East News for July 2007
- Activist Drives Mass. to Check High Accident Rate in Big Dig Tunnel
 - Mass. Agents Could Be Losers Under Competitive Auto Rating
 - Pa. Man a Real Lightning Rod
 - Two N.Y. Firms Shut Down for Failure to Buy Workers’ Comp
 - Fearing 1st Amendment Lawsuit, N.H. Town Scraps Insurance Requirement
 - Maine Insurers Question Dirigo’s $78 Million Third Year Savings Figure
 - Concrete Supplier to Pay $50 Million to Settle Big Dig Case
 - N.J. Customer Sues Starbucks Over Loose Lid on Hot Tea Cup
 - Merchants Preferred Opens for Business in N.Y.
 - Insurers Expect Claims from N.Y City Steam Pipe Explosion
 - Reinsurance Broker BMS Adds Hernandez to Marine Team in Conn.
 - Central Insurance Returns to Mass. Commercial Auto Market
 - Commerce Group Net Earnings Dip, Loss Ratio Rises in 2Q
 - Civil Rights Group Opposes N.H. Public Space Insurance Requirement
 - First Court Challenge to Va.’s Hefty Bad Driver Fees Delayed
 - Webster Bank Looking to Sell Conn.’s Largest Insurance Agency
 - Meadowbrook/TPA Associates Appoints Whooley as New England Rep
 - New England Broker Telamon Adds Insurance for Electronic Data
 - Former Patriot Coach Loses Obesity Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit
 - NYMAGIC Affiliate to Write Smaller Surplus Lines Risks in New York
 - New Web Site Seeks to Attract N.J. College Students to Insurance Careers
 - N.J. State Senator, Pedestrian He Injured Settle Lawsuit
 - N.Y. City Safety Officials Reassure Public After Steam Pipe Blast
 - N.Y. Gov. Spitzer Put on Defensive Over Aides’ Political Tactics
 - Montgomery Insurance Quadruples Virginia Team to Pursue Growth
 - OneBeacon Appoints Trahan as Maine VP
 - Va. Evacuation Plan Adds 300 Hurricane Gates to Highways
 - N.H. Accepts Insurers Use of Credit to Price Auto Insurance
 - Steel Workers’ Families Win $3.97 Million in Md. Asbestos Case
 - N.H. Law Continues Health Insurance for Ex-Spouse After Divorce
 - Maine Employee’s Widow Sues Employer Over Asleep-at-Wheel Crash
 - FedEx Says Arab-Americans Alleging Bias Not Protected by Mass. Law
 - Wholesaler Conn. Underwriters Adds Crawford, Hanebury and Macik
 - Pa. Decides Now Not Time to Reduce State’s Medical Malpractice Coverage
 - R.I. Workers’ Comp Writer Beacon Mutual’s Rates to Drop 5.9%
 - N.Y. Assigned Risk Auto Rates Dropping 7%
 - Mass. Governor: Auto Plan Balances Market, State Control
 - Steam Explosion Causes Scare in NYC; Not Believed to Be Terrorism
 - Federal Anti-Terror Funds to Connecticut Increase
 - R.I. Report: Transit Authority Paid $5.5 Million to Settle Claims
 - Maine Gov. Seeks Federal Money for Oxford County
 - Mass. Turnpike Chairman Closes Public Discussion of Big Dig Leaks
 - Kinloch Holdings Names Englert Executive Vice President
 - NIP Programs Names O’Conner Program Manager
 - Mass. AG Questions if Mass. Auto Market is Ready for Competition
 - Ailing 9/11 Workers Sue WTC Insurance Fund for Sick Pay
 - Mass. Hearing Today on Sale of American Employers’ Insurance
 - Mass. Lawmakers Urge Federal Inspections of Nation’s Tunnels
 - Insurer Seeks Repayment from Parents of Vt. Teen Who Took Hostage
 - Virginia Towns Get Green Light for Red-Light Cameras
 - Maine Woman Sues Employer for ‘Family Responsibility’ Bias
 - Mass. To Test Drive Competitive Rating for Auto Insurance for First Time in 30 Years
 - N.J. Broker Jimcor Promotes Azelby
 - Heavy Rains Flood Central Vermont
 - Delaware Abolishes Statute of Limitations for Sex Abuse Lawsuits
 - N.J. Gov. Corzine’s Crash Costs: $400,000 Out of Own Pocket
 - Federal Judge Cites Municipal Immunity in Nixing Award Against Conn. Town
 - N.Y. Agents Seeking Alternatives for Downstate Homeowners
 - N.Y. Reforms Credited with Shaving Workers’ Comp Rates by 20.5%
 - Pa. State Agencies Back in Operation After Budget Deal Struck
 - Del. Court: Employee Horseplay May Fall Outside Workers’ Comp Law
 - Wholesaler U.S. Risk Acquires Boston Insurance Brokerage
 - Six R.I. State Departments Lose Electricity
 - 17 Kids Evacuated from Burning NY School Bus
 - Medical Malpractice Trial for Former Patriots Coach to Resume in Mass.
 - Tri-Star Mining Cited in April Deaths of Two Maryland Coal Miners
 - Fatal Big Dig Ceiling Failure Blamed on ‘Epoxy Creep’
 - Maine Investigators Seek Cause of Fire that Destroyed 5 Buildings
 - Pa.’s Conneaut Lake Park Insured through Monday, Still no Money to Open
 - Federal Court Seeks Vermont Court Opinion on Punitive Damages
 - Driver Cries Foul as New Maine Law Yanks His Driver’s License
 - Pa. Insurance Department Could be Shuttered by Budget Impasse
 - Former Agent Convicted in N.Y. City Murder-for-Life-Insurance Plot
 - Vermont Firm Contests Fine for Alleged Failure to Fix Safety Problems
 - Pa. Government in Partial Shutdown
 - N.J. Agents Hope to End Auto Insurance Quote Requirement
 - Delaware River Town Finally Back in Business A Year After Flood
 - Conn. to Pilot Online Auto Registrations
 - Senate Confirms Marsh Counsel Sullivan to be U.S. Judge
 - N.H. Gov. Lynch Vetoes Civil Damages Bill Opposed by Businesses, Towns
 - Bill Limiting Pa. Farm Owners’ Liability for Hunting Accidents On Gov.’s Desk
 - N.Y. Names Medical Malpractice Task Force After Approving 14% Hike
 - Virginians Upset Over Steep Penalties for State’s Repeat Bad Drivers
 - Mass. Law Mandating Health Insurance Hits Critical Mile Marker
 - Rulings Clear Way for Product Liability Suit Against Drugmaker Wyeth
 - N.H. Governor Signs Law Rejecting ‘Unfunded’ National ID Card
 - N.J. Alleges Natural Resource Damage in 120 Suits Against Businesses
 - Insurer Reported to Pay $20 Million to Settle Bad Faith Claim in Pa.
 - Drinking Buddies Not Liable as Social Hosts, Mass. Court Rules