East News for October 2005
- N.Y. Hopeful Spitzer Stresses Strong Enforcement as Good for Businsess
 - Conn.  Senate Approves Measure to Close Truck Insurance Loophole
 - N.H. Gets Federal Disaster Aid to Help Recovery from Recent Flooding
 - Berkshire Bank Acquires 2 Western Mass. Agencies
 - Earnings Up, Losses Down in Commerce Group 3d Quarter
 - N.J.’s McIntyre Teams With Callard to Strengthen International Unit
 - Kneisley and Fusco Join Integro to Head Capital Project Risk Group
 - Delaware Hears Proposed 10% Workers’ Comp Hike Today
 - Cloutier Joins TD Banknorth Insurance’s Maine Office
 - N.Y. State Employees Honored for Roles in Lowering Auto Rates
 - Mid-Atlantic States Form Regional Hazard Response Consortium
 - N.J. Issues First Subsidies to Doctors for Malpractice Premiums
 - Specialty Risk Services Adds Director of Fraud Management
 - NSM Insurance Names Egan Director of Coastal Program
 - Lamparelli Joins E&S Broker Connecticut Underwriters
 - Hartford to Issue Refunds in Delaware Over Error in Credit Scoring
 - Md. Sedan Owners Lose Drive to Halt 52% Rate Hike
 - Pa. Governor Hails Improvements in Med-Mal Insurance Market
 - Md. Workers Comp Insurer Retains CEO Bromwell Despite Indictments
 - R.I. Nightclub Owners Submit List of Assets After Filing for Bankruptcy
 - Failing Taunton, Mass. Dam Replaced with New Structure
 - N.H.’s Senator Gregg, 17 Erie Insurance Employees Among Powerball Winners
 - Weak Competition Drives N.H. to Require Prior OK of Med-Mal Rates
 - As Governor in Mass., N.Y. Hopeful Weld Revived Workers’ Comp
 - Tetrault Joins NAMIC as Northeast Rep Based in Boston
 - Former Md. Senator, Workers Comp Fund CEO Facing Federal Charges
 - Feds Investigate Boston’s Logan Airport for Rash of Near-Collisions
 - Gov. Romney Orders Inspections of Mass. ‘High Hazard’ Dams
 - NSM Insurance of Pa. Acquires Reich Coastal Condo/Hotel  Program
 - Insurer Group AIA Names Murphy to Head Northeast Office
 - Harleysville Taps Sarnese for Mid-Atlantic Claims Center in N.J.
 - N.Y. Gov. Hopeful Weld ‘s Insurance Chief in Massachusetts Stirred Controversy
 - Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Appoints Smith, King to Key Positions
 - Hampton Named Acting D.C. Insurance Commissioner to Succeed Mirel
 - Maryland Auto Task Force Meets
 - Insurers Urge Md. to Attack Costs, Trim Mandates to Lower Urban Rates
 - N.Y. Supt. Mills Calls for Tougher No-Fault Auto Fraud Laws
 - Gowrie, Barden & Brett Insurance in Conn. Adds Barney as Senior VP
 - R.I. Court Mandates Mediation for All Med-Mal Cases in Providence County
 - Va. Judge Dismisses Drunk Driving Cases as Unconstitutional
 - Va. Judge Dismisses GOP Case Against Insurer over Eavesdropping
 - Chubb Fills N.Y Condo and Co-op Insurance Gaps
 - Closing Conn. Truck Loophole Easier Said Than Done, Insurers Warn
 - Rain-Soaked, Wind-Whipped Northeast Getting Back On Its Feet
 - Bollinger Adds Payne as VP in Commercial Unit in N.Y.
 - Willis Builds Up N.Y. Construction Unit on Long Island
 - N.J. Toughens Identity Theft Protections for Consumers
 - Integro Adds Principals to N.Y. Office
 - Drenched Northeast Continues to Weather the Storm
 - 16 Charged in Lowell, Mass. Staged Accident Scheme
 - N.Y. Group Wants State to Post Comparative Auto Rates for Drivers
 - Three in Mass. Indicted in $30 Million Payroll Scheme
 - Gay Partner Can’t Sue Hospital for Malpractice, N.Y. Appeals Court Rules
 - Northern Va. Police  Bust Staged Accident Ringleaders
 - Blumenthal Nixes Run for Conn. Governor; Will Seek Re-Election as AG
 - N.Y. Agents Elect Viana as President
 - SAN Group Network Added 8 N.E. and N.Y. Agencies in Third Quarter
 - USAA Cuts Auto Rates in N.Y.
 - Redmer Resigns as Maryland Chief to Take Health Insurer Position
 - Mass. Lawmakers Promise Health Insurance Plan By Next Month
 - N.H. Grapples with Worst Flood in Decades; Lives, Homes, Businesses Lost
 - For N.H. Agent, a Helpless Feeling Amid the Suffering and Loss
 - Mass. Clubs Appealing Year-Old Law Requiring Sprinklers
 - Pataki Seeks Mandatory Drug Testing in Commercial Boating Accidents
 - Heavy Rains Force Eastern U.S. Evacuations; Four Lives Lost
 - Alliance Bankshares Acquires Virginia’s Danaher Agency
 - Lake George Tour Boat Being Tested as Capsizing Probe Continues
 - Officials Assessing N.Y. Subway Threat Amid Tightened Security
 - N.J. Man Charged in Auto Scam
 - Court Appoints Receiver for Conn. Trucking Firm Involved in Crash
 - N.Y. Medical Society Opposes HIP, WellPoint Mergers
 - Insurers Appointing N.J. Agencies in Record Numbers, Reports PIANJ
 - Conn. Workers’ Comp Filing Seeks Small Boost
 - IWIF Promotes D’Alessandro
 - Mass. Alters Formula for Sharing High Risk Auto Insurance Business
 - R.I. Governor Proposes Plan for Better Health System By 2010
 - R.I. Grants 2.3% Hike in ProSelect’s Rates for Physicians
 - Gencorp Adds to Its Agency Network
 - Emerson, Reid Acquires N.Y. Small Group General Agency
 - Hamburger Joins Foa & Son in N.Y.
 - A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Progressive’s N.J. Insurers
 - Harvard Pilgrim Named Best Health Plan in U.S. by National Magazine
 - Erie Cuts N.Y. Rates for Cars 6.5%, Trucks 5.1% and Rewards Safe Drivers
 - Some Massachusetts Drivers Eligible for Refund from State Farm Over Salvaged Autos
 - Judge Orders Conn. Trucking Firm Owner to Court
 - R.I. Would Gain $3.7 Million By Adopting Primary Seat Belt Law
 
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