East News for May 2012
- N.J. Police Chief Convicted of Insurance Fraud Is Removed From Job
 - Google Names Former MMC Exec Wittman as CFO of Motorola Mobility Unit
 - Orchid Launches Personal Lines Program with Icat
 - N.Y.-Based PIA Management Services Hires Government Affairs Counsel
 - FM Global Names 3 Senior Vice Presidents in Rhode Island
 - Delaware Weighs Mortgage Assistance Plans for Struggling Homeowners
 - NYC Publishes New Edition of ‘Ready New York’ Hurricane Guide
 - Massachusetts Regulators Urge Water Safety as Summer Season Begins
 - Md. Officials Ask Homeowners: ‘Are You Ready for Hurricane Season?’
 - Delaware Regulators Recovered $1.3M for Policyholders in 2012 Q1
 - Burns & Wilcox’s Baltimore Office Appoints Assistant Branch Manager
 - Mass.-Based First American Insurance Announces 2 Appointments
 - Ex-Penn State President Sues, Eyes Sandusky E-Mails
 - Dewey & Leboeuf Files for Chapter 11 in Record U.S. Law Firm Collapse
 - Dog Attacks Up; Pennsylvania Postal Workers Not Surprised
 - Pennsylvania High Court Tosses ‘Any Dose’ Asbestos Theory
 - Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
 - New Fund Created to Help Displaced Vermont Mobile-Home Owners
 - Virginia’s Sales-Tax Holiday on Hurricane-Prep Items Begins Today
 - FEMA OKs Additional $5.5M for Buying Flood-Prone Properties in Penn.
 - OSHA Investigating Recent Spate of Construction Site Accidents in N.J.
 - N.Y. Rail Workers in Disability Scam May Be Eligible for Amnesty
 - R.I. Enacts New Law to Assist Homeowners With Hurricane-Related Claims
 - Insurer to Cover Half of R.I. City’s $389K Loss Caused by Embezzlement
 - Liberty Mutual Appoints Chief Actuary for Group Benefits Operation
 - Maryland’s State-Run WC Insurer IWIF to Become Private Nonprofit Co.
 - Vermont Companies Get Workplace Safety Awards
 - University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program
 - Penn. Pain Management Doc Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurers
 - Insurers Paid $200M to Victims of June 1, 2011 Massachusetts Tornadoes
 - FBI: 10 More Charged in N.Y. Long Island Rail Road Pensions Case
 - Country Singer Alan Jackson Raises $150K for Quake-Damaged Va. County
 - FCCI Insurance Expands to Maryland, Hires New Marketing Underwriter
 - Allied World Assurance Company Opens Philadelphia Office
 - Vt. Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints, Identify Impaired Drivers
 - Vermont Motorist Texts While Driving, Crashes Into Police Cruiser
 - Mass. AG Coakley Seeks to Close Loophole in State’s Drunk-Driving Law
 - N.Y. to Boot Crooked, ‘Dirty Doctors’ From No-Fault Insurance
 - New York Hearings on ‘Forced’ Insurance in Foreclosure
 - N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 11.5% Rate Hike
 - Northern United Agents Alliance in N.H. Expands, Adding 2 New Agencies
 - Vermont Governor Shumlin Signs Health ‘Exchange’ Bill
 - Vermont Becomes First State in U.S. to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing
 - N.J. Police Chief Is Convicted of Insurance Fraud, Faces Prison Term
 - Judge: New York AG Must Decide on Revealing Spitzer’s Emails on AIG
 - Group Urges N.Y. to Overhaul Regulation of Force-Placed Insurance
 - Aon Hewitt Says NYC Is World’s Lowest-Risk City for Recruiting, Hiring
 - N.H. Senate OKs Reimbursement for Naturopaths
 - For Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, the Time May Have Come for Last Rites
 - Hartford’s Commercial Underwriter Joins S.H. Smith in Connecticut
 - Virginia County Says Goodbye to Quake-Damaged School
 - Selective Insurance Announces 7 Officer Appointments
 - N.H. House Votes to Ban Health Exchange
 - New York Rule Says Insurers Must Seek Beneficiaries
 - Massachusetts Drivers See Insurance Rates Rise
 - Veteran Insurance Attorney From Dewey & LeBoeuf Joins Sutherland
 - Delaware Launches ‘Click It or Ticket’ Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign
 - Allstate Says It’s Ramping Up Agent Recruiting in Northeast
 - SIAA Adds 10 New Agency Members in Northeast
 - PGI Acquires N.Y.-Based Program Administrator American Altair Group
 - R.I. Court Rules on Designated Drivers’ Liability
 - Aon Hewitt Appoints Federal Client Manager in Washington, D.C.
