East News for October 2017
- Allstate Sues Former Agent Over EA Agreement in Mass. Federal Court
 - Severe Weather Sweeps Through Northeast, 300,000 Without Power
 - QBE North America Hires Keeping as NYC-Based Eastern Regional Executive
 - Key Metrics of New York Workers’ Comp System Tracked in New WCRI Study
 - AssuredPartners Acquires New Jersey’s Synergy Professional Associates
 - Legal Troubles, Political Discourse Lead to Insurance Probation for Vermont Town
 - New York’s Lawley Hires Overhoff as Loss Control Manager
 - Pharmacist in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Cleared of Murder
 - Former Maine Fire Chief Admits Starting Blaze That Burned 42 Acres
 - Man Convicted of Staging Connecticut Crashes in Fraud Scam Gets Prison
 - Prime Risk Partners Acquires New York’s Gunn, Steers & Company
 - Assurance Furthers Expansion Into Washington D.C. with Hiring of Groseclose
 - Investigators Seeking Source of Gas Leak After Connecticut Inn Explosion
 - Widow of Worker Killed by Street Sweeper in New York Awarded $41.5M
 - New York’s Frenkel & Company Joins Forces with EPIC
 - Yankees Deflect Foul-Ball Case as Court Upholds Century-Old Rule
 - One of Hartford’s Biggest Bondholders Doesn’t Foresee a Default
 - Maine’s MMG Insurance Hires Tawfall as Vice President of Personal Lines
 - Willis Towers Watson Hires Toner as CRB Market Leader for New England
 - Company to Require Helmets for Ski Resort Employees after Maine Worker Death
 - Fire Officials Estimate $1M in Damage from Maryland Apartment Building Fire
 - Hoverboard Suspected in Pennsylvania Fire that Damaged Six Townhomes
 - Virginia Police Say Car Fire Caused by Improvised Explosive Device
 - Massive Fire Ravages Neighborhood in Maine, Destroys Six Buildings
 - New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Promotes Arnold
 - Pennsylvania Fire Company Closes Following Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
 - Massachusetts’ Morrison Mahoney Elects Six New Partners
 - EPIC Adds New Brokerage Team in Pittsburgh
 - Pennsylvania’s Kueny Insurance Merges with KMRD Partners
 - Maine Man Suing Over Workplace Accident That Claimed Two Fingers
 - Delaware Announces Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease
 - New York’s Michael Adam Insurance Agency Joins SAN Group Inc.
 - Mass. SJC Reverses Lower Court’s Decision in Legal Malpractice Suit
 - Hub International Acquires Assets of Maine’s Graffam Insurance Group
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Delaware’s CNC Insurance Associates Inc.
 - New York Finalizes Regulations to Crack Down on Title Insurance Industry
 - Specter of Corporate Exodus Leaves Connecticut Budget in Crisis
 - Windham Group Receives 1st Case in Mass. Alternate Opioid Treatment Pathway
 - Universal Insurance Holdings Expands to New York with Launch of Universal Direct
 - Three Injured After Train Strikes Car in Pennsylvania
 - New Jersey Teen Badly Burned After Touching High Voltage Train Lines
 - Freeborn & Peters Hires Keely to New York Office
 - Driverless Car Bill Under Consideration in New Hampshire
 - Connecticut Teachers’ Union, Towns Sue State to Stop Education Cuts
 - Tanker Truck Wreck Forces Closing of Main Delaware Highway
 - DFS Finalizes Regulation to Strengthen New York No-Fault Insurance Law
 - Mass. Nanny Gets 15 Months for Stealing More Than $100K from Employer
 - Woman’s SUV Struck by Long Island Railroad Train
 - Risk Strategies Company Hires Scroope to Manage New England Operations
 - Burns & Wilcox Announces Philadelphia Office Expansion
 - Girl Hurt in Fall from Ferris Wheel at Virginia Carnival
 - New Jersey Court Nixes Class-Action Status for TGI Friday’s Drink Suit
 - New Vehicle Inspection System in Massachusetts Hits Bumps
 - What Insurance Companies Need to Know About Part 500 Cybersecurity Compliance
 - Pennsylvania Man Recruited by Soccer Pro Admits Military Insurance Fraud
 - New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Names Costa as COO
 - Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Hires Stanton
 - New Jersey Student to Get $6M After Breaking Arm in Gym Class
 - Federal Officials Study Connecticut Crumbling Foundations
 - Maine Employers Receive $21M Workers’ Compensation Refund
 - New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Managers Promotes Torres
 - Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Simpson McCrady Benefits
 - IICF Announces 11th Annual Benefit Dinner in New York to Honor Ryan Specialty Group
 - Drone’s Collision With Army Helicopter Over New York Probed
 - Injured New York Yankee Fan Takes a Swing at Century-Old Baseball Rule
 - Penn. Supreme Court Says Malice Not Required to Win Bad Faith Claims
 - The Doctors Company Now Offers Coverage to New York Healthcare Providers
 - A.I.M. Mutual Hires Walker and Carr in New Hampshire
 - Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Hires Heckler as Executive Director of Marketing
 - Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Group Hires Hellings
 - Delaware Panel Continues to Eye Details of Legalizing Pot
 - Flushed Jumpsuit Causes $100K in Damage at New Jersey Justice Complex
 - Man Gets Four Years in Prison for Staging Crashes in Connecticut Fraud Scam
 - Maryland Suing EPA on Power Plant Pollution in Other States
 - Integro Insurance Brokers Hires Buckley to Massachusetts Office
 - Connecticut’s Sutton James Aviation Insurance Brokers Joins Optisure
 - Distinguished Programs Hires Borelli to New York Office
 - After Deadly New York Crash, Schumer Seeks Charter Bus Safety Grades
 - Alleged Leader of Connecticut Auto Insurance Fraud Scam to be Sentenced
 - Pennsylvania Public Relations Agency Rebrands, Adds Hughes as Partner