East News for December 2007
- In Vermont, Flooding Threat Wanes
- Fatalities on New Hampshire Roads up in 2008
- Rates Fall for Mine Subsidence Insurance in Pennsylvania
- Economic Link Suspected in Maine Arson Fires
- Explosion Levels Long Island House; No Injuries
- Connecticut Creates Online Service to Verify Workers’ Comp Coverage
- Ban on Text Messaging while Driving Proposed in New Hampshire
- Worker Dies after Falling from Pittsburgh Condo
- Bollinger Acquires BK International Insurance Brokers
- New York Giant Burress Fumbles Insurance on $140K Mercedes
- New Hampshire Attorney General Warns of Auto Insurance Scam
- Bollinger Acquires Allied Insurance Services
- Insurers Adding Resources to Speed Recovery from Northeast Storms
- Massachusetts Agents Want Regulator to Rein in Progressive
- Former Pennsylvania Chiropractor to Serve 4 Years for Fraud
- Ex-Beacon Mutual VP Faces New Rhode Island Indictment
- Delaware DMV to Stop Mailing Registration Renewal Reminders
- Explosion at Massachusetts House Kills 1
- Company to Pay $16M in Fatal Big Dig Collapse
- Vermont Jury Awards $3.6M to Victim in Priest Sex Abuse Case
- New York: 75 Agents Lost Licenses through First Half of 2008
- Intent to Sue Filed in Pennsylvania Hospital Roof Death
- Insurers Critical of New Jersey Senate Bill
- New York’s Top Court Rejects Liability Claim against Tobacco Firms
- Panel to Hear Appeal in Maryland Mine Collapse
- Ex-New Jersey Politician Sentenced to Prison for Insurance Fraud
- Seven Sentenced in New York for $1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Insurance Tax Increase among New York Governor’s Budget Proposals
- Lockton Combines Connecticut and New York Teams
- Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
- Cleanup Agreement Reached for Massachusetts Landfill
- Massachusetts Bill Would Shield Military from Predatory Insurers
- Connecticut Taxis Have Unusually High Crash Rates
- Massachusetts Doctors’ Group Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit
- New York City Construction Worker Injured by Concrete
- A.M. Best Lowers Outlook for The Hingham Group
- Medical Malpractice Screening under Scrutiny in New Hampshire
- 3,000 Tickets Issued During Virginia Road Safety Crackdown
- PURE to Offer Personal Lines Coverage in Connecticut
- New York Insurers Object to $140M in ‘Back-Door Taxes’
- Maine Mercury Cleanup at Issue in Federal Ruling
- New York’s Seward to Head Insurance Legislators Group
- Father of Ex.-Governor Spitzer Loses $1.3M Bias Suit
- Massachusetts Companies Settle with OSHA in Worker’s Death
- Five Tow-Truck Workers Arrested in Alleged New Jersey Theft Ring
- Connecticut Town Settles Lawsuit over Suspect’s Death
- Bus Driver Injured after Crash with Wild Turkey
- Pennsylvania Mother Sues Crocs over Son’s Escalator Injury
- Vermont Workers’ Comp Rates Likely to Go Down
- Rhode Island Top Court to Hear Arguments in Club Fire Case
- D.C. Warns Homeowners to Check on Insurance If Renting for Inauguration
- Maryland Insurance Department Hosts Regulatory Interns from China
- Massachusetts Diocese Pays $4.5M for Abuse Claims
- New Delaware Insurance Commissioner Names Transition Team
- Rhode Island Senate Proposes Crack Down on Drunken Driving
- Connecticut Family Reaches $2.3M Settlement in Drunken Driving Case
- New York Insurers’ Group Elects Officers and Directors
- Family of New Yorker Trampled at Wal-Mart Sues Retailer
- Philadelphia Food Workers Claim Bias, Sue for $200M
- Virginia’s Fall Fire Season Ends with 304 Acres Burned
- New York and French Regulators Sign Cooperation Agreement