 - The Dewey Chronicles: Rise and Fall of a Legal Titan
 - New York Judge Orders Anonymous Blogger into Court Over Business Reports
 - Mass. Regulators Reject FAIR Plan’s Rate Hike Request
 - N.J. Gov. Christie Vetoes Health Insurance Exchange
 - AIG Board Director Layton to Resign, Will Take CEO Role at Freddie Mac
 - Marsh Executive Joins Aon Risk Solutions’ Pittsburgh Office
 - Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Fires 450 People; Laid-Off Worker Files Suit
 - Virginia Hurricane-Prep Sales Tax Break Starts May 25
 - Brown & Brown Acquires Mass.-Based Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency
 - Goldman Sachs Upgrades AIG Stock to ‘Buy,’ Sees Progress at Chartis
 - U.S. Calls $2M NYC Deal Largest Fair Housing Act Settlement Ever
 - New York Fines 15 Insurers Over Mental Health Notices
 - N.Y. Officials Target Safety on Dangerous Roadway in Nassau County
 - Virginia Regulators End Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.’s Receivership
 - Insurance Club of Pittsburgh Announces Insurance Person of the Year
 - R.I.-Based Narragansett Bay Insurance Appoints VP
 - Genworth Financial Cuts About 80 Positions at Virginia Offices
 - ACE Westchester Appoints VP in New York
 - Two Dozen Agencies to Host Job Fairs Next Week Near Pittsburgh, Penn.
 - New Hampshire Bill Beefs Up Landowner Liability Protections
 - Verizon Sets Up Captive Insurer in N.J.; State Now Has 4 Captives
 - Deadly Crash in Bronx Raises Concerns About New York’s Aging Roadways
 - N.J. Judge to Decide If Text Sender Liable for Car Crash
 - Conn. Senate OKs Bill on Utilities’ Storm Response
 - Massachusetts to Host Hurricane Preparedness Conference
 - Connecticut City Faces Lawsuit in Fatal Christmas Day Fire
 - Probe Finds N.Y. Paid Prison Inmates Improper Workers’ Comp Benefits
 - Settlement Reached in Maine Class-Action Disability Lawsuit
 - Rhode Island’s Financial Literacy Program Expanding to 44 Schools
 - Mass. AG Coakley Advises Teenagers: Don’t Text While Driving
 - N.Y.-Based Alleghany Acquires Stake in Manufacturing Firm Bourn & Koch
 - Conn. House Passes Firefighter Compensation Bill
 - Va.-Based Genworth Financial’s CEO Resigns; Acting Chief Named
 - N.H. AG: Homeowners Have to Wait on Foreclosure Settlement Help
 - Another Insurance Attorney From Dewey & LeBoeuf Departs Firm
 - Former Aon Executive Named as CEO of N.Y.-Based Reinsurer Southport Re
 - N.J. Examines Stop-Loss Insurance for Self-Insured Small Businesses
 - New York Proposes New Rule to Crack Down on No-Fault Insurance Fraud
 - N.J.-Based Selective Appoints New Member to Board of Directors
 - Judge Rejects Strauss-Kahn Immunity in Civil Damages Lawsuit
 - Virginia Jury Convicts Costa Rican Man in $485M Fraud
 - Mass. Health Insurance Base Rate Up 1.2% on Average for Third Quarter
 - Dispute Over Insurance Management Heads to Hearing in New Hampshire
 - New England Officials Testify at Storm Hearing
 
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