More than 250,000 vehicles were damaged across parts of the United States as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the National Insurance Crime Bureau announced Thursday. more

Michael Baduira has been named a retirement plan adviser with Cornerstone Retirement Plan Administrators. more

Kirk Lusk has been named chief financial officer of Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. more

Grant Livingston has been hired as a senior retirement plan adviser at Cornerstone Group, where he will be responsible for helping the firm’s small-business clients manage their retirement plans. more

BOSTON – A Colorado-based insurer last week agreed to pay $42,000 to resolve allegations that it illegally and prematurely canceled certain auto-insurance policies belonging to roughly 50 Massachusetts customers, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced. more

The Amica Mutual Insurance Co. earned an A++, Superior rating by insurance industry analyst A.M. Best Co. more

Our company is still negotiating the annual renewal of our health coverage. According to the insurer’s rate filings, we should probably expect an increase. more

BOSTON – More than $2.8 million in insurance refunds have been returned to Massachusetts motorcycle owners, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week. more

When the first six states – Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington – were granted conditional approval by the Obama administration on Dec. 10, 2012, to operate their new state-run, health-insurance exchanges, Rhode Island had not yet filed its application. more

Superstorm Sandy was the third destructive storm to hit the East Coast in 14 months. The property destruction and interruption of business operations caused by the storm and the potential for storm-related losses during the winter are reminders of the importance of having insurance and understanding what to do in the event of an insured loss. more