East News for May 2009
- New York Insurance Regulator Dinallo to Resign; Run for AG Ahead?
 - $2 Million for Kin of Woman who Died on New York Hospital Floor
 - Massachusetts Company Disputes Danvers Explosion Cause
 - Progressive Settles over Wrong Massachusetts Rate Quotes
 - Western Pennsylvania Town Tackles Arson Rampage on Vacant Homes
 - Virginia Exempts Hurricane-Preparedness Items from Sales Tax
 - Maryland Apartment Fire Causes More than $1M in Damage
 - Massachusetts Bill Would Let Doctors Say ‘I’m Sorry’
 - Acadia Launches Self-Storage Facility Coverage in Northeast
 - New York Barn Burns Decades after Blaze Hit Same Spot
 - Fire Destroy Maryland Supermarket
 - Massachusetts Senate Budget Bans Texting while Driving
 - Small Plane Crashes in Pennsylvania Tree, But No Pilot is Found
 - Virginia State Police Traffic Crackdown Results in 6,800 Violations
 - Navigators Opens Pittsburgh Office
 - Propane Leak Blamed for Home Explosion in Maine
 - Schott Named Deputy Commissioner in Maine
 - Historic Pennsylvania Inn Destroyed by Arson
 - Harleysville Names Young as Chief Claims Officer
 - New York Med Mal Insurer is $43M Short
 - New York Suit Seeks $10M for Unnecessary Brain Surgery
 - D.C. Fire Chief: Budget Woes Could Affect Service
 - Former New Hampshire Insurance Agent Sentenced to Prison
 - Northeast Bank Expands Insurance Agency Presence in Maine
 - Plymouth Rock Offers Reminder Service for Massachusetts Drivers
 - New York Man Charged with Torching Defunct Nightclub
 - New York OKs Online Course for Defensive Driving
 - Direct Writers Continue Battle for Massachusetts Auto Market
 - Keep Joins Conning in Hartford
 - Chimp That Mauled Connecticut Woman had Xanax in System
 - Virginia Begins Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday May 25
 - Delaware Diocese Weighs Selling Assets to Pay Abuse Settlements
 - Worker Killed in Explosion at New Jersey Business
 - Brannan Joins Narragansett Bay Insurance Co.
 - AIG Puts Vermont Ski Resort on the Block
 - Delaware Senate Committee Rejects Anti-Discrimination Bill
 - Massachusetts Settles Bid-Rigging Suit against Great American Insurance
 - DCAP Morphs from Agency Franchiser into Insurer
 - Hanson Named Chief Operating Officer at ProMutual in Boston
 - Judge Tosses Most Supermarket Data Breach Claims
 - String of Suspicious Fires Strikes New Hampshire Town
 - Maryland Shopping Center Explosion Ruled Accidental
 - Feds Probe Pilot Training, Behavior in Upstate New York Crash
 - Safety National Opens New York Underwriting Office
 - New York Releases Disciplinary Action Report
 - Brown & Brown to Buy New York’s Irving Weber Associates
 - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit in New York Boating Tragedy
 - Vandals Cause $50K Damage to Used Car Lot
 - Maine Man Gets 8 Months for Workers’ Comp Fraud
 - Wal-Mart Pays $2M to Avoid Charges in New York Death Probe
 - Curley Joins Rogers & Gray in Massachusetts
 - Marsh & McLennan Settles Connecticut Price-Fixing Claims
 - Judge Agrees to Freeze Assets of Connecticut Chimp’s Owner
 - New Jersey Senate Tackles Two More Insurance Bills
 - Gay Marriage Leaps ahead in Maine, New Hampshire
 - Arrested Rhode Island ID Thieves Stole $500K Worth of Goods
 - Bollinger Acquires Gail Steinberg & Co. Inc.
 - Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Coverage for Late Notice
 - New Day Underwriting’s Heft to Head Real Estate Practice Group
 - Connecticut Boy Dies after Accident at Local Skate Park
 - Maryland EMS Wrongful Death Suit Ends in Settlement
 - New York Reminds Insurers about $10 Fees
 - Injured New Hampshire Brewery Worker Given Another Chance on Benefits
 - Massachusetts Lawyers Form Bar Association for Reinsurance
 - Iannotti-Montz Joins Abbate Insurance Associates
 - Gays Say Maine Marriage Law Can Be ‘Unbearable’
 - Five Virginians Sue over Chinese Drywall
 - Contractor Appeals in Pennsylvania Electrocution Lawsuit
 - Maryland Yard Tractor Sparks Fire that Causes $400K in Damage
 - Building Collapses at New York City Construction Site
 - Pennsylvania Ex-Judge in Federal Prison for Insurance Fraud
 - New Jersey Residents Facing Motor Vehicle Fee Hikes