLT will be underwriting on behalf of Darwin on an admitted basis in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, [...]

The New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance announced June 30, 2009, that effective August 1, 2009, real estate title insurance premiums would rise by 10.7 percent overall. Additionally, the remittance rates from title agencies to underwriters increased from 19 percent to 20 percent for residential properties. A new rate schedule has yet to be released.
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A Dallas doctor who won an $8.6 million judgment against his employer two years ago won again Thursday, when an appellate court affirmed the judgment in his favor.
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas found in favor of Dr. Neal Fisher following a 2007 judgment against Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants, P.A., [...]

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced that Tracy L. Rich will join the company as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective July 1.
Rich’s legal career spans more than 30 years and includes work in both the public and private sectors. As Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, [...]

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas F. O’Neil III, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, to Vice Chairman and Timothy S. Susanin, Vice President and Chief Counsel, to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
Mr. O’Neil, formerly a partner at DLA Piper US LLP, general counsel of the MCI Group and [...]

G4S Compliance & Investigations announced the members of its 2009 advisory board this week. Lee L. Bennett, Esq., William J. Breslin, Dennis Chookaszian, Michael J. Conroy and John E. Skvarla, III have been selected to establish the G4S Compliance & Investigations external board. The five leaders form a team of elite business experts offering informative [...]

Hooper Holmes announced the appointment of Mark C. Rosenblum as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. He has also been elected an executive officer of Hooper Holmes, Inc.
Mr. Rosenblum has over 23 years of corporate legal experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, including intellectual property, securities, contract, consumer and other class actions, [...]

Western property and casualty insurer, Capital Insurance Group (CIG), announced today it is partnering with The Protector Network a benefits provider of safety, security and risk-management tools and information — to give CIG policy clients an unprecedented reward program.
The purpose of the program is to provide CIG-insured households and businesses with ways to reduce [...]