East News for February 2007
- Hatlem Joins Bollinger to Head Golf and Country Club Programs
 - Former Spitzer Unit Chief Peters to Head N.Y. Liquidation Bureau
 - R.I. Judge Orders Cleanup by Former Lead Paint Manufacturers
 - Pa. Town Ends Emergency Fees to Motorists
 - Hughes Joins Ames & Gough to Focus on Pa.-N.J.-Del.
 - R.I. Lawmaker Targets Hospital Errors
 - Dunn Joins Integro in N.Y.
 - Former U.S. Rep. Simmons Tapped to be Conn.’s First Business Advocate
 - Lockton Expands N.Y. Property Practice, Adding Beegle as Senior V.P.
 - Net Income Rose 77% for Year at Tower Group
 - N.Y. Gov. Spitzer Announces Workers’ Comp Reform Accord
 - Va. Vote Exempts Hurricane Safety Items from Sales Tax
 - Conn. AG Subpoenas Insurer, Agency in Commissions Probe
 - Commerce Agrees to Change Mass. Auto Club Ads
 - Allied Small Habitational Risk Unit Serves 8 East Coast States
 - Cullen Joins NSM Group from Marsh
 - Buffalo Bills’ McGee Sues Financial Adviser
 - U.S. Rep. Backs Maine Effort to Repeal Federal Drivers License Act
 - N.J. High Court Rules Schools Must Protect Kids from Harassment
 - N.Y.-Based Brokerage Kinloch Names Iacono as General Counsel
 - The Hanover Searches for New CFO
 - Pennsylvania Looks to Control Costs of ‘Cover All’ Health Program
 - Malpractice Suit by Former Pats’ Coach Ends in Mistrial
 - In R.I., Beacon Mutual Gets Long-Awaited Conduct Report from State
 - Former Md. Insurance Chief Picked to Head Public Utilities Panel
 - Vt. Surgeon Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million
 - Families, Survivors Mark 4th Anniversary of R.I. Nightclub Blaze
 - N.J. Civil Union Law Goes Into Effect
 - Crawley Joins Burns & Wilcox in Baltimore
 - N.J. Weighs Reliability of Drunk Driver Testing Machine
 - Former N.Y. Supt. Mills: State Regulation Has Holes to be Filled
 - Olmsted Adds CEO to Titles at Atlantic Companies
 - Maryland Mulls Ways to Keep Insurers from Abandoning Coastal Properties
 - Peerless Combats Construction Equipment Losses with LoJack
 - Jimcor Adds Business Auto Coverage for N.J. Artisan Contractors
 - Patrick Administration Holds Hearing Today on Mass. Assigned Risk Plan
 - Agents Urge Mass. to Scrap Assigned Risk Plan
 - Maine High Court Hears Debate Over Dirigo Savings Formula
 - Almost Half of Conn. Cell Phone Violators Let Off the Hook
 - Koken Resigns as Pa. Commissioner After Serving 10 Years
 - Va.’s Johnson & Strachan Acquires Progressive Management Associates
 - R.I. Lead Paint Court Case Remains in Legal Limbo
 - Lucke Named Claims Director for NIP Programs in N.J.
 - Broker Bollinger in Buying Mood: Acquires 2 N.J. Agencies
 - Vermont Officials Keep Eye on Montpelier Ice Jam for Flood Risk
 - Mass. Governor Chooses Justice Burnes as Commissioner
 - Backers of N.H. Boat Speed Limit Bill Expect More Support
 - N.J. Marina Owners Worry 24-Hour Beach Access Would Hike Insurance
 - Mass. Board Reconsiders Drug Benefit in Low Cost Plans
 - Scaffold Deaths Move N.Y. City Officials to Push Safety Measures
 - Mass. Halts Insurer’s Auto Insurance Direct Mail Ads
 - N.J. Man Indicted on Arson Again, Officials Say
 - Wholesaler S.H. Smith Adds Dalmata to Team for Vt., N.Y.
 - Dow Jones Forms N.Y. Captive
 - Medical Malpractice Risk Retention Group Launched in N.Y.
 - Del. Regulator Backs Health Pool; Cites New Risk Retention Group
 - D.C. Man Sentenced for FEMA Hurricane Relief Fraud Scheme
 - N.J.-Based Marquis Agency Acquires Sharp & Assoc.
 - Mass. Ski Area Gets a Lift from Prime Insurance
 - Chemical Vapor Build-Up Cited in Mass. Paint Factory Explosion
 - Vermont Lowering Lead Poison Threshold to Reach More Kids at Risk
 - Mass. Approves Harleysville Worcester Switch to Pa. Regulation
 - Conn. Agencies Merge
 - Del. Focuses on Workplace Safety for Hispanic Construction Contractors
 - St. Paul Travelers Settles Stun-Gun Suit Against Pa. Suburb
 - Pa. Insurance Mandate Violates Free Speech, White Supremacists Tell Court
 - Mass. Settles with Employers Re Over Inflated Workers’ Comp Charges
 - No Punitive Damages in Wyeth Hormone Drug Case
 - Maryland Told It Must Comply with Federal Real ID Driver’s License Act
 - PGI Commercial Adds Restaurant Program, Branch Office in Mich.