East News for March 2005
- R.I. Gov. Carcieri Submits Road Safety Package
- N.H. Weighs Single Judge Med-Mal Screening
- Conn. Gov. Rell ‘Unhappy’ Over Possible Big Job Losses from MetLife Buy of Travelers Life
- Pa. Employers to See Added Savings for Comp Costs
- N.Y. Toughens Reporting on Finite Reinsurance
- Property Owners Claim Big Dig Caused Damage
- N.Y. Raises Age for Mandatory Child Booster Seats
- Calif. Consumer Advocate Rosenfield Urges Mass. to Repeal No-Fault, Make Other Auto Changes
- N.H. Advances Small Business Health Reform
- Former Conn. Gov. Rowland to Report to Prison April 1
- Calif. Insurance Critic to Take On Mass. Auto
- Tower Group Completes Buy of 9 Insurer Licenses
- Pa. Man Sentenced in Murder-for-Profit Plot
- Maryland Corrects Med-Mal Subsidy Program
- Court: Insurer Must Pay Tyco CEO’s Legal Costs for Now
- In Conn., Bad Driver Retraining Called a ‘Joke’
- N.Y.’s Mills Vows to Fight for TRIA Renewal
- N.Y. Court Denies Workers’ Compensation Survivor Benefits for Same-Sex Partner
- Malpractice Payouts in Pennsylvania Rose in 2004
- Mass. LLJUA Names Marchant VP of Claims
- Pa.’s Educators Mutual and Eastern Holding Combine
- Maryland House Advances Teen Driving Bills
- R.I. Suit Against Lead Paint Manufacturers Delayed
- St. Paul Travelers Agrees to Fund Winding Down of Maryland Urban Insurer American Skyline
- Experts Question Safety of Boston’s Big Dig
- GOP in N.Y. Tries to Paint Spitzer as ‘Job Killer’
- Plymouth Rock Partners with AAA in Conn. on Discount
- M&T Bank Renames Insurance Agency
- M&A Services Expands to N.Y. City
- Del. Moves to Yank License Plates of Uninsured Drivers
- Bishop Elected President as PIA of Conn. Meets
- Safety Insurance Net Income Jumped in 2004
- N.H. Social Clubs Struggle to Meet Fire Code
- PCI: Banning Credit Score Use Will Hurt Del. Consumers
- Delaware Senate Panel Weighs Pros and Cons of Ban on Insurers’ Use of Credit Scoring
- Conn. Commissioner Cogswell Holds Her Ground in Broker Compensation, Med-Mal Battles
- Mass. Auto Insurance Task Force Promises Reform Package by June
- Pa. Sees Slower Growth in Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs, According to WCRI Study
- Insurers Worried that N.J. Proposal Would Force Many Employees to Register as Lobbyists
- N.Y. Auto Industry Restarts Stalled Drive to Reform Vicarious Leasing Liability Law
- Noodle Specialty Promotes Neeley, Dunn as VPs
- Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Tees-Off with Golf/Country Club Program
- Liberty Mutual Expanding N.H. Operation
- R.I. Bill on Insurance Late Fees Advances
- Smithson Joins Pa.’s Commonwealth Professional Group
- N.Y. Counties Receive Insurance Anti-Fraud Funds
- HIP of N.Y. Completes ConnectiCare Buyout
- Vermont Reports Decline in Teen Driver Fatalities
- Conn. Weighs Employer Health Fund Fee
- Boston-Based Broker IIG Wastes No Time Inviting Marsh’s Unwanted Accounts
- Boston Archdiocese Settles with Lumbermens Mutual
- Western General Enters Maryland Auto Market
- Ferrara Nominated to N.Y. Workers Comp Board
- Bothwell to Manage Beecher Carlson in Boston
- HMO Enrollment Reported Down in New England
- Warren Buffett Praises N.J. Auto Insurance Market Turnaround and Outgoing Chief Bakke
- McDonough to Head Citizens-Hanover Mid-Atlantic Team
- Conn. Gov. Meets with MetLife over Travelers Jobs
- Horace Mann Exit of Mass. Market in 2001 Upheld
- R.I. Judge Orders Nightclub Owners Pay Workers’ Comp Benefits to Families of Employees Killed in Fire
- New Jersey’s OIFP Issues Annual Report
- Progressive to Return to N.J. Auto Market
- Plymouth Rock Names Reardon in Conn., Scafidi in Northern Mass. to Marketing Posts
- Tower Group Names Beitz to Head New Program Unit
- N.Y. Bill Seeks Fiduciary Duty on Producers, Permits Profit Sharing with Disclosure
- State Farm Cutting N.Y. Auto Insurance Rates 5%
- Rep. Hart of Pa. Joins Critics of Flood Insurance Plan
- The McIntyre Group Reports Record 2004 Results; Regional Brokerage Doubles Revenue from 2003
- Mass. Workers’ Comp Writers Seek 1% Hike
