East News for June 2013
- N.Y. Attorney General Announces Conviction in Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Scheme
 - Liberty Mutual Expands Home Office in Boston With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
 - Bethesda, Md., Ranked as Most Secure Metro Area in Farmers Insurance Study
 - Irving Weber Associates Names Account Executive in New York
 - N.J. Toughens Penalties for Texting, Talking on Hand-Held Device While Driving
 - Boston-Based Risk Strategies Co. Sells Majority Stake to Kohlberg & Co.
 - Ames & Gough Names Senior Broker in Virginia Office
 - Penn. Mulls Tougher Demolition Rules in Wake of Fatal Building Collapse
 - NJM Donates Driving Simulators to Local New Jersey High Schools
 - FEMA Boosts Aid to New Jersey Towns Hit by Sandy
 - Connecticut Enacts Bill to Establish Disaster Claims Mediation Program
 - Port Authority Police Officer Accused of Insurance Fraud in New York
 - Safeco Begins Selling Personal Lines Insurance Products in Massachusetts
 - In R.I., Debate Continues Over 38 Studios Bonds as Insurers Await
 - Sandy-Ravaged Rockaway Peninsula in New York Receives Recovery Grant
 - Vermont Taps N.J. Captive Insurance Chief as New Deputy Commissioner
 - XL Group Names Regional VP for Marine in New York
 - Insurers Abandon Long Island After Superstorm, N.Y. Senator Schumer Says
 - New Jersey Still Looking for Takers for $10K Sandy Grants
 - $40M Program to Aid New Jersey Tenants Affected by Sandy
 - N.J.-Based Surety Partners of America Names COO
 - Delaware Legislature Adopts Workers’ Compensation Reform Bill
 - Group Applauds New York Assembly for Resolution Urging TRIA Extension
 - Virginia SIU Investigator Wins Award for Work on Staged Accident Case
 - Industry Group Opposes Massachusetts Proposal to Set Auto Labor Rates
 - Aspen Re Taps Swiss Re Exec to Lead U.S. Business Development in Connecticut
 - Massachusetts Insurance Settlement Raised to $5.25M
 - New NYC Evacuation Zones Include Almost 3M People
 - Sandy Flood Claims Exceed $31M in R.I.; Average Payment Was $35,603
 - Liberty Law School in Virginia Demands Lawsuit Coverage From Hanover
 - Thunderstorms Down Trees, Power Lines in Delaware
 - Heffernan Acquires N.Y.-Based Consuasor Insurance Advisors
 - Gov. Corbett Signs Bill Limiting Abortion Coverage in Pennsylvania
 - PMC Insurance Names Regional VPs for Restructured Sales Organization
 - Mass. Industrial Accidents Dept. to Require E-Filing for First Reports of Injury
 - Police Boost Presence in Sandy-Damaged Sections of New York
 - New FEMA Flood Maps Bring Some Relief to New Jersey Coast
 - Marsh’s U.S. Casualty Practice Leader to Join Victor O. Schinnerer as President
 - Maine Cancer Patient Gets $200K for Misdiagnosis
 - N.J. to Offer Lifetime Benefits to Spouses of Police, Fire Personnel Killed on Duty
 - Con Ed Installing ‘Smart Switches’ in N.Y. to Limit Power Failures
 - Philadelphia Building Inspector Kills Self After Deadly Collapse
 - Massachusetts Health Insurer Ends Coverage of Compounded Drugs
 - Owner Sentenced in Fishing Boat-Sinking Scheme in New Jersey
 - Insurance to Cover Vehicles Damaged in Shootout With Boston Bombing Suspects
 - NYC Resiliency Task Force Urges Raised Homes, Toxic Material Safety
 - N.Y.’s Call for Moratorium on Life Insurance Captives Questioned by NAIC
 - Ryan Specialty Group’s ThinkRisk Announces New Hires in Northeast
 - Mass. DOI Proposes Regulation on Auto Glass Repair Steering; Hearing Scheduled
 - FEMA: Federal Support for Rhode Island Sandy Recovery Exceeds $39M
 - New Jersey Moves Ahead With Buyouts in Flood-Prone Areas
 - Database Provides Statistics on Maryland’s Workers’ Comp, Injury Attorneys
 - Former Va. Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
 - N.Y. Says Life Insurers’ Use of ‘Shadow Insurance’ Could Hurt Policyholders
 - Lockton Taps 2 Former Wells Fargo Insurance Execs to Lead Boston Office
 - NYC Mayor Bloomberg Proposes $20B Flood Plan After Sandy
 - Connecticut Court: $1M Coverage for Nursing Home Fire Victims’ Families
 - Veto of Maine Workplace Bullying Bill Upheld
 - The Hartford Ordered to Pay $20M to Auto Body Shops
 - Philadelphia Fatal Building Collapse Brings Grand Jury Probe
 - Private Equity Firm LLR Partners Hires Senior Associate in Philadelphia
 - A New Threat for Hardest-Hit Sandy Victims: Soaring Flood Insurance Costs
 - Maine Highway Deaths Down From 2012
 - Brown & Brown Announces Asset Acquisition of Rollins Agency in New York
 - N.Y. Scrutinizing Sandy Rebuilding Contracts for Potential Overcharges
 - Connecticut