East News for November 2007
- Encompass Adjusts Mass. Auto Rates for 2008
 - Prudential Financial Names Strangfeld CEO
 - 18 of 19 Insurers Amend Mass. Rates; State Plans Outreach
 - NYMAGIC Ends Program Management Pact with Southern Marine & Aviation
 - McKenna, Johnson Join Lockton’s New York Team
 - Pa. Gov. Rendell Kills Gas Tax for Underground Tank Insurance Fund
 - N.J. Lawmaker Asks Why Insurance Card is Bigger than License
 - Paint Makers Challenge $2.4 Billion R.I. Lead Cleanup Plan
 - Mass. Auto Insurers Pressed to Lower 2008 Rates Even More
 - Arbella, MetLife, Main Street Amend Mass. Rates; OneBeacon Unveils Plans
 - R.I. Hospital Fined for Third Wrong-Side Brain Surgery
 - Mapquest Printout Leads to N.Y. Insurance Fraud Sentencing
 - Mayor Bloomberg to be at Insurance Charitable Foundation Dec. 5
 - Mass. Businesses Not Offering Health Insurance Options Face Fines
 - Pittsburgh Couple Wins $3 Million in Medical Malpractice Case
 - Insurer Balks at Payment in Case of Clinton Neighbor Shooting
 - N.Y. City Fire Department, Contractors Form Joint Job Safety Council
 - 300 Expected for Philadelphia Insurance-Sponsored Turkey Trot
 - Conn. Workers’ Comp Chief Warns End to Stability Could be Near
 - Mass. Liquor Liability Residual Market Lowers High Limit Rates
 - Maryland Rules Medical Mutual $69 Million Dividend Owed to State
 - Dunn Joins NIP Group as CFO
 - Mass. Drivers Get Taste of Competition; Insurers Cut Rates, Enhance Products
 - Hanover Among First to Tout Mass. Auto Rates; Vows Agent Appointments
 - Insurers File Mass. Auto Rates Today; Bill to Control Rating Factors Stalled
 - Judge OKs Dana Corp.’s $2M Settlement with Asbestos Victims
 - N.J.-Based Dowell Agency Offers Exclusive Program to Watchmakers
 - Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Pa.-Based Yanni Partners
 - Delaware Auto Rates Available for Comparison on State Web Site
 - N.Y. Firefighters’ Estates to Sue for $180M over Fatal Tower Fire
 - NY Mayor Sets Deadlines for Upgrading U.N. Fire Safety
 - Sherwin-Williams Seeks Answers on R.I. Lead Paint Cleanup
 - New Information Could Aid Pa. Nuclear Workers’ Claims
 - Maine’s Northeast Bank Insurance to Buy Spence & Matthews
 - Peerless Insurance Returning to Mass. Auto Under Managed Competition
 - Myron Named Treasurer at Hanover Insurance
 - New England Economy Entering Cool-Down Period
 - GMAC Insurance Fined Over N.H. Mailing
 - Marquis Agency Acquires N.Y.-Based Lucas & Dake
 - Hanover Ready to Offer Connector Product in New Mass. Auto Market
 - Deutsche Bank-Fire Lesson: Increase N.Y. City Fire Inspections
 - Conn. Trial Lawyers Say Medical Liability Insurer is Overcharging Doctors
 - Maine Town Tightens Rules for Public Gathering Permits
 - Fire Marshal Says 10 Fires in Cape Cod Town Were Arson
 - Liberty Mutual to Grow Mass. Sales Force by 50% to Handle Auto
 - N.Y. Escort Service Operator Facing Sentencing for Insurance Fraud
 - Hudson Valley N.Y. Agents Honor Main Street America Group’s Scaglione
 - Democrats Retain Control of New Jersey Legislature
 - Delaware Slashes Workers’ Comp Rates 17-22%
 - N.Y. Weighs Having Residual Insurer NYPIUA Offer Surety Bonds
 - Vermont Judge Permits Murder Victim’s Kin to Sue for Damages
 - MIT Sues Renowned Architect Gehry for Alleged Building Defects
 - N.H. Court: Home Insurance Exclusion Applies in Babysitter Molestation
 - Maryland Names Sammis Deputy Insurance Commissioner
 - Berkshire Insurance in Mass. Names Millet Chief Operating Officer
 - Will Mass. Give Thanks for Managed Competition or Rate It a Turkey?
 - Security of Vermont’s Enhanced Drivers’ License Questioned
 - Net Income Dips at Safety Insurance for 3d Quarter
 - Provider Insurance of Mass., R.I. Promotes Darcey
 - Hub Adds Rome Agency in Mass. to its New England Operation
 - Mass. Offers Online Licensing with Agent Lookup Feature for Consumers
 - Insurance Foundation Hopes to Raise $1 Million for Tri-State Charities
 - Community Spirit and Insurance Money Rebuilding Pa. Church into Jewel
 - Weekend’s Hurricane Noel Spares Northeast Coast Serious Damage
 - Hub Acquires Elevator Insurance Specialist JM Associates in N.J.
 - N.Y. Insurance Department Advances First Principles-Based Regulation
 - Garrison to Head Great American Executive Liabilty Office in N.J.
 - Home Depot, Conn. Insulation Firm Settle R.I. Nightclub Fire Claims
 - Maine Workers’ Compensation Insurers File for 2.2% Decrease
 - Court Suspends Rather than Disbars N.H. Lawyer for Insurance Fraud
 - Liberty Mutual to Re-quote 3,305 Dropped Coastal Home Policies in N.Y.
 - N.H. Construction Firms May Exempt 3 Executives from Workers’ Comp
 - Mapfre Cites Hispanic Insurance Market Potential Behind Commerce Acquisition
 - Conn.’s Gowrie Barden & Brett Adds Danko