East News for August 2011
- Maine’s Northeast Bancorp Sells Its Insurance Group to 2 Local Agencies
- Jury Finds Naval Officer Guilty of Defrauding 9/11 Victims’ Fund
- Forecast: Few Insured for Irene’s Losses in Connecticut
- MSO Introduces Personal Umbrella Program in N.Y.
- Vermont Flooding from Irene Take Its Toll: 3 Lives; Homes, Businesses Destroyed
- Ahearn Returns to William Gallagher
- Two Defendants Spared Prison in Rhode Island Insurance Scheme
- New England Coast Weathers Irene; Inland Flooding, Power Outages Major Concerns
- Some Fraud Counts Dismissed Against Pennsylvania Fire Chief and Wife
- Vermont Battles Extensive Flooding Following Irene
- New Jersey Suffers Widespread Damage from Irene
- Earthquake Showed Difficulties of Evacuating D.C.
- Massachusetts Man Awarded Damages in Suit Over Art Heist
- Pennsylvania Family Settles Gas Drilling Claim
- Costco ‘Slurpee Slip and Fall’ Suit Stays in New York
- Northeast Likely to Suffer Significant Damage from Irene
- New York Coastal Residents Urged to Move Out of Irene’s Way
- Pittsburgh Officer Put on Leave over Fraud Charges
- Most Maryland Homeowner Policies Don’t Have Quake Coverage
- Two to be Sentenced in Rhode Island Insurance Scheme
- AIC Holdings Appoints Purdy President, CEO of Underwriters
- Fatal Crash Spotlights New Jersey’s Teen Driving Law
- Threat of Irene Exposes New York’s Vulnerability
- Maryland Brothers Face Trial for Murder-for-Hire Insurance Scam
- The Hanover Adds D.C. Area Branch Office
- Massachusetts Judge Refuses to Quash Fatal Arson Evidence
- Allstate Files $5 Million Insurance Fraud Case in New York
- Earthquake Tested Safety of East Coast’s Nuclear Plants
- East Coast’s Once-a-Century Earthquake Causes Minor Damage
- IIABNY Issues Timely Warning on Earthquake Insurance Coverage
- New Hampshire’s Mitchell to Hear Health Insurance Pools Case
- Two Brothers Face Trial for Murder-for-hire Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Quake Damages Spires on Washington’s National Cathedral
- Former New Jersey Regulator Joins Board of Community Bank
- Connecticut Court Rules on Guaranty Fund Role in Workers’ Comp Claims
- South Jersey Man Sentenced for Filing False Claim
- Vermont Contractor Gets 30 Days for No Workers’ Comp
- Hunter’s Lawsuit Stirs Landowner Liability Concern in New Hampshire
- Virginia Moving Firm to Pay for Hair Discrimination
- Prosecutors Want Jail for Rhode Island Radio Host for Insurance Fraud
- Conger Joins Lockton Employee Benefits Consulting Practice
- NY’s Senator Schumer Calls for End to ‘Job-killing’ Insurance Fee
- Conner Strong Appoints 3 Execs to New Positions
- New Jersey Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Case for $1M
- Yale At Fault in Student Death: OSHA
- Judge Blocks New York City From Removing Fire Alarm Boxes
- Vermont Town Answers Former Treasurer’s Lawsuit
- Field to Head Sales for Swett & Crawford’s New York City Office
- Jury Acquits Boston Bodybuilding Firefighter of Fraud Charges
- Gaeta Joins Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance
- Vermont Family Seeks Wrongful Death Retrial Against State Police
- Virginia ‘Guns in Bars’ Study Finds Little Effect on Crime
- New Hampshire Insurance Department Seeks New Logo Design
- Settlement Reached in 2006 Ink Plant Explosion in Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania Mining Firm Fined $900K Over Deadly Explosion
- Overturned Greyhound in Pennsylvania Latest Northeast Bus Crash
- Maryland Hospital Settles Stent Claims for $1.8 Million
- Judge Tosses Coffee Shop Defamation Claim Against N.Y. Times
- State Agencies Not Exempt from Age Bias Claims, Says Mass. Court
- UPDATE: Ex-Adjuster Pleads Guilty in Rhode Island Fraud Scheme
- Judge Nixes Suit over Pennsylvania Officer’s Crash Death
- Highway Deaths in Maine Down for 4th Straight Year
- Railroad Ordered to Pay, Promote Injured Connecticut Worker
- New Hampshire City Probes 5 Fires as Arsons
- Ex-Insurance Adjuster to Plead Guilty in Rhode Island Fraud Case
- Ex-Staffer Sues NBC, Alleges Harassment Over Heritage
- New York Hotel Sues Over Ground Zero Construction Noise
- What New Car Insurance Rules Mean for New Jersey
- Captive Insurance Professionals Gather in Vermont for Annual Conference
- Lackawanna Deputy Coroner Faces Arson Charges
- Oleskiewicz Joins General Star for Inland Marine
- Virginia University Settles Student Lawsuit Over Rape
- 2000 Honda Civic Most Frequently Stolen Car in New York State
- Boston Man Convicted of Alberto Insurance Shooting
- Massachusetts Agents Seek Ballot Measure to Ban Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
- Judge Scolds PennDOT for Pursuing Uninsured Woman
- Group Wants to Repeal Key Part of Mass. Health Law
- Dispute over NH Insurance Plans to Go to Hearing
- Judge Scolds PennDOT for Pursuing Uninsured Woman
- New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Identify Theft Scam
- October Hearing Set on Va. Workers’ Comp Premiums
- Julio C. Shaik Joins Maryland’s IWIF as Chief Investment Officer
- Bankers Insurance Acquires Gateway Insurance
- Federal Aid Approved for N.Y. Flood Victims
- Maryland Casino Construction Site Collapse Kills Worker
- Former N.Y. Official Admits Guilt in Hamptons Fraud