East News for May 2018
- Runner Who Broke Arm on NYC Bridge Sues Port Authority
 - After Pair of 1-in-1000 Year Floods, a Maryland Town Seeks Safeguards
 - New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 - New York Board Proposes 11.7% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
 - Massachusetts’ Insurance Center of New England Hires Slezek as CFO
 - Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Insurance Company Names Tiziani SVP
 - Monomoy, Rogers & Gray, Spinnaker Launch Admitted Homeowners Product in Mass.
 - Mass., Conn. Senators Seek Answers About Safety Protocols for Self-Driving Cars
 - Glass Panel Falls, Kills Worker at Manhattan Skyscraper Site
 - With a Roar, Flash Flood Smashes Into a Maryland Community
 - Virginia Governor Northam Vetoes GOP Healthcare Bills
 - Ex-CFO in New Jersey Gets Prison Term for Stealing More Than $1M
 - Southwest Crew Detail Engine Explosion Causing Emergency Philadelphia Landing
 - Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Hires Thayer
 - Sewage Spill Forces Closure of Two Beaches in Vermont
 - Maryland’s Frederick County to Conduct Flood Damage Survey
 - Alliant Hires Charles as Senior Vice President in New York
 - Report Says Record Number of Data Breach Notices Filed in New York in 2017
 - Pennsylvania Telecom Tower Climber Gets $30M Settlement in Fall Suit
 - More Than $560K in Storm Damage to Vermont Railroad Causeway
 - Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Corporate Benefit Audits
 - Pennsylvania Sues Over Troubled Harrisburg Incinerator Bond Deals
 - The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Bentson Insurance Group
 - New Jersey Reminds Residents, Insurance Companies to Prepare for Hurricane Season
 - Investigators Probe Cause of New Jersey School Bus Crash That Killed Two
 - Man Says Artillery Fire in Massachusetts Caused Hearing Damage, Sues for $10M
 - Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Palczer as Vice President of Property and Subrogation
 - New Hampshire Approves Elias as Insurance Commissioner to Succeed Sevigny
 - Report Shows Far to Go for NJ Transit to Hit Safety Deadline
 - Preferred Property Program Names Dow Vice President of Programs in New Jersey
 - Pennsylvania’s Exude Inc. Hires Offner as a Director
 - Cleanup Underway After Powerful Storms Pound Northeast
 - Workers’ Compensation Professionals Form Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire
 - Risk Strategies Acquires Massachusetts’ Costello Benefits Group
 - Salem Five Acquires Massachusetts’ Fabri & Rourke Insurance
 - Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case
 - Man Struck, Dragged by Bus Settles Lawsuit with New Jersey Transit for $2.3M
 - The Evans Agency Acquires New York’s Richardson & Stout Insurance
 - EPIC Hires Montelione to Financial Risk Practice in New York
 - Lightning Strike Causes Fire, $50K Damage in Delaware
 - SafeWaters Underwriting Managers Appoints N.Y.-Based Kempf as VP and Head of Cargo
 - G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance
 - Maine’s The MEMIC Group Hires Heal, Promotes Flaherty and Wintle
 - Man Pleads Guilty in Alleged $50M Fraud Scheme in Maryland
 - Massachusetts Regulators Probe Uber Pricing During Storm
 - Landlord in Fatal Maine Apartment Fire to Pay $300K Settlement
 - NRA Sues New York, Alleging  First Amendment Violations in Insurance Crackdown
 - Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Add $12 Fee to Help Homeowners
 - Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Carlin Vice President
 - Alliant Hires Corcoran and Zukus in Pennsylvania
 - New Delaware Deputy Insurance Commissioner Sworn In
 - Connecticut House Passes $12 Fee to Help Crumbling Foundation Homeowners
 - Morrison Mahoney Hires Two in Rhode Island
 - Malloy Says He’ll Sign Connecticut Bill Forbidding Salary Questions
 - Prime Risk Partners Finalizes Acquisition of Roblin Insurance of Boston
 - Oil Companies Ask Judge to Kill NYC’s Global Warming Lawsuit
 - USI Closes Acquisition of New York’s Key Insurance & Benefits Services
 - Cuomo Says Plan for NYC Drug Injection Sites Will Be Reviewed
 - New York  AG Schneiderman Resigns After Denying Physical Violence Allegations
 - NJ Transit to Reduce Trains to Try and Meet Safety Deadline
 - Maine’s MEMIC Appoints Parks as Safety Management Consultant
 - Chubb Subsidiary Fined $1.3M for Underwriting NRA-Branded Insurance
 - NRA Sues Insurance Broker Lockton Over ‘Carry Guard’
 - Court Asked to Define ‘Collapse’ in Connecticut Home Foundations Case
 - New Jersey’s NJM Insurance Group Elects Livingston as President and CEO
 - Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation Hires Korn as Sales Manager in New England
 - Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
 - Mark Edward Partners Acquires New York’s Kaplow Insurance Agency
 - Woodruff Sawyer Expands New England Office’s Leadership Structure
 - School District Settles Negligence Suit With Massachusetts Family
 - Greenhill & Co. Hires Morris in New York as Head of Insurance Corporate Advisory
 - A.M. Best Affirms Excellent Rating, Revises Outlook to Negative for CMIC Group
 - Alliant Employee Benefits Hires Pennsylvania’s Weber as Vice President
 - New York Fines Lockton Over NRA Insurance; Continues Probe of Other Players
 - Vermont’s USA Risk Group Promotes Lyford to Senior Vice President
 - $4M Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Boating Death
 - N.J. Roofing Contractor Cited for Safety Hazards, Could Face $221K in Fines
 - Delaware’s Suit Against Drugmakers Over Opioids Remanded to State Court
 - Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Vetoes Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary Bill
 - Amtrak Failed to Observe Speed Warnings Before Fatal Maryland Crash
 
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