East News for November 2005
- Allmerica Financial Reports Pre-Tax Wilma Losses at About $5M
 - National Atlantic Obtains Regulatory Approval to Assume N.J. Agency Home Business from The Hartford
 - Health Insurers Appeal Maine Universal Health Plan Funding
 - Mt. Washington Group Plan Offers Savings for N.H. CPAs
 - Drive Insurance Helps Fund Virginia Big ‘I’ Education Institute Building
 - Former Health Official Cross-Examined in R.I. Lead Paint Trial
 - R.I. Blues Receives Initial Green Light for For-Profit Wellness Subsidiary
 - Philadelphia Consolidated Sees After-Tax Wilma Net Losses of $5.5M
 - Conn. Names Fernandez to Lead New Insurance Development Agency
 - TD Banknorth Buying Central Maine’s Boothby & Barlett Insurance Agency
 - Injured Maine Engineer’s $5M Jury Award Reduced to $3.25M
 - Maine Business Owner Gets Jail for Falsifying Fire Extinguisher Tests
 - Jensen Joins William Gallagher in Boston as Senior VP
 - R.I. Researchers to Create Tsunami Hazard Maps for East Coast
 - Two Convicted in 2004 Murder of Insurance Agent in Philadelphia
 - D.C. Council Takes Up Med-Mal Reform But Bypasses Caps
 - Mass. AG Makes Final Argument for 18% Cut in Auto Insurance; Proposes Anti-Fraud Program
 - Md. Hospital Sued by Kin of Postal Worker Exposed to Anthrax; Hospital Sues Feds
 - N.Y. Court Upholds $21 Million Vicarious Liability Award
 - Insurers Cool to N.Y. Proposal to Freeze Access to Consumer Credit
 - Md. Court Reverses $3M Asbestos Jury Award for Paper Mill Worker
 - R.I. Governor Fears Job Slowdown as Firms Drop Health Coverage
 - Report: Work-Related Deaths Rose 50% in Conn. in 2004
 - Gov. Romney Names Collins to Head Mass. Registry of Motor Vehicles
 - Hoffman, Gorman Added to Connecticut Underwriters Team
 - N.Y. Dance Company Owner Charged With False Workers’ Comp Claim
 - State, Fire Marshal No Longer Defendants in R.I. Nightclub Fire Trial
 - Insurers Warn of Higher N.J. Auto Premiums If Ruling on Lawsuits Stands
 - DVUA Promotes Bannett, Allen to Executive Vice Presidents
 - N.Y. Seen Losing $125M Sept. 11 Workers’ Comp Aid for Sick Rescuers
 - Judge Declines to Declare Mistrial in R.I. Lead Paint Case
 - N.J. Mom Keeps Auto Theft Scam a Family Affair; Son Also Charged
 - Gov. Romney, AG Reilly and Industry Differ Over Mass. Auto Reform Plan
 - Conn. to Reconsider ProSelect 12% Med-Mal Rate Hike Rejected by Department
 - A.M. Best Assigns FSR for Darwin Group, Subsidiaries
 - BB&T to Acquire N.J. Investment Firm
 - Mt. Washington Offers Group Auto Plan for N.H. State Employees
 - Major N.Y. Hurricane Would Cost $100 Billion, Warns Cat Model Firm AIR
 - N.J. Agents Back Change in Insurers’ Auto Expense Formula
 - Mass. Lawmakers to Hear Romney Auto Insurance Reform Package Today
 - Lawsuit Filed in N.Y. Against Operator of Lake George Cruise Ship
 - Insurer and 2 Inspection Firms Dismissed from R.I. Nightclub Trial
 - Missouri Radio Host in Mass. Trial Accused of Killing Wife for BMW
 - Md. Cop on the Wrong Side of the Law; Convicted of Insurance Fraud
 - Mt. Washington Assurance Offers ID Fraud Protection to N.H. Policyholders
 - Chubb to Bring Jobs to Baltimore
 - R.I. Nightclub Owners Testify About Finances At Bankruptcy Hearing
 - Va. Court Reinstates Jury Award for Food Poisoning
 - N.Y. Readies ‘Common Sense’ Broker Commission Disclosure Rules
 - N.Y. Agents Applaud Pataki Workers’ Comp Package as ‘Positive Step’
 - Study Blames Bad Regulatory System, Not Bad Drivers, for Mass. Auto Woes
 - Rhode Island Nightclub Trial Told There Was No Warning About Foam’s Dangers
 - N.Y.’s Adirondack Bank Buys Clients First Agency of Ballston Lake
 - ELANY Selects Nunez to Direct Communications, Education
 - DVUA of N.J. Appoints Mansfield
 - Delaware Rejects 10% Workers’ Comp Hike; Signals 8% Would Be Approved
 - Maine Employers Mutual Rewards Employers with $4 Million in Dividends
 - Delaware Decides Against Written Test for Defensive Driving Discount
 - Quincy Mutual Chooses ISO’s Web-Based HomeValue Cost Estimator
 - Have You Heard the One About N.Y.’s Eliot Spitzer on the Comedy Channel?
 - Lead Paint Trial Opens in R.I.; Dangers of Lead Exposure Debated
 - Conn. Halts Hike in Kids’ Health Insurance Plan Premiums
 - Mass. House Advances Individual, Employer Health Coverage Mandate
 - Court: No Insurance for Bouncers Who Beat Up Baltimore Bar Patrons
 - Mass. Lt. Gov. Healey to Address Agents at The Big Event
 - Mass. City Honors OneBeacon Employee for Fraud Fight
 - Conn. to Weigh Workers’ Comp Rate Change at Nov. 18 Hearing
 - Firm in Fatal Truck Conn. Crash Faces Liquidation; Owner Charged with Fraud
 - ‘Blind Faith’ Agent on Death Row in N.J. Wins Reprieve
 - N.Y. Gov. Pataki Proposes Workers’ Comp System Reforms…Again
 - R.I. Approves NORCAL’s 10%, JUA’s 70% Med-Mal Rate Hikes
 - Mercer Insurance Group Reports Positive Numbers for Q3
 - Conn. Governor Signs Truck Insurance Reporting Bill into Law
 - N.H. Workers’ Comp Rates Going Down
 - Gov. Romney, Insurers Wage TV Ad War Over Mass. Auto Reforms
 - Maine Dirigo Found to Save $44 Million; Governor Claims Victory
 - Admitted Drunk, Underage Driver Can Sue Bars, Mass. Court Rules
 - Insurers Challenge Delaware Curb on Use of Claims History in Renewals
 
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