East News for December 2007
- Pa. Man Accused of Pushing Car off Mountain to Make Theft Claim
- Maryland County Pulls Plug on Earthquake Hotline
- Pa. High Court: Murder Spree is Single Event under Home Insurance Policy
- Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
- Baltimore Suffers Deadliest Fire Toll Since 1998
- No Strike for NYC Office Building Cleaners
- NYC Police Nab 2 for Selling Stolen Equipment to Business Owners
- Mass. Fines Safety Insurance over Home Policy Non-renewals
- Virginia Nears Third Year without a Mine Death
- Vermont Records Fewer Highway Deaths
- Berkshire Hathaway Gets Expedited License In N.Y. for Bond Insurer
- Conn. Insurance Chief Seeks ‘Mints on Pillow’ Treatment for Public
- Navigators Group To Join S&P SmallCap 600
- Mass. Attorney General: Cut Workers’ Comp Rates Again
- Uninsured Drivers in Vermont Could Face Increased Fines
- Big Dig Victim’s Family Agrees to $6M Settlement with N.Y. Epoxy Maker
- Cover-All Extends Tenure For CEO Roblin
- Bond Insurer ACA Financial Submits to Maryland Regulatory Control
- Mass. Wants Insurers to Notify Consumers When Payments Made
- Conn. Private Coastal Insurance Market Works, Say Commissioner and Insurers
- N.H. Construction Firm Pays $158K Haz Waste Settlement
- Mass. Reports $4M Judgment Against Insurance Broker Wm. Gallagher
- Mass. Accepts 8 Auto Insurers’ Rates; Reviews of Others Continuing
- OSHA To Investigate Maine Mill Accident
- Workers Comp Fraud Sweep Nets 8 in N.Y.
- Flying Ice Injures Pa. Ambulance Driver
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires School Specialist Koster Insurance in Mass.
- Foremost ‘Surprised’ by $230K Conn. Fine
- FedEx to Appeal Mass. Penalty over Classification of Drivers
- Neighbor With Fire Extinguishers Helps Save Pa. Amish School
- Officials Blame Extension Cord For Fire That Killed 4
- N.J. Dry Cleaner Who Lost Suit Makes Santa’s Naughty List
- Tort Reform Group Labels One N.J. County A ‘Judicial Hellhole’
- Mass. Panel Says State Should Create A Catastophe Fund
- Report: N.Y. Emergency Radio Network Fails First Major Test
- Mass. AG Targets 2 More Insurers’ Auto Rates for Hearing
- Mass. Town Seeks Controls, Liability for Tanker Trucks
- McGuire Joins S.H. Smith as Regional V.P. in New Philadelphia Office
- N.J. Turnpike Drops Lawsuit Against Deceased Drivers
- Va. Completes Installation of Hurricane Gates on Highways
- Springfield, Mass. Blaze Injures 7, Including 5 Children
- Fire Damages Maryland Shopping Center
- Boy, 9, Dies in Staten Island House Fire
- Lead Paint Cos. to File Response to Proposed R.I. Abatement Plan
- Watch the Gap: Metro-North Rail Service Ramps Up Safety Warnings
- GlobalOptions Signs $10M Deal With York
- XL Insurance Buys Naming Rights to Hartford Civic Center
- Fire in Gloucester, Mass. Kills 1, Destroys Several Buildings
- N.Y. Universal Health Care Bill Unlikely In 2008
- Pa. Gov. May Delay Malpractice-Fund Payments
- Merchants Begins Writing in N.J.
- Medical Mutual Returning $100M to Maryland, Local Physicians
- Conn. Insurance Groups Plan Benefit for Autism Society
- Engineer Says Providence, R.I. Hurricane Barrier Needs Repairs
- MVP Insurance Assumes Policies as Patriot Health Falters in N.H.