- Jimcor Agencies Acquires Zaloom Associates
- Gregorio to Head Navigators’ Professional Liability Division
- Feds: Rhode Island Not Doing Enough to Fight Drunk Driving
- Mass. Court: Professional Liability Policy Excludes Document Theft
- Provider Insurance Group Promotes Tetreault
- BC Law Gets $3.1M from Liberty Mutual for P/C Insurance Professorship
- Virginia Sees Decline of On-The-Job Deaths
- Massachusetts Court Says Livery Firm Liable in Fatal Crash
- Group Cites 3 Delaware Plants as High Risk Locations
- Vermont Readies New Driver’s Licenses to Ease Border Crossing to Canada
- Workers’ Compensation Rates in Virginia Going Down, Up
- Delaware Cuts Workers’ Compensation Rates Again
- Transformed Wall Street Very Costly for New York, Comptroller Reports
- New York Reminds Insurers They Must Treat All Married Couples Equally
- Quadruple Amputee in NYC Plans $100M Lawsuit against City
- Eastern Insurance Hires Chase and Dunlop
- Fire Causes $800K in Damage to Delaware House
- Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud
- New York Insurance Broker Arrested for Larceny
- Massachusetts AG Wants Hearing on Insurance Company’s Auto Rates
- Delaware Student Seeks Damages for Online Gossip
- New York Warns Insurers about Some Homeowners’ Cancellations
- Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Withdraws Rate Change Request
- Massachusetts Extends Deadline for Businesses to Encrypt Data
- Injured Maine Man Wins $5M Award for Electrical Accident
- Liberty Mutual Agency Markets Appoints Northeast Management
- Tri-State Governors Call on Feds to Help Ex-Financial Services Workers
- New Jersey Bar to Lose License after Patron Killed in Fatal Crash
- Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation to Honor Swiss Re
- Debate Continues over Maryland Ambulance Fees
- Delaware Safety Officials End Campaign Against Agressive Driving
- New York Police Departments Launch Statewide Seat Belt Checks
- Closings Set in Insurance Fraud Trial of Former Pennsylania Judge
- Minor Earthquake Felt in Maine
- New Restrictions in Effect for Maine Driver’s License Applicants
- Massachusetts Settles with Big Dig Contractor for $21M
- New York Regulators OK Con Ed Steam Blast Cost Plan
- Defense Rests Without Pennsylvania Judge Taking Stand
- Ex-Rhode Island DMV Clerk Guilty of Making Fake Drivers Licenses
- Vermont Man Pleads Not Guilty in Crash That Sparked Fire
- Fire Damages 4 Pennsylvania Row Homes, Causes $1M in Damage
- WKF&C Adds Professional Liability Enhancements
- Another Arrest Made in Connecticut DMV Probe
- Massachusetts Approves New Rates for Electric Insurance Co.
- Pennsylvania Judges Testify in Retired Judge’s Insurance Fraud Case
- Motorcycle-Related Deaths in Connecticut Lower than 1980s
- EPA: Company Failed to Warn about Lead Paint in 4 New England States
- New Restrictions Possible for New Jersey Teen Drivers
- ISO Names Cobb as Director of Hazard Mitigation Program
- Vermont Warns Residents of Asbestos Danger at Old Mines
- Crash Victim’s Widow Sues New Jersey Truck Driver
- Judge Approves Settlement in InfoGroup Shareholder Lawsuit
- Jury Awards $5M to Woman Who Lost Arm in Drunk Driving Accident
- Fire Causes $150K in Damage to Parked Cars during Football Game
- Construction Industry: New York City Crane Regulations Go Too Far
- Family of Massachusetts Cancer Patient Gets $13.5M
- Former Rhode Island DMV Clerk on Trial for Creating Fake Licenses
- Rhode Island Agency Recognized by National Trade Group
- Wall Street Weighs Heavily on Erie Indemnity Co.
