A New York City woman must pay $36,000 in restitution to the New York State Insurance Fund and will serve five years of probation for collecting benefits while employed as a home health aide.

A Queensbury, N.Y., insurance agent is accused of defrauding a couple by stealing money given to him for purchasing insurance policies.

A Dallas-based general agency has “established ourselves as a dominant player” in North Jersey with its acquisition of NAS Financial Services, a general agency based in Morristown, N.J., according to its president and CEO.

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has awarded a contract with a New York company to provide third-party liability and cost containment services.

UnitedHealthcare and Continuum Health Partners have reached a multi-year agreement to keep the health system’s four hospitals within the insurer’s network.

Two property-casualty insurers, who recently stopped writing business in Virginia, had their certificates to operate in Arkansas suspended by regulators, citing their negative surplus balance.

Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. and Chubb & Son have entered into an underwriting agreement for workers’ compensation coverage for construction, energy and environmental customers.

A Gilboa, N.Y., man, who claimed he was thrown 35 feet from his mobile home following a propane explosion, recently landed in jail following allegations of insurance fraud and arson.

Two divisions of HealthNow New York have teamed with a Massachusetts-based online care provider to bring web-based doctor visit to their clients, beginning this summer.

The parent company of Old Mutual Life Insurance Co. and its subsidiary, OM Financial Life Insurance Co. of New York, said today (March 11) it is considering selling off both companies.