East News for March 2020
- New Hampshire Fire Destroys Several Apartment Buildings, Displaces 12 Families
- Maryland’s RCM&D Hires Kahn as Commercial Division Director
- Massachusetts Joins Ohio, N.J. in Proposing COVID-19 Business Interruption Bill
- Connecticut Calls on Auto Insurers to Extend Coverage to Personal Delivery Drivers
- Fire Damages Popular Presidential Campaign Trail Restaurant in New Hampshire
- New York City Subway Driver Killed in Fire Being Investigated as Crime
- Owner of WWII-Era Bomber Banned from Carrying Passengers After Connecticut Crash
- Judge Declines to Dismiss Class-Action Suit Against New Hampshire Gun Manufacturer
- New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits
- Massachusetts Contractor to Pay for Clean-Up Costs Following Chemical Explosion
- Willis Re Appoints Melanson as SVP, Health Practice Leader in Massachusetts
- Freeborn & Peters LLP Hires Gould in Virginia
- Kirkland & Ellis Hires Hassouri in New York as Partner in Corporate Practice Group
- Maine’s Rios Agency Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
- How East Insurance Regulators Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia Insurance Partners
- Peachtree Special Risk Brokers Acquires Massachusetts’ RLA Insurance Intermediaries
- A.M. Best Downgrades Rhode Island’s Providence Mutual
- New Jersey Food Manufacturer Faces $77K in Penalties After Worker Injury
- Construction Worker Killed in Fall at Housing Site in New Jersey
- Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Retrenches on Sweeping Order Amid Complaints, Lawsuits
- Virginia’s Kinsale Capital Group Announces Underwriting Promotions
- Exxon Loses Jurisdiction Fight in Massachusetts Climate Suit
- NY Regs Ask Insurers for Details of Business Interruption Policies in Wake of COVID-19
- Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Trilogy Group Benefits
- Netflix Sued by Former Prosecutor Over Portrayal in ‘Central Park Five’ Miniseries
- Proposed N.J. Bill Would Require Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims
- N.J. Worker Fired for Medical Marijuana Use Can Pursue Disability Discrimination Claim
- New York OTDA Employee Arrested For Nearly $12K Sick-Leave Fraud
- Massachusetts’ Governor Baker Announces $10M Small Business Recovery Fund
- Governor Wolf Orders COVID-19 Shutdown Across Pennsylvania
- Maine Moves to Help Businesses, Workers as Closures Mount
- Virginia’s Kinsale Capital Group Promotes Haney, Petrucelli, Marson
- Lockton Hires Asencio to Northeast Region as Employee Benefits Practice Leader
- New York Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Workers’ Comp System of More Than $5K
- Driver Injured in Accident Not Eligible for Workers’ Comp After Failing to Wear Seat Belt
- Pilot Dies After Small Plane Crashes in Massachusetts
- Insurer Responsible for Liability Claims Despite Uninsured Premises Exclusion
- Indiana State University Wins First Place in Selective Insurance Collegiate Competition
- Worldwide Facilities Hires Curry as Senior Vice President in New York Office
- Mother Whose Son Drowned After Drinking Alcohol at Game Sues TD Garden
- Maine Gas Utility Will Be Fined $50K for Safety Problems
- Governor Murphy Waives Fees for COVID-19 Testing for Some New Jersey Residents
- Mercier and Kosinski Insurance Joins Rhode Island’s Thompson Insurance Group
- The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ LifePlus Insurance Agency
- United Heartland Hires Roth as Senior Business Development Specialist
- COVID-19 Emergency Regulations for Health Carriers Approved in Maryland
- Two New Agencies Join Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services’ New England Network
- World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Lewis-Chester Associates
- Brightway Insurance Franchise Owner Collins Expands Business to New Jersey
- New York’s Fullerton Beck Taps Pedro to Manage Newly Opened New Jersey Office
- Dinallo Returns to Debevoise & Plimpton as Chair of Insurance Regulatory Practice
- Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 100 Coronavirus Cases in New York State
- ‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads
- OSHA Cites Two Construction Companies After Employee’s Fatal Fall in Pennsylvania
- Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Prast as President
- Acadia Insurance Hires Former New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Elias
- Officials Say 250 in Coronavirus Quarantine in Massachusetts
- Haynes and Boone Hires Raptis as a Partner in Its Washington D.C. Office
- Dollar Tree Stores Faces $523K in Penalties for Safety Violations in Massachusetts
- Virginia Shipbuilder Faces $162K in Fines Over Worker Death
- New York Bill Requiring Backseat Buckle Up Passes Legislature
- InsurTech NY Announces Finalists for 2020 InsurTech Competition
- Court Upholds $21.7M Verdict Against Connecticut Rabbi in Sex Abuse Case
- Delaware Judge Holds Hearing in Lawsuit Over Hidden Bathroom Camera
- Officials Try to Calm Nerves as New York Reports First COVID-19 Case
- EXL Appoints Mahon as Executive VP, Chief Growth and Strategy Officer in New York
- Chubb Names Buonpane as Construction Industry Practice Leader in New York
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires New York’s CMS
- Walsh Duffield Announces Partnership with New York’s OSEA
- New York Insurers Required to Waive Cost-Sharing for Coronavirus Testing
- World Insurance Associates Announces Growth Investment from Charlesbank
- Maryland Insurance Administration Issues Order Revoking License of Aliera Healthcare
- Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Nonprofit of $240K
- NRA Seeks to Block New York’s ‘Political’ Enforcement Over Liability Insurance Programs