- Ex-New York Gov. Spitzer Will Not Face Sex Ring Charges
- Workers’ Compensation Program from PMC Targets Health Industry
- Father of Patriots Quarterback Brady Sued in Insurance Case
- Hartford Insurance to Cut 500 Jobs
- Max Specialty Group Approved in New Hampshire
- Travelers Fined $50K for Payments to Unlicensed New York Agency
- Democrat Stewart Wins Delaware Insurance Commissioner Race
- Profits Shrink at Safety Insurance
- Peterson Joins Gowrie Group of Cos. in Connecticut
- Electric Insurance Co. Makes Multiple Agency Appointments
- New Jersey Eyes Help for Patients after Medical Errors
- New York Appeals Court Upholds Workers’ Compensation Claim
- New Hampshire Police Chief-Lawmaker Wants Tougher Drunk Driving Law
- New York Liquidation Bureau Prepares to Sell Midland Insurance
- New York Man Faces Insurance Fraud Charges for Suspicious Fire
- Family of Man Who Died after Roller-Coaster Ride Sues NYC
- West Joins NSM Insurance as Hotel Program Director
- Maryland Merger: Warfield-Dorsey Joins HMS Insurance
- Mass. Reports More Drunk Driving Arrests, Rehabs Under New Law
- Report: Deaths from Deer Collisions on Rise in Virginia
- 3 Months After Tornado, Some in New Hampshire Still Fighting Red Tape
- Connecticut Family Sues Party Hosts in Drunken Driving Death
- Connecticut Insurance Broker to Fill GOP Slot as Honorary Candidate
- Pennsylvania Insurance Dept to Hold Climate Change Conference
- ‘Good Students’ in Virginia Get 15% Auto Insurance Break from GEICO
- Mass. Insurance Agency President Named to Turnpike Board
- High Point Auto Insurance Offers New Jersey Chamber Members Discount
- Labo Joins Mass. Insurance Agency Rogers & Gray
- Connecticut Insurance Department Recovers $1.4 Million from Complaints
- New York Hotel Worker Charged with Workers Compensation Fraud
- Ex-Pennsylvania Judge’s Trial Delayed Because Mother Dies
- Rhode Island Agents’ Trade Group Elects Loiselle-Mongeon as President
- Merchants Insurance Offers Redesigned Auto Product in Pennsylvania
- Vermont Gets $205 Million from Failed Ambassador Insurance After 25 Years
- Companies to Pay $312K in Mass. Oil Spill
- Safety Insurance Expands Auto, Home Offerings to New Hampshire
- Prosecutor: Ex-Pa. Judge Lied to Collect Insurance
- Maryland ‘Value Proposition’ for Injured Workers Gets Middle Grade
- Audit: N.J. Workers Comp Board Head Spent $55K on Travel, Candy
- Jury Seated in Pennsylvania Judge’s Fraud Trial
- Former New Jersey Legislator Sentenced in Insurance Bribery Case
- Rafferty Joins R.I.’s Narragansett Bay Insurance
- Jury Picks, Opening on Tap in Fraud Trial of Former Pennsylvania Judge
- Maryland Federal Magistrate Orders Lawyers to Cooperate
- Pennsylvania Fire That Killed 2 Ruled Accidental
- D.C Restaurant Fire Causes $1M in Damages
- Virginia Workplace Fatalities Drop 15 Percent
- PURE Approved to Sell Homeowners Coverage in New York
- Sylvester Joins Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency
- New York Insurance Chief Seeks Contract Certainty for Large Policies
- Insurance Fraud Case Set for Ex-Pennsylvania Judge
- Massachusetts RMV Trims Hours, Services to Deal with Cuts
- Study Says Mass. Agents Contribute $1.9B to the State’s Economy
- Fire at Vacant Delaware Building was Arson
- Corn-Filled Silo Collapses on Pennsylvania Dairy Farm
- Survey: Massachusetts Drivers Slow to Shop Under New Insurance Rules
- Fire Damages Virginia’s Chantilly Country Club
- New York City Hosts Crane Safety Conference
- Maryland Navy Commander Sued over Funds for 9/11 Injury
- Massachusetts Man Charged with Staging Crash Found in New Jersey
- Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Group Names Officers
- Insurers to New York: It’s Not Just Gas That Drives Insurance Rates
- Forecast: NYC Building Boom Will Peak in 2008
- New Jersey Skylands Insurance Introduces OneChoice Auto
- Glens Falls Bank to Acquire New York’s Upstate Agency
- Ex-New York Insurance Broker Sentenced to Probation
- New York, United Kingdom Regulators Sign Cooperation Arrangement
- New York Governor: Gas Prices Lowered Auto Premiums by $515M
- Hogan Named Vice President at Lockton in D.C.
