East News for November 2016
- National Study Finds Pennsylvania Improved in State Workers’ Comp Costs
 - Access Holdco Buys Massachusetts Non-Standard Auto Business From IAT
 - New York Accountant Admits Stealing $3M from Grain Shipper
 - Top New York City Commuter Rails Slow to Progress on Technology
 - Steel Beam Falls from New York City Crane, Killing 2 Workers
 - Study Explains How Winter Chill Contributed to Deadly 1919 Molasses Disaster in Massachusetts
 - Study Finds Northeastern U.S. Could See Increased Hurricane Activity
 - Insurance Industry Sees Challenges with New York City Crawler Crane Requirements
 - Fear of Flooding on the Rise Along Virginia’s Coast
 - Unions, Gig-Economy Firms Prepare for New York Benefits Battle
 - Crews Establish Control Line Around Virginia Wildfire
 - Union Strike at New York Chemical Plant Enters 4th Week
 - 7 Injured in Fire that Damaged 3 Homes in New Jersey
 - Security Measures to be Reviewed After Panic at New York’s JFK Airport
 - IIHS Study Finds Rearview Cameras Can Reduce Backing Crashes
 - Suit Against New Jersey School Over Sex Charges Can Proceed
 - After New Jersey Train Crash, Transit Regulators Targeting Sleep Apnea
 - New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Company of America Appoints New Officers
 - Q&A: Deloitte Insurance Expert Discusses Hurricane Season and Flood Insurance
 - Exxon Climate Judge Orders ‘Unprecedented’ Questioning
 - Ex-Fire Company Treasurer in Pennsylvania Charged with Stealing Nearly $400K
 - Woman Convicted in $7M Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Scheme Charged Anew
 - After Trump Win, Massachusetts Becoming a Hub of Resistance
 - Connecticut Insurance Department Launches Online Pay Portal
 - New York Attorney General Concerned Trump May Gut Anti-Fraud Law
 - Crews Protect 60 Virginia Homes from Wildfires, but Blazes Continue
 - Ex-Assistant Principal in Virginia Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
 - Virginia Hemp Crop Harvested for 1st Time in Decades
 - Insurance Society of Philadelphia Presents Distinguished Leadership Award
 - Rutgers Law School in New Jersey Launches Project to Improve Homeowners’ Insurance
 - City Officials in Massachusetts Seek Advice on Legal Pot Issues
 - Platform Barriers Eyed Amid Spate of New York City Subway Deaths
 - XL Catlin Hires Huber in New York
 - A New Hampshire Prep School Faces Trial Over Boy’s Dismissal After Having Sex
 - Eastern Insurance Group of Massachusetts Hires Surette
 - North Country Insurance Group Adds Two Vermont Based Member Agencies
 - Sandy Hook Families Ask Connecticut Top Court to Hear Suit
 - The Right Cyber Coverage Can Protect a Business from Financial Ruin
 - Windham Group Hires Heffner as Chief Sales Officer
 - Report Finds New York Officials Aware of Soil Contamination Since 1987
 - Chubb Appoints Reiss as Executive Vice President in New York
 - City in Virginia Proposes Changes to Flood Insurance Rate Maps
 - Exxon Adds New York to Suit in Bid to Stop Climate Change Probe
 - Atlantic City Ride-Hailing Drivers Face Legal and Regulatory Hurdles
 - Opponents of Maine Marijuana Vote Take Out Recount Papers
 - 5 Boys Charged with Arson in Connecticut Fires
 - Massive Fire Engulfs Building at Former New York Steel Mill Site
 - NYSIF Creates Producers’ Advisory Council, Appoints 3 from IIABNY
 - Hub Acquires Assets of Massachusetts Based DFM Insurance Agency
 - Delaware Elects Navarro as Insurance Commissioner
 - EPA Authorizes $1.8M to Remove Unsafe Liquids From 2 Connecticut Industrial Sites
 - Massachusetts Student Says Northeastern Mishandled Sex Assault Complaint
 - Pennsylvania Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Company
 - Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Bizzoso and Landaverde
 - Feds Say Virginia Prison Guards Tried to Smuggle Drugs in for Gang
 - Explosion Critically Injures 1 at Delaware Pumpkin Flinging Contest
 - Jury Awards $3M in Damages Over Rolling Stone Rape Story
 - New Jersey Woman Sues UMass Over Son’s Fatal Drug Overdose
 - Man Claiming to be Victim Testifies in Penn State Sandusky Case
 - New York Subway Escape Alcoves Probed After Accident Killing Worker
 - Jury Finds Rolling Stone Liable for Defamation Over False Virginia Rape Story
 - Court Rules in Favor of Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund in Workers’ Comp Suit
 - New York Man Sentenced for Setting Fire to Business
 - Maryland School Bus Driver Killed in Crash Had Traffic Violation History
 - QBE North America Hires Owens in New York
 - Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Brodsky
 - New Jersey Utility Fined $300K for Violations that Caused Explosion
 - PIA Management Services Expands to Include Vermont Association
 - Pennsylvania Drivers Third Most Likely in U.S. to Have Deer-Related Accidents
 - The MEMIC Group Names Morehouse a Safety Management Consultant in New York
 - Child’s Fire Play Blamed for Destroying Maryland Home
 - Source Says Airbnb, New York in Talks to Resolve Rental Law Lawsuit
 - Aon Risk Solutions Completes Acquisition of New York-Based Stroz Friedberg
 - Rolling Stone Publisher Disagreed with Rape Story Retraction
 - Swiss Re Breaks Ground on New York Solar Power Installation
 - Connecticut Insurance Department Approves NCCI Workers’ Comp Rate Filing
 - New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Group Hires Wilcox to Succeed CFO