East News for September 2005
- N.Y. Insurance Chief Renews Plea for TRIA, Notes State Plans No Substitute
 - Mass. Auto Rates Certain to Go Down in 2006 as Bureau Calls for 5.4% Cut
 - Mass. AG Recommends 18% Rate Cut for Auto Insurance
 - Progressive to Write Autos in N.J.
 - Two Leading Law Firms Merge
 - N.Y. Law Takes Bigger Bite Out of Owners of Dogs That Cause Injury
 - R.I. Workers’ Comp Rate Cut to be Heard at Nov. 16 Hearing
 - Pa. Hospital Risk Manager Says Malpractice Documents Were Altered
 - N.J. Court: Jury Should Spread Damage Award Beyond Car Maker
 - WellPoint Seeks to Buy WellChoice of N.Y., N.J.
 - Rhode Island Radio Station Denied in Bid to be Removed from Nightclub Fire Lawsuit
 - Pa. Insurer Will Not Raise Medical Malpractice Rates for 2006
 - Wilmington Trust Expands Captive Insurance Management Services
 - Heartbreak Aside,  Emergency Rooms Quieter When Red Sox Make Playoffs
 - Greater N.Y. Brokers to Honor Utica First’s Zick as Man of the Year
 - The Hartford Moving its N.J. Agency Home Business to Proformance
 - William Gallagher Promotes Bixby, Clifford and Martin in P/C Group
 - O’Donnell Joins Russell Bond in Syracuse Office
 - Virginia GOP Figures Could Face Depositions in Suit Against Insurer
 - Older Kids Back in Booster Seats Under New Conn. Safety Law
 - D.C. Doctors Plan to Retire or Move Due to Lawsuit Crisis
 - N.Y. ‘Fire-Safe’ Cigarette Law Credited with Saving Lives
 - R.I. Nightclub Owners’ Bankruptcy Filing Stays Workers’ Comp Court Trial
 - Pa. Town’s Insurer Pays to Settle ‘Officer NASCAR’ Suit
 - Trial Over Liability for 1993 WTC Bombings Begins In N.Y. Court
 - Deadly Trucking Crash Leads to Calls for Tighter Insurance Rules in Conn.
 - N.J. Supreme Court Pitches New Standard of Care for Ballpark Owners
 - Pa. Measure Would Grant Premium Break for Reducing Medical Errors
 - MADD of N.J. Marks 25 Years with Help from Auto Insurers, Dealers
 - Auto Reform Advocates in Mass. Take to TV, Radio to Drive Message
 - Pa. Man Accused of Stealing $400,000 from Universal Underwriter’s
 - ACE Settles Connecticut AG lawsuit
 - Donegal Group Purchases Shelby’s Personal Lines Renewals in 3 States
 - Flatt Named P/C Claims VP at Harleysville Insurance
 - Conn. Gov. Rell: Close Insurance Loophole Truck Drove Through
 - Conn. AG Blumenthal Expands Suit Against Marsh to Include Bid Rigging, Kickback Allegations
 - Pa. Court Nixes Suit Against Doctor by Blackout Driver
 - Harleysville Names McNamee as VP of Business Planning
 - Panelists to Discuss ‘The New Ethics of Insurance,’ Sept. 28 in New York City
 - Some Marylanders Still Hurting from Isabel Two Years Later
 - Former FEMA Director Witt to Lead N.Y. Catastrophe Coalition
 - Spitzer Subpoenas The Hartford Over Annuities, Workers’ Comp
 - N.J. AG Asked to Probe Forrester’s Campaign Contributions
 - Tropical Storm Ophelia Weakens, Sparing New England from Damage
 - Mass. Fair Plan Softens Rate Blow; Seeks12.5% Statewide, 25% on Cape Cod
 - Conn.’s Webster, Pa.’s S&T Cited as Top Bank-Owned Insurance Agencies
 - Redmer Reassures Public Over Katrina’s Impact on Md. Prices
 - Delaware in Market for Director for Revised Captive Insurance Division
 - Pa. Officials Accept Waddell & Reed $11M Restitution for Annuity ‘Switching’
 - Erie Company Extends Execs’ Contracts
 - Mass. and Boston Vow  to Revise Disaster Response Plans
 - Pa. Planners Turn Focus to How to Handle Potential Katrina-like Crisis
 - Colemont Promotes Two to Senior Management Team in Hartford
 - Vt. Eases Red Tape For State’s Financial Firms With Katrina Customers
 - Conn. Medical Holds Malpractice Rates Even After 5 Years of Hikes
 - Pair of Former Md. Insurance Administration Employees Convicted
 - N.Y. Insurance Community Mourns Passing of Agent Leader Demetriou
 - Rockwood Develops EPLI Program for Small Employers
 - Zurich Adds Environmental Office for New England Region
 - First Niagara Financial Group Acquires Burke Group
 - Colemont Names Cassidy, Baird to Senior Management Team
 - Harleysville, Trusted Choice Partner
 - Erie Insurance Group Throws Support Behind Katrina Victims
 - Former N.J. Chiropractor Charged in Billing Scam
 - Mahoney Heads Risk Control at Professional Underwriters
 - CAR’s Iannaco to be Honored as Mass. Insurance Professional of Year
 - Conn. to Test State’s Readiness in Hurricane Drill Today
 - OneBeacon Offers ID Theft Coverage to Homeowners and Renters
 - Two More from Marsh Join Integro
 - Pa. Rep. Seeks Emergency Aid Law with Flood Subsidies
 - Philadelphia Insurance ‘Ironman’ CEO Joins Triathletes for Katrina Relief
 - N.Y. Court Awards No-Fault Damages Despite Late Notice to Insurer
 - N.Y. AG Spitzer Urges Improved Lead Testing of Children
 - Mass. Agents Answer the Call, Contribute $20K to Big ‘I’ Katrina Relief
 - Katrina Prompts N.H. Officials to Review State’s Disaster Preparedness
 - N.J. Attorney General Probing Forrester Campaign Donations
 - Pursell, New Officers of Independent Agents of Conn. Take Over
 - UConn Says Dorm Safe Despite Missing Sprinklers; State Report Due
 - Willis Expands Presence in Upstate N.Y., Naming Marsh’s Meyer as VP
 
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