East News for December 2004
- High Costs of Doing Business in N.Y. Trounce Advantages, Says Report on State’s Business Climate
 - N.Y. Legislative Insurance Panel to Hear Brokerage Compensation Issues Jan. 7
 - Maryland Lawmakers Agree on Med-Mal Bill But Governor Vows Veto Due to Tax Feature
 - Serio Stepping Down as N.Y. Insurance Chief; Pataki Nominates Assemblyman Mills to Post
 - Another N.Y. Auto Insurer Reduces Rates
 - N.Y. to Hear 9.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
 - N.Y. No-Fault Insurance Fraud Ring Busted
 - Pa. Commissioner Revokes Pittsburgh Agency’s License
 - Pa. Hikes Maximum Weekly Workers’ Comp Benefit
 - Insurer Donates Anti-Fraud Tools to N.Y. City Police
 - Mass. Lawmakers Approve Anti-Runner Bill
 - Pa. Wildlife Officials Quash Coyote-Deer Risk Management Rumor
 - Conn. Agency Admits to Illegal Contributions
 - Maryland Gov. Ehrlich’s Med-Mal Proposal Unveiled; Special Legislative Session Gets Underway Today
 - Pa. Commissioner Closes Doors on Insurer
 - Mass. Gov. Romney Nixes LTC Tax Break
 - Met Life Agrees to Cut N.Y. Auto Rates 6%
 - The Hartford Latest Insurance Company to Hire Top  Prosecutor to Deal with Blizzard of Subpoenas
 - Md. Gov. Ehrlich Calls Special Med-Mal Session But Details of Proposal Remain Unclear
 - The MIIX Group Notes Bankruptcy Filing
 - Pa. Insurers File for Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
 - Negligent Criminal Acts Excluded from Yacht Policy, Court Rules in Case of N.H. Boating Death
 - Md. to Hold Special Legislative Session on Med-Mal
 - Berkshire Bank Buys Woronoco Savings Bank and Insurance Agencies in Mass.
 - Green Tree Perpetual Leaves Insurance Business
 - Jury Backs $2.3 Million Award to Terminated Independent Agent; Nationwide to Challenge Verdict
 - Average Rate Cut Slightly, Inexperienced Drivers to Pay More, Under 2005 Mass. Auto Insurance Decision
 - SCC Sets Workers’ Comp Premium Level Adjustments for Va. Workers
 - N.J. Residents Pulled Over in Accident Scam
 - NTSB Chairman to Speak at Md. Town Hall Meeting Focusing on Teen Driving Deaths
 - N.Y. Insurance Department to Approve 6% Auto Rate Drop for GEICO Customers
 - Mass. 2005 Car Insurance Decision Due Today
 - Pa. Notes New Contract with Lexington Insurance Co.
 - A.M. Best Places The Proformance Insurance Co. Under Review with Negative Implications
 - For Mass. Insurance Agents, AG Reilly No Ally
 - Docs to Lawmakers: Fix Malpractice Crisis
 - Aspen Specialty Insurance CEO Out
 - ACE Captive Solutions Office Grand Opening
 - Frankel Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Prison
 - PCI Names Baldwin N.Y. Regional Manager
 - Trumbull Names Enloe COO
 - Pa. Governor Signs Bill to Help Doctors Pay for Malpractice Insurance
 - Big Dig Managers Face $100M Mass. Lawsuit
 - National Penn Bank Acquires D.E. Love Agency
 - Spitzer Leads N.Y. Gov. Pataki, Trails Secretary of State Powell in Quinnipiac Poll
 - N.Y. Moves Against Balboa Insurance Co.’s Handling of Homes Served by Volunteer Firefighters
 - N.Y. Agents’ Survey Sees Lingering Hard Market
 - Md. Special Session on Med-Mal Called Unlikely
 - Arson Suspected in Fires in Posh Md. Subdivision; FBI Also Looking into Possible Ecoterrorism
 - Cigna to Repay State for Dental Plan Commissions
 - N.H. Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Changes
 - Surprise! Spitzer is Running for N.Y. Governor
 - N.H. Summit to Focus on Drivers’ Medical Fitness
 - N.J. Rule Changes Could End Lawyers’ Arguments
 - Va. Officials Join Critics of Flood Program
 - Maine, N.H., Vt. Rules May Spur Attorney Competition
 - For Conn. Agents, Concern Over Privacy in Disclosure
 - N.Y. Insurance Panel Cancels Brokerage Hearing
 - N.J. Drivers Receive $300 Million in Dividends
 - N.Y. Insurers Caution Lawmakers Over Reaction to Broker Probes As Albany Prepares for Assembly Hearing
 - Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Completes Acquisition of Vt.-based Smith, Bell & Thompson
 - Sandy Spring Bank to Acquire Md. Agency
 - Pa. Gov. Rendell Signs Bills on Crop Insurance, Insurance Company Surplus Rules
 
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