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 New York Giant Burress Fumbles Insurance on $140K Mercedes New Hampshire Attorney General Warns of Auto Insurance Scam Worker Dies after Falling from Pittsburgh Condo Bollinger Acquires BK International Insurance Brokers 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 Ex-New Jersey Politician Sentenced to Prison for Insurance Fraud New York’s Top Court Rejects Liability Claim against Tobacco Firms Panel to Hear Appeal in Maryland Mine Collapse 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’s Seward to Head Insurance Legislators Group New York Insurers Object to $140M in ‘Back-Door Taxes’ Maine Mercury Cleanup at Issue in Federal Ruling 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 Family of New Yorker Trampled at Wal-Mart Sues Retailer 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 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 Transformed Wall Street Very Costly for New York, Comptroller Reports 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 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 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 New Jersey Bar to Lose License after Patron Killed in Fatal Crash 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 Pennsylvania Judges Testify in Retired Judge’s Insurance Fraud Case Another Arrest Made in Connecticut DMV Probe Massachusetts Approves New Rates for Electric Insurance Co. 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 Workers’ Compensation Program from PMC Targets Health Industry Father of Patriots Quarterback Brady Sued in Insurance Case 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 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 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 Family of Man Who Died after Roller-Coaster Ride Sues NYC West Joins NSM Insurance as Hotel Program Director 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 Vermont Gets $205 Million from Failed Ambassador Insurance After 25 Years 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 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 New York Insurance Chief Seeks Contract Certainty for Large Policies PURE Approved to Sell Homeowners Coverage in New York Sylvester Joins Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency 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 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 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 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. Feds Find Fall Hazards at NYC Construction Sites 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 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 New Jersey Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Package 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 New Jersey Agent Elected to PIA’s Board of Directors Brown & Brown Empire State, Selective Insurance Support Children’s Charity Massachusetts Crackdown on Insurance Fraud Sets Milestones New York Ranks Least Complained-About Auto Insurers 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 Philadelphia Insurance Sponsors Run/Walk Benefiting Cancer Center New York Young Insurance Professionals Elects Officers 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 Harleysville Insurance Names Keefe to Lead Corporate Development Pennsylvania Businesses with Workplace Safety Plans Save $300M 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 Causes Only Minor Problems in Connecticut 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 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 Maryland Workers’ Compensation Costs Drop 5.4% Connecticut Says Use of Fake Auto Insurance Cards Growing Residents Approve $6.6M Settlement Over Mass. Paint Factory Explosion Pennsylvania Jury Gives $2.2M to Estate of DUI Crash Victim East News Archives
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