East News for August 2021
- People Moves: New Hires at Buckle, Plymouth Rock Assurance
 - Connecticut Insurance Department to Host Conference on Climate Change, Insurance
 - Massachusetts Contractor Faces $1.3M in Penalties After Workers Die at Dig Site
 - New York Volunteer Firefighter Killed by Reversing Fire Truck
 - Pennsylvania Woman Who Coughed on Market Produce, Claimed Virus Gets Jail
 - Feds Say $31M Manhattan Trip-and-Fall Scam Used Homeless People as Pawns
 - Online Thieves Divert $2.3M from New Hampshire Town of Peterborough
 - Man Charged with Shooting at Connecticut Capitol
 - Drought Disaster Relief Loans Available for Maine Businesses
 - US Golf Association Employee Charged in Embezzlement Scheme
 - Fire Crews Battle Blaze at Former Philadelphia Refinery Site
 - Case of 76 in Massachusetts Veterans Home Who Died of COVID Lands in Court
 - New York Man Charged in $9M Fraud Conspiracy
 - Brown & Brown of Massachusetts to Acquire Berkshire Insurance Group
 - Cleanup Begins in Soggy Northeast as Henri Plods Back to Sea
 - People Moves: New Hires at Verisk, LL Global; RT Specialty Promotes Amara
 - Jury Nixes Claims Against Air Rescue Firm in Fatal Accident
 - Henri Hurls Rain as System Settles Atop Swamped Northeast
 - OSHA Proposes $1.3M in Penalties Over Massachusetts Worker Deaths
 - Alera Group Acquires Third-Party Administrator Related Risk
 - Storm Henri Causes Flooding, Power Outages in Northeast; Heavy Rains to Continue
 - Six Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Facing Fraud-Related Charges
 - Maine Enacts Law That Will Ban Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in All Products by 2030
 - Tropical Storm Henri Could Strike New York, New England as Hurricane Starting Sunday
 - New Jersey Domestic Violence Victim Suing Prosecutor Over Being Named
 - Workers at Massachusetts Veterans’ Home at Center of COVID-19 Outbreak Sue
 - Massachusetts Utilities Seek to Stretch Reimbursement for Storm Damage
 - Connecticut Insurance Department Releases National Survey on Climate Risk
 - Virus Concerns Again Force Cancellation of New Jersey Marathon
 - New York Let Childhood Sex Abuse Victims Sue; 9,000 Went to Court
 - Massachusetts Woman Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Benefits Fraud
 - 10th Tornado Confirmed in July Pennsylvania, New Jersey Storms
 - People Moves: RT Specialty’s Burrows, API’s Gorman Promoted; New Hire at Concord Specialty
 - New York Insurance, Finance Regulator Lacewell to Resign
 - Seton Hall University Files to Dismiss Player’s Suit Over Knee Injury
 - Former Pennsylvania Bank Manager Accused of Setting Fire to Conceal Embezzlement
 - OneGroup Acquires Thomas Gregory Associates Insurance Brokers
 - N.H. Insurance Department Issues Bulletin on Appointment of Insurance Producers
 - Liberty Insurance Brokers Partners with Budde Agency
 - Massachusetts Tree Service Company Allegedly Retaliated Against Employees
 - Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty in Co-Worker’s Death
 - Three Firefighters Hurt Battling Blaze at Historic Connecticut Building
 - Dancers Allege Instructor Sexually Abused Them With Wife’s Aid
 - Amazon Loses Bid to Halt New York Warehouse COVID Safety Probe
 - Connecticut Seeks Disaster Declaration for Crop Damage
 - Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket Face Dire Climate Change Impact
 - Northern Maine School Library Burns, Bookstores Raise Funds
 - People Moves: SAN Group Names Inverso Regional VP; Jencap Promotes Smith, Orlando
 - NTSB Says Boston Green Line Train That Hit 2nd Train Was Going 30 MPH
 - AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings for Kingstone Insurance Company
 - State Asking FEMA to Assess Southern Vermont Flood Damage
 - Netflix Must Face Defamation Lawsuit by Prosecutor Over Central Park Five Case
 - Pennsylvania Roadwork Firm to Pay $20M in Workers’ Retirement Theft Case
 - Former Massachusetts School Superintendent Alleges Anti-Gay Discrimination
 - Massachusetts Ballot Question Would Stop Short of Declaring Gig Workers Employees
 - New York Gov. Cuomo Eased Path for Harassment Suits That May Now Target Him
 - MGA Insurtech Corvus Acquires Cyber-Focused Wingman Insurance
 - Delaware Insurance Commissioner Issues Alert About Recalled Respiratory Machines
 - Canary Blomstrom Insurance Agency Merges with GoodWorks Financial Group
 - New Hampshire Experiences Continued Stability in Workers’ Comp Market
 - University of Vermont Health Network Reveals Cause of 2020 Cyberattack
 - Forecasters Confirm Nine Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
 - New England Flash Flooding Leads to Home Rescues, Washed Out Roads
 - Covered Bridge Fire Declared Arson in Maine
 - Two Green Line Trains in Boston Crash, Injuring More Than 20
 - Ex-Boston Police Department Auto Repair Worker Will Plead Guilty to Fraud Scheme
 - Massachusetts Sues Grubhub Over Fees Charged During Pandemic
 - Calls for Suicide Barriers Went Unheeded Before Fourth Hudson Yards Death
 - New Hampshire State Police Discover 100-Plus Commercial Vehicle Violations
 - New England Flash Flooding Leads to Home Rescues, Washed Out Roads
 - Eight Tornadoes Confirmed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania During Storms
 - Virginia Judge Upholds Liberty University’s Suit Against Falwell
 
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