East News for December 2016
- General Motors Sued over Fire Causing $450K in Damage to Pennsylvania Homes
 - New York Announces Health Insurance Reforms to Combat Opioid Crisis
 - Maine Town to Consider Pot Moratorium After Vote to Legalize
 - Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York
 - New York Town Scrambling to Replace Vehicles Destroyed by Fire
 - Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Notice of Intent to Sue
 - United Settles Lawsuit Over Safety Hazards at New Jersey Airport
 - New York State DFS Issues Updated Proposed Cybersecurity Regulation
 - Study Shows Growth in Virginia’s Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim
 - Christmas Day Fire in Connecticut Blamed on Toy Hoverboard
 - Judge Upholds Ban on Guns in Delaware State Parks, Forests
 - New Jersey Town Says It’s Not to Blame in Beach Collapse Death
 - Uber, Lyft Drivers in Maryland Won’t Have to Submit Fingerprints
 - Pollution from New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College Lab Dump Worries Neighbors
 - School Transit Company, Owner Charged with Insurance Fraud in Pennsylvania
 - Authorities Say Ex-Insurance Agent in New Jersey Stole Clients’ Identities
 - East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year
 - Ex-Nanny for Penguins Player in Pennsylvania Gets 5-Year Federal Sentence
 - Vermont Governor-Elect Reappoints Commissioner Pieciak
 - New York Financial Regulator to Delay Cyber Security Rules
 - New York Regulates Crime Insurance Underwriting of Firms Hiring Ex-Convicts
 - Lawmakers OK Uber, Lyft to Operate in New Jersey
 - New Hampshire Town Seeks Municipal Water from City after Coakley Rejection
 - Prosecutors Won’t Use Suspect’s Statement in New York, New Jersey Bombing Case
 - Alliant Hires Bothwell in Massachusetts to Expand Its Energy and Marine Group
 - Court Order Can’t Stop Stray Golf Balls from Hitting Pennsylvania Home
 - QBE North America Appoints Hill as CFO in New York City
 - Maine’s BroGue Insurance Under New Ownership
 - 10th Annual IICF Northeast Charitable Gala in New York Raises Record $1.4M
 - Kaplansky Insurance of Massachusetts Acquires R.P. Ahearn Insurance
 - Vermont to Study Environmental Risks of Proposed Rail Tunnel
 - Snow Affects Travel in Southern New England
 - New York Man Sentenced to 60 Years for Killing Fiancee for Insurance
 - Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Advises Preparation for Winter Weather
 - Former Gunpowder Plant Owner to Surrender $65K in Maine Case
 - Recreational Marijuana Law Takes Effect in Massachusetts
 - 2017 Changes to Used Car Dealer Bonds in New York
 - Company Cited After Worker’s Arm Inflated in Massachusetts
 - Maine-Based MEMIC’s Founding President and CEO to Retire in 2017
 - Vermont Ski Resort Owner Suing Insurer to Fund Defense in Fraud Case
 - 13 New York City Workers Arrested in $500K Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Maine-Based Cross Insurance Acquires Colt Insurance of Massachusetts
 - New Jersey’s NJM Insurance Announces Prall’s Retirement, Hires Shore
 - Fire Official Says Virginia Marina Fire Investigation Could Take Weeks
 - Outages Bring Scrutiny to Vermont’s 911 System
 - Rapid Repairs Sought After Pennsylvania Creek Flood Wall Section Collapse
 - Massachusetts Women Sue After Being Hit by Drone at New Hampshire Event
 - Appeals Court Allows Suit Against Firm in Pennsylvania Flood Deaths
 - Maine-Based MEMIC Group Promotes Sabatino
 - Chubb Appoints Updyke to Lead Commercial Insurance Operations
 - Recreational Marijuana Becoming Legal in Massachusetts
 - Fatal New York City Crane Collapse Blamed on Operator Error
 - Feds Charge 18 People in Pennsylvania Prescription Fraud
 - Auto-Owners Insurance Proposes Affiliation with New Hampshire-Based Concord
 - New Safety Rules Approved After Fatal Massachusetts Duck Boat Accident
 - Uber Wants Pennsylvania to Delay Rules for Driverless Cars
 - School Bus Driver in Fatal Maryland Crash was Speeding, Had Prior Wrecks
 - Private Flood Insurance a Focus for Pennsylvania Insurance Department in 2017
 - Lawmakers Discuss Merging New Jersey Transit, Other Agencies
 - Pennsylvania’s Odell Studner Hires Pittounicos as Director of Personal Lines
 - Maine-Based MEMIC Promotes Abboud and Fongemie
 - JenCap Holdings Agrees to Acquire NIF Group in New York
 - Maryland Arts Building Shut Down for Safety Violations
 - Rolling Stone Challenges Verdict in University of Virginia Defamation Case
 - California’s Cyence Hires Merchant to New York City Office
 - IIABNY Promotes Bixby to President of IAAC
 - County Coroner in Pennsylvania Sounds Alarm After Cluster of Heroin ODs
 - Officials Investigate Massachusetts Fire That Damaged 15 Structures
 - Alston & Bird Adds Two Litigation Partners in New York
 - Massachusetts Based Hanover Elects Carlin to Board of Directors
 - Airbnb, New York City Settle Rental Law Lawsuit
 - Rhode Island Man Who Streamed Drive, Crashed Had Suspended License
 - Regulators Examining Marijuana’s Impact on Massachusetts Casinos
 - Massachusetts Firefighters Battle Blaze That Spread to Seven Buildings
 - Police Sergeant in Massachusetts Gets Jail Term in Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Hub Acquires the Assets of Pinnacle in Massachusetts
 - Judge Adds $5M to McQueary’s $7M Verdict Against Penn State
 - Report Calls on New Hampshire to Prepare for Rising Seas
 - Circus Operator to Pay $24K Over Deadly Tent Collapse in New Hampshire
 - Virginia Flood Damage from Matthew Costliest Since Isabel, Officials Say
 - Vermont Ski Resort to Open with $6.5M Shortfall After Fraud Case
 - Student to Return to New Hampshire Prep School After Sex Case
 - New York Officials Warn Drivers to Watch for Pedestrians
 - Western New York Restaurant Closed After 60 Illnesses Reported
 
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