East News for December 2009
- Vehicle Safety Inspections Fade into D.C. History
 - New Jersey Court Reverses $260K Award to Family of Student
 - PGU Promotes Lester
 - Connecticut Town Settles Police Discrimination Case
 - Pennsylvania Sting Nets 24 Arrests for Auto Insurance Fraud
 - Russell Bond Promotes Two
 - Task Force Formed to Probe Massachusetts Fires
 - Cigarettes Sold in Virginia Must Meet Fire Standards
 - Markel President Resigns
 - Massachusetts AG Sues Agency Accused of Collecting Bogus Fees
 - Report: Deregulation Made Massachusetts Auto Insurance Market Worse
 - New York Orders Two Insurers to Reinstate 260 Policies
 - White Connecticut Firefighters Seek Back Pay, Damages
 - Maine’s United Insurance Acquires Mexico Agency from Northeast
 - Massachusetts Woman Sues Nursing Home Where She Worked
 - Marsh & McLennan Agency Buys New Jersey’s NIA Group
 - Narragansett Bay Gets R.I. Renewal Rights from Quincy Mutual
 - Massachusetts Court: No Workers’ Comp for Custodian’s 1999 Injury
 - NYSIF’s Gleason Honored by New York Claim Association
 - Experimenting Workers Start Pennsylvania Candy Company Fire
 - $4.7M Settlement in Pennsylvania Convention Center Collapse
 - New Year Changes New York Livery Firms’ Workers’ Compensation
 - Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Victims Seek $176 Million Settlement
 - New Hampshire to Require Sprinklers in All New Homes in 2012
 - Erie, Pennsylvania Bans Cell Phone Use While Driving
 - Insurance Does Not Cover Shootings by Drunk Pennsylvania Doctor
 - Delaware Sub Shop Owner Faces Fraud Charges in New York
 - New York Insurance Department Names Fritsch Deputy
 - Judge to Rule on Virginia Tech Shooting Lawsuits by Jan. 15
 - New York Insurance Anti-Fraud Group Honors YouTube Contest Winners
 - New York Cancels 113 State Farm Non-Renewals on Long Island
 - Maryland Insurance Commissioner Tyler Resigns to Join Federal Agency
 - Montpelier Officials Happy Insurance Covers City’s 2004 Accounting Error
 - Parmenter Joins Cowles & Connell in Connecticut
 - Harleysville Insurance Names Rooney As Inland Marine VP
 - Rhode Island Fines Allstate Over Consumer Choice in Car Repair
 - Mass. Court: Teacher On School Ski Trip Due Workers’ Compensation
 - New York Officials Sue Workers’ Compensation Trust Manager CRM
 - TV Anchor Appeals Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Suit in Baltimore
 - Disaster Aid to New England for Ice Storm Nears $80 Million
 - New Year to Bring New Pay Disclosure Rules for New York Producers
 - More Injuries on Public Than Private Sector Jobs in Virginia
 - Ironshore Names Mammolite New York Region Executive
 - Arbella Insurance in Massachusetts Promotes Jacobs, Hurley
 - Councilor Proposes Ban on Texting While Driving in Boston
 - Virginia Tech Faces $43 Million Lawsuit By Family Over Student’s Suicide
 - Court Hears Copyright Lawsuit Over Baltimore Ravens Old Logo
 - U.S. Offers Rewards to Help Solve New Hampshire Arsons
 - Payout for Deadly Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Expected Within Weeks
 - New York Requires Fingerprints for Some But Not Insurance Agents
 - Mass. Weighs FAIR Plan Property Insurance Rates
 - Pennsylvania’s Erie Weighs Ban on Cell Phone Use By Drivers
 - Arbella Insurance Again Challenges Agents to Help Combat Hunger
 - New Jersey’s Camden Borrows $1.2 Million to Pay Bias Settlement
 - Maine Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Data Breach Law on Damages
 - Rhode Island Hospital Apology Prompts Actor Woods to Settle Suit
 - ACE Insurance Building First in Philadelphia with ‘Green’ Status
 - Buono Joins New Day Underwriting in New Jersey
 - New Jersey Township Faulted for Denying Private Insurer Contract
 - New Jersey Car Insurance Prices Down But Still Rank Second Highest
 - Documents Show How Ex-Cardinal Handled Conn. Sex Abuse Claims
 - New Jersey City Considers Billing Insurers for Fire Calls
 - La Salle to Pay $7.5M over Brain Injury to Football Player
 - Two Pennsylvania Insurance Agencies Merge
 - Six Former Employees at Maine College Claim Age Discrimination
 - Debris on New York Highway Damages 2 Dozen Vehicles
 - Rhode Island Strengthens Drunken Driving Laws