- Rhode Island Senator Reed Reaps Campaign Cash from Insurance Sector
- Virgina’s ‘Fire Season’ Begins Tomorrow
- New York Jury Awards $10.7M to Woman Forced to Wait for Brain Scan
- Mass. May End Auto Insurance Appeals; Agents Balk
- Rhode Island Hospital Cited for Wrong-Knee Surgery
- Virginia Swamp Fire Finally Out after 121 days, $11 Million
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Fuller & O’Brien Inc.
- Construction Worker in Pittsburgh Dies in Fall
- Construction Worker Deaths Fell in NYC in 2007
- Conveyor Worker Killed in Pennsylvania Quarry Accident
- GOP Candidate Challenges Sen. Kerry on AIG Bailout
- Feds Find Fall Hazards at NYC Construction Sites
- New Jersey Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Package
- Loss from Maryland Arson Could Top $1 Million
- Donegal Insurance Reports 3Q to Reflect Hurricane, Securities Events
- Citing Financial Crisis, Maryland’s State Auto Insurer Delays Rate Cut
- Connecticut Blonde Sues over Brown Dye; Judge Brushes Off Suit
- Former Navy Technician Sues Virginia Gym over Workout
- Cap Reduces $1.85M Jury Award in Maryland Discrimination Suit
- New York Insurance Chief Says AIG Bailout was Unavoidable
- Renewal Rights Agreement Bolsters Narragansett Bay in New York
- New York Governor Vetoes Bill to Give Benefits to Drunk Drivers
- Pennsylvania Approves Tokio Marine Takeover of Philadelphia Insurance
- Very Drunk Rhode Island Driver Pleads No Contest
- Plymouth Rock Aims to Make Life Easier for Mass. Policyholders
- Maryland Commissioner: 9 Premium Finance Companies Broke the Law
- Massachusetts Crackdown on Insurance Fraud Sets Milestones
- New York Ranks Least Complained-About Auto Insurers
- New Jersey Agent Elected to PIA’s Board of Directors
- Brown & Brown Empire State, Selective Insurance Support Children’s Charity
- New York Judge: Nibble on Cinema Popcorn at Own Risk
- Habay Joins Reinsurance Broker Collins in New York
- Big Dig Tunnel Victim’s Family Settles Lawsuit for $28 Million
- Crane Falls on Rhode Island School under Construction
- R.I.-Based Commercial Insurer FM Global Revamps Top Management
- Boston’s ‘Biggest Loser’ Indicted in Insurance Fraud Case
- McGrane Joins NIA Group to Direct Human Resources
- Pennsylvania Ex-Judge Spent Insurance Money on House, Hot Tub
- XL Insurance Opens Boston Office
- Congress Shelves 9/11 Workers’ Long-Term Care Bill
- New York Liquidation Bureau Closes Receivership of American Eagle
- New York Signs Regulatory Pact with Bermuda
- Provider Insurance in Mass. Buys Gorman Agency Accounts
- New York Young Insurance Professionals Elects Officers
- Philadelphia Insurance Sponsors Run/Walk Benefiting Cancer Center
- New York Insurance Regulator to Oversee AIG Asset Sales
- Pollock to Head New Workers’ Compensation Unit for Keating Group
- Study: Connecticut Doctors Not Happy
- New Hampshire Insurance Chief Works to Reassure AIG Customers
- Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Evasion Scheme
- Medical Malpractice Insurer Lowers Mass. Rates 2.7%
- Retried New York Lawmaker Gets $140K Insurance Post
- New Jersey Scraps Fee for Rebuilding Damaged Homes
- New York Probes Long Island Rail Road Disability Benefits
- New York Insurance Chief Urges Caution on AIG Policy Switching
- New York to Begin Regulating Part of Credit Default Swap Market
- Tympanick Now President, CEO of Hospitality Mutual in Mass.
