East News for March 2009
- Allstate Tests Brain Fitness Exercise Software and Driver Safety in Pennsylvania
- Hall Named CFO at Arbella
- PURE Offers Coverage in New York
- Tornado May Be Cause of Destroyed Pennsylvania Trailer Homes
- Rhode Island, Paint Cos. Await Decision on Lawsuit Costs
- Delaware Houses Passes Anti-Discrimination Bill
- Use of Coal Ash in Virginia Golf Course Prompts $1B Lawsuit
- AIG Executive Defends Multimillion Dollar Bonuses at Connecticut Hearing
- New Hampshire Man Faces Fraud Charge for Keeping Premiums
- Ex-AIG Worker Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison for $500K Theft
- Evidence Points to Crew Error in Upstate New York Plane Crash
- Philly Committee: Ban Handheld Cell Phone Use for Drivers
- Olsen Appointed President and COO of Pinnacle Network
- Firefighter Investigated in String of Pennsylvania Arsons
- Grisolia to Head Marketing at Narragansett Bay
- Connecticut Lawmakers Delay Vote on AIG Bill
- Fireman’s Fund Offers Green Homeowners Policy in New York
- Connecticut Orders Liberty Mutual to Pay $930K
- Khosropur Named Chief Claims Officer at Narragansett Bay Insurance
- Esurance Exploring Massachusetts Personal Auto Market
- McSally Promoted to Senior VP at OneBeacon
- Deer Blamed for Pennsylvania Crash that Prompted Evacuation
- Protesters Visit AIG Officials’ Lavish Connecticut Homes
- New York Republicans Demand Probe into AIG Campaign Donation
- Connecticut AG Says AIG Bonuses Were Higher than $165M
- Geico to Sell Auto Insurance in Massachusetts
- Yanking AIG Bonuses to Cost N.Y. City $3 Million in Taxes
- AIG Turns Over Bonus Names to N.Y. AG Cuomo
- Torus Names Trimble as Head of Domestic Excess Casualty Division
- Pennsylvania Commissioner Approves First-Ever ‘Green’ Discount
- Family of Connecticut Chimp Attack Victim Seeks $50M
- AIG Weighs Selling Pine Street Headquarters Building in Manhattan
- Mass. Commissioner Reverses Plan to Drop Auto Surcharge Appeals Board
- Truck Owner Pleads Guilty in 2005 Connecticut Crash
- Maine Wants Crack Down on Impaired Snowmobile, ATV Operators
- 73 AIG Employees Got $1 Million Bonuses, Says New York AG Cuomo
- Vermont Begins Hearings on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
- Report: New York Fraud Investigations Yielded 755 Arrests Last Year
- Massachusetts Construction Jobs Drying up
- Pennsylvania Officials Say New Fire is Not Part of Arson String
- PIACT Elects New Leadership
- Retired Pennsylvania Judge Appeals Fraud Conviction
- Massachusetts’ Attorney General Urges Insurance Chief to Keep Appeals
- Arson in Southeast Pennsylvania Reignites Fears
- Rising Sea Levels in Northeast Putting Cities At Risk to Storm Damage
- MacDougall Joins William Gallagher Associates in Boston
- New York City Spent $568 Million on Malpractice, Property, Other Claims
- Massachusetts Registry, AAA May Join on License Renewals
- Russell Named Agent of the Year By Connecticut Agents’ Group
- New Insurance Firm Launched in New Hampshire
- Retired Pennsylvania Judge Gets 46 Months in Jail for Fraud
- SMA Names Furtado as Partner
- Virginia Court Voids Malpractice Policy Due to Material Misrepresentation
- Pennsylvania Court Scolds Firm Paying Advances on Settlements
- Massachusetts Court Nixes Suit against Youth Soccer Groups
- New Jersey Ex-Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty to Child Porn Charges
- Gowrie Group Opens Rhode Island Office
- Rhode Island Judge OKs Plan for Sharing Club Fire Settlement
- Pennsylvania Barn Fire Kills 10,000 Turkeys
- Vermont Police Search for Suspect behind String of 22 Arsons
- Navigators Opens Philadelphia Office
- Ex-Pennsylvania Mayor Loses Bid to Have Legal Costs Paid
- UK’s Admiral Auto Insurance to Open Virginia Operations Center
- New Jersey Teen Hurt in Stolen Auto Denied Medical Benefits
- New Jersey Jury Awards $11 Million in Dental Malpractice Case
- New York City, Port Authority Agree on Crane Safety Measures
- Mass. Man Pleads Not Guilty to Broken Tooth Insurance Charges
- Mass. AG Questions Insurer’s High Risk Insurance Auto Rates
- Former New Jersey Police Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
- New York Teen Sues Facebook, Classmates for Alleged Bullying
- New Hampshire Might Double Small Claims Court Limits
- Mass. Man Faces Insurance Fraud Charges Over Broken Tooth Claims
- Delaware Captive Industry on Fast Growth Track; 40 Now Licensed
- 10 Chubb Insurance Employees Win $216 Mega Millions Lottery
- New York Tries First-Ever Sale of Failed Insurer to Private Investors
- New Jersey Says Ban on Cell Phones while Driving Works
- Insurance Fraud Arrests and Convictions on the Rise in Virginia
- Ex-New Jersey Councilman Guilty of Bribery in Insurance Fraud Sting
- Connecticut Insurance Department Recovered $3.1M in 2008