- Jury Awards $2.5M to Mass. Woman Misdiagnosed with HIV
- FDNY Now Inspects Hundreds of Buildings on Time after Deadly Fire
- Program to Catch Philly Red-Light Runners Extended
- OSHA Investigating Trench Collapse In Pittsburgh
- NYC Office Strike Could Leave Dirty Buildings In Its Wake
- Curzi Agency of Easton, Pa. Now Owned by Brown & Brown
- Philadelphia Attorney Accused of Faking Accidents for 25 Years
- Pa. Senate Votes to Extend Doctors’ Malpractice Insurance Subsidy
- R.I. High Court Upholds Lead Paint Law Exempting Small Landlords
- Suspended Vermont Doctor Faces 21 Counts of Unprofessional Conduct
- OSHA Suggests Safety Training for Drama Students At Yale
- Mass. Attorney General Says Auto Rates Higher Under Competition
- Mass. Officials Cite Early Success for Mandatory Health Benefit Law
- Maine’s Hyler Agency is Northeast Bank’s 6th Acquisition Within Year
- Mass. Attorney General to Look into Commerce Insurance Sale to Mapfre
- Long Island Roofer Pays $40K for Cheating Workers Comp
- NYC Office-Building Workers Could Strike on New Year’s Day
- N.Y. Laundry Business Faces Hefty OSHA Fines
- Best Assigns ‘B++’ Ratings to Oswego; Outlook Positive
- Mass. Arson Case Still in Court After 9 Years
- N.Y. Board Seeks Major Change in Workers Comp for Self-Insured
- Emerson, Reid & Co. Acquires Benefitport MidAtlantic
- N.J. Senate Passes Agent-Friendly Auto Insurance Changes
- Several Mass. Auto Insurers under Pressure to Amend Rates for 2008
- Settlement Reached in Conn. Kickback Scheme
- Mass. Supreme Court Expands Doctors’ Liability to Nonpatients
- N.H. Man Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Theft
- Conn. Jury Awards $3.4M to Man Injured Using Nail Gun
- N.Y. State Calls Off Bid Bonds Hearing
- Few Charged Under R.I. Social Host Law to Curb Teen Drinking
- Study: No Evidence Virginia’s Steep Fees Deter Abusive Drivers
- Hanover to Lower Motorcycle Insurance Rates in Mass. Next Spring
- Pa. Judge Overturns $3 Million Award in Wyeth Prempro Drug Case
- Mass. Police Officer Indicted for Insurance Fraud
- N.H. Promises to Fix Workers’ Compensation Law for Contractors
- Mass. Jury Hears Suit Against Doctor by Patient Misdiagnosed with HIV
- Coastal Insurance Reform The Top Issue For N.Y. Agents’ Group in 2008
- Brown & Brown Buys N.J.’s Dalton Insurance Agency
- N.Y. Insurance Charitable Fund’s First Grants Help Injured Soldiers, Urban Poor, Environment
- 30% of Mass. Agents Expect to Lose Auto Business under New Managed Competition
- Vt. Fatal Crash Spotlights Dangers with Ambulance Services
- Pa. Gov. Vows to Hold Up Medical-Malpractice Aid
- Pension Payments – NY to Close Expected $2B Shortfall in Insurance Fund
- Best Affirms and Withdraws Farmers Mutual Ratings
- Mass. Insurance Agents Support Managed Competition But Oppose Credit Scoring
- Supreme Court Lets Stand Virginia Viatical Insurance Law
- Progressive Adding Second Mass. Auto License
- Selective Insurance Names Four New Execs
- XL Insurance Completes Purchase of GAPS
- Consumer Group Says N.Y. Lags in Medical Malpractice Disclosure
- Maine’s Bath Iron Works Faces Fine
- N.H. Jury Finds Bike Week Organizers Not Liable in Accident
- State Insurance Commissioners Honor N.Y. Regulator Rapacciuolo
- Maine’s Northeast Bank Finalizes Deal for Spence & Mathews
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