- Maryland’s IWIF Forms Public Entity, Direct Business Team
- Rhode Island Marks 70th Anniversary of Its Most Destructive Storm
- Tufts Health Plan to Enter Rhode Island Market
- Some See Spitzer Role in AIG Crisis
- Program Broker NSM Insurance Appoints McKernan President
- Rhode Island Acts to Safeguard Investments Managed by AIG
- N.Y. Gov Paterson Praises Insurance Chief Dinallo on AIG Rescue
- Maine Court Asked to Nix Church Immunity in Abuse Case
- Maine Investigators Seek Arsonist
- OSHA Cites Contractors in Deadly New York Crane Collapse
- 238 Charged for DUI at Delaware Checkpoints Since June
- New York Giants, Jets Cancel Stadium Naming Talks with Allianz
- Proposals Aim to Make New Jersey More Corporate-Friendly
- Poll: Few New Jersey Residents Support Lower Drinking Age
- Ward Named to Lead Iroquois Network Expansion in New England
- Progressive Offers ‘Pay-As-You Drive’ Auto Insurance in Maryland
- NYMAGIC Builds Surplus Lines Brokerage Network
- Two Arrested after Deadly NYC Scaffold Fall
- Pennsylvania Businesses with Workplace Safety Plans Save $300M
- Harleysville Insurance Names Keefe to Lead Corporate Development
- Massachusetts Launches Crackdown on Underage Drinking
- U.S. Court Upholds Vermont’s $183M Ambassador Insurance Judgment
- Wells Fargo Insurance Acquires Herder – Tarricone in New Jersey
- Drug Maker Not Liable in Death Caused by User, Maryland Court Rules
- Insurance Trade Group Honors U.S. Sen. Collins of Maine
- Insurers, Final Defendants Settle R.I. Nightclub Fire Lawsuits
- Neary Joins Insurance Broker Lockton in Washington, D.C.
- Former New York Regulator Pietroluongo Joins Cambridge Group
- Weldin Stewart Wins Primary for Delaware Insurance Post
- Selective Insurance Appoints Slader, White
- New York Workers’ Comp Board Issues 1,000th Stop Work Order
- Administrative Charges in Fatal NYC Tower Fall
- Hanna Brings Flooding, Flight Delays to New York City
- In New Jersey, Hanna Causes Flooding, Power Outages
- Brooklyn Man Charged with $130K Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Hanna Causes Only Minor Problems in Connecticut
- Manhattan College Disaster Center to Open in 9/11 Firefighter’s Name
- Rhode Island Nightclub Owners Reach Settlement in Fatal Fire
- Insurance Agent Appointed to New York Workers’ Comp Board
- Plymouth Rock Offers Discounts to Mass. Drivers Who Drive Less
- Guilbault to Direct Government, Industry Relations for 4-State Agents Group
- Former N.H. Insurance Agent Indicted on Fraud Charge
- Conn. Case over Disclosure of Insurance Agency Data to Continue
- Rock Band Offers $1M to Settle Fatal Rhode Island Fire Suits
- The Hanover Promotes Crater, Hires Bartolini
- Renovated Delaware Boardwalk Will Support Fire Trucks
- Man Pinned under Cargo Elevator in Connecticut
- Ironshore to Sell E&S Coverage in New York
- Carriers Protest Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund’s Rates
- New Jersey Drunken Driving Deaths Drop 6 Percent
- Connecticut Says Use of Fake Auto Insurance Cards Growing
- Maryland Workers’ Compensation Costs Drop 5.4%
- Residents Approve $6.6M Settlement Over Mass. Paint Factory Explosion
- Pennsylvania Jury Gives $2.2M to Estate of DUI Crash Victim
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