East News for February 2012 Dozens Charged in Massive Insurance Fraud Scheme in New York Free Speech Suit Settled in Massachusetts School Bullying Case 2 Baltimore Attorneys Sue Facebook Over Privacy N.J.-based Prudential Group Insurance Names Chief Information Officer Insurance Fight Shows Catholic-Evangelical Ties Penn. Insurance Department Forms New Health Insurance Assistance Unit March 5 Deadline to Register for Virginia Quake Aid Maine Wreath-Making Firm Awarded $1M in Lawsuit Against L.L. Bean Conn.-based Wholesaler S.H. Smith & Co. Announces Promotions Maine AG Stands Behind Opposition to Fed Mandate FEMA Gives $19M to Help Rebuild Virginia High School Ironshore Opens P/C Production Center in Boston for Wholesale Market AIG’s Benmosche: ‘AIG Has Not Only Survived, It’s Got Its Strength’ Selective Insurance Announces Officer Appointments Massachusetts Court Says Teens Not Liable Under Social Host Law Pennsylvania Township, Schools Pay $63K to Banned Fan Mom Virginia Residents File $2B Lawsuit Over Toxic Fly Ash Willis Tabs Zurich Exec to Lead U.S. Construction Surety Business R.I.-based Affiliated Insurance Managers Appoints Marketing Manager Pennsylvania Christian College Sues Over Birth Control Regs The Hartford Hires Chartis U.S. Underwriting Chief Tucker OneBeacon Completes Sale of AutoOne Business to New York’s Interboro 2 Virginia Localities Declared Primary Disaster Areas N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services Acquires The Pinnacle Group UnitedHealth Pays $250K Penalty in Vermont Over Alleged Improper Ads AIG’s Chartis Appoints Head of New Claims, Operations Division USI Insurance Appoints Two Executives in New York Connecticut Seeks to Recapture Role as Insurance Capital Preferred Concepts Hires R-T Specialty Exec in Hartford, Conn. $20M Verdict Upheld in Massachusetts Pool Slide Lawsuit Massachusetts Cardinal Pushes for Contraception Solution Penn State Countersues PMA Over Coverage of Sandusky Lawsuit Vermont Officials Will Choose Among 3 Health Packages Penn.-based Keystone Insurers Group Announces Promotion Mass.-based Enservio Acquires Insurers World N.Y. Regulators Launch Audit of Rising Health Insurance Rates Starr Companies Hires Chartis Exec as Head of Specialty Reinsurance D.C. Metro Settles Most Death Suits From 2009 Train Crash N.J. Prosecutors: Adjuster Defrauded Insurance Firms Citigroup to Pay $158M in Whistleblower Fraud Claim Over Insurance for Mortgages TD Insurance Appoints VP for Employee Benefits in Philadelphia Region Judge in Philadelphia Hears Arguments Over Secret Arbitration TD Insurance Announces Promotion in Boston Massachusetts Hotel, Workers Settle Class-Action Lawsuit Over Tips Paulson Steps Up Pressure, Urges Hartford Board to Spin Off P/C Biz BMS Group Appoints Executive VP for Philadelphia Office New York Leads 11 States in Suing EPA Over Soot Rules The Hartford’s Biggest Stakeholder Wants to Split Up the Firm Mass.-based PMC Insurance Appoints New England Territory Manager SEC, Ex-Bear Stearns Managers Settle The Graham Company in Philadelphia Appoints Vice Chairman, COO Connecticut Unveils ‘Insurance Checkup’ Campaign for Consumers Vermont Mulls Adoption of Health Insurance Exchange Pennsylvania Insurance Department to Liquidate First Sealord Surety Hanover Posts $49M Q4 Profit; Pricing Improved in Commercial Lines Conn. Governor Proposes Boosting Storm Preparedness City of Erie, Penn., to Pay $207K in Firefighter’s Firing Lawsuit Virginia Bill to Ban Unauthorized GPS Tracking Advances N.Y. Financial Services Deputy Superintendent Wrynn to Join Law Firm MF Global Judge to Examine Insurance Payments for Former Executives Vermont Would Allow ‘Bronze Plan’ to Encourage Health 90 D.C. Workers Face Firing for Unemployment Fraud Pennsylvania Woman Gets Probation for Fake Cancer Claims New York Presses Citi Unit on Force-Placed Insurance Probe First ‘Epic’ Vermont Flood Brought Change; Will Irene? NYC Judge Throws Out Beer Pong Lawsuit OSHA Investigates Virginia School After Lead Found Vt. Fire Chief: Chimney Fires on the Rise Because of Warmer Weather Selective Posts $16M Q4 Profit; Jan. Commercial Renewal Rates Up 4.5% Mass. AG Coakley Heading to D.C. to Make Case for Health Care Law New York Fed Taps 5 Banks to Bid for AIG Bonds: WSJ Alleghany, Transatlantic Shareholders Approve Merger Agreement N.Y. Attorney General Sues Banks in Foreclosure Effort New Hampshire, Other States Reach Settlement With Prudential Maryland-based Avon-Dixon Agency Appoints Selective Exec as COO Chubb Sues Actress Marisa Tomei Over $129K Damage in NYC Apartment Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case Insurer: Penn State Policy Limits Lawsuit Coverage Penn. Regulators Approve 5.7% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Costs Zurich Appoints Chief Underwriting Officer in North America WCRI: Virginia’s Medical Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Higher Than Most Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After Mixup Markel Reports $52.3M Q4 Income, Down 63% From One Year Ago Diederich Healthcare Expands Med Mal Coverage to New Jersey Kodak Employee Sues Company Directors Over Stock Deadline Feb. 2 for Quake-Related Jobless Benefits in Virginia Penn. Regulators Recovered $3.2M in Restitution for Consumers in 2011 Virginia High Schools Join in Safe-Driving Campaign W.R. Berkley Posts Q4 Profit of $118M; Average Renewal Rates Up 4.2% East News Archives
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