Alfred W. Gross, the long-serving Virginia insurance commissioner who died just seven months after retiring, was an editor’s dream, even though many of those agents and brokers he served wouldn’t have known if they bumped into him.

The Philadelphia regional office of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department closes Aug. 5, in a move the agency says will complete its reorganization of its customer service bureau.

Alfred W. Gross, one of the longest serving insurance commissioners in the U.S., died this week, less than seven months after he gave up his post has Virginia’s insurance regulator.

The U.S. District Court in Nevada has ruled in favor of a risk-retention group in its fight against that state’s attempt to bar its operations despite federal preemption under the Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA).

New Jersey issued a certificate of authority, effective July 1, to its first captive insurance company, according to state insurance regulators.

The New York State Insurance Department is requiring all life insurance companies operating in the state to report any death benefits that have gone unpaid because the insurers did not use the official government death list.

John Hancock Insurance Cos. will pay about $4 million in overdue insurance and annuity payments to Maryland policyholders as part of an agreement over the results of an abandoned property audit.

The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) should make itself more transparent to consumers, and also should give brokers better access to information, said consulting firm officials in a public hearing June 23.

A Maine-based company had its Pennsylvania license revoked in May for using unlicensed agents to sell supplemental health insurance policies in Pennsylvania.

A Blandon, Pa., man who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud has had his Pennsylvania insurance license revoked.