East News for December 2006
- Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Pit Bulls from N.Y. City
 - Report: N.Y. City Commuter Tunnels Vulnerable to Terrorist Activity
 - Pa. Court Grants Doctors’ Class Action Over Blues’ Reimbursements
 - Borden Perlman Insurance in N.J. Adds Cammerzell
 - Akerley Joins ProMutual Group in Public Relations
 - Conn. Gov. Rell Unveils Health Insurance Plan
 - Pa.’s Sterling Financial Sells 3  Insurance Units
 - N.H. Private School Sues Insurer Over Flood Policy
 - Ex-Md. Lawmaker Facing Charges Steps Down from Workers’ Comp Fund
 - Conn. Catholic Diocese Appeals Court Order Opening Sex Abuse Files
 - Tougher Teen Driving Bill On Way to Mass. Gov.’s Desk
 - A.M. Best Positive on Commerce  Acquisition of N.Y.’s State-Wide
 - Lloyd’s Sues Former R.I. Gov. Sundlun, Who Denies Owing Funds
 - Majestic Receives License to Write Workers’ Comp in N.Y.
 - Commerce Group Entering N.Y., N.J. Personal Lines Markets Via State-Wide
 - Maine Panel Embraces Mandatory Health Coverage
 - Maine Looks to Boost Fundng for Dam Safety
 - N.J. Group Working On Mandatory Health Insurance Plan
 - N.Y. Law Requires Greater Mental Health Coverage
 - Court Upholds Worker’s Claim Under Maine Medical Leave Act
 - Allstate Adds Maryland Coast to Its ‘No New Business’ List
 - N.Y.-N.J. Ports Panel Urges Nationwide Cargo Standards, Security Czar
 - Low Cost Health Plans in R.I. to Require Weight Pledge
 - The One That Didn’t Get Away: Maine Man Trapped By Lobsters
 - Conn. Gov. Rell to Replace Cogswell as State’s Insurance Commissioner
 - N.Y. Officials Charge 8 with Commercial Fleet Insurance Fraud
 - Report Hits Virginia Government’s Data Security Efforts
 - Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Assigned Risk Rates Going Down in N.H.
 - Northeast Wholesaler Jimcor Expands with Purchase of Pa. Broker Federico
 - Easton, Pa. Mulls Charging Insurers for Emergency Services
 - Automakers Unhappy as Court Upholds Spitzer on Lemon Law
 - N.Y. City Crackdown on Drunk Driving Yields 11% More Arrests
 - Maine Lawmaker in Drive to Jail Repeat Drunk Drivers
 - Campbell, Bradway Join PWIB in N.Y.
 - Vermont Sprucing Up Welcome Mat for Life Reinsurance Captives
 - Holidays are Good Time to Review Home Coverage, Advises Pa. Chief
 - Maryland’s Biggest Malpractice Insurer to Cut Premiums 8%
 - Insurers Seek Springfield, Mass. Church Documents on Sex Abuse
 - Vermont Temporarily Delays New Workers Comp Rehab Rules
 - N.Y. Drywall Contractor Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
 - Conn. Approves Slightly Lower Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
 - N.Y. Gov.-Elect Spitzer Nominates Dinallo as Insurance Chief
 - Mass. Auto Rates Cut 11.7% for 2007
 - Former N.Y. Official Samers Promoted to Global Ethics Post at ACE
 - Commerce, AAA in Mass. Extend Sales Partnership with 20-Year Pact
 - City Council Told Making Philly Highway Safe Could Cost $3 Billion
 - N.H. Family Sues Liquor Commission, Homeowner Over Drunk Driving Death
 - Virginia Property Owners Alerted to Insurers’ Higher Deductibles
 - Pa. Gov. Rendell Aims to Cut Health Care Costs in 2007
 - Her Future’s Uncertain but Mass. Commissioner Keeps Busy
 - Mass. Commissioner Orders Long-Awaited Transition to Assigned Risk Plan
 - N.H.Tells Families Caring for Disabled to Install Sprinklers
 - Maine Regulator Wake Receives National Award
 - National Atlantic and Commerce Group End Talks
 - Pa. State Workers Settle Suit Against Cigna for $93 Million
 - Health Providers’ Social Security Numbers Mistakenly Posted in Vermont
 - Report Details How Conn. Economy Still Depends Upon Insurance Sector
 - Report Recommends Phase-Out of Pa. Med Mal Abatement Program
 - Allstate to Halt New Property Business in Conn., N.J. and Del.
 - Mt. Washington Auto Insurer Partners with Savings Bank Life in N.H.
 - Two Pa. Areas Cited as Most Secure Places to Live by Insurer
 - Conn. Coastal Rules Could Make Matters Worse, Warn Insurers
 - Northeast Bank Acquires Another Maine Insurance Agency
 - Conn. Gov. Rell Touts New Jobs, Campus Construction by The Hartford
 - Health Premium Hikes Tied to Costly Specialty Drugs
 - Flooded Maine Family Blames Error in Federal Maps
 - Would Float Railing Have Prevented N.H. Parade Tragedy?
 - Maine Insurance Chief Iuppa Stepping Down in January
 - OSHA Catches Fall River, Mass. Contractor with Unprotected Trench
 - USI Holdings Promotes Catapano to Northeast President
 - In Delaware, No Hike in Workers Comp; 2.7% for Assigned Risk
 - Conn. Clamps Down on Shutters; Seeks Coastal Policy Alternatives
 - Mass. Employee Sues Firm for Firing Him Because He Smoked
 - Judge Upholds $1 Million Workers Comp Fine in The Station Case
 - Northeast Bank Acquires Maine’s Palmer Agency
 - Little Rate Relief Found First Year After N.J. Auto Reforms
 - Pa. High Court Revives Suits on Non-Profit Insurers’ Surplus
 - N.Y. Man Sentenced for Fraud in Dairy Barn Fire
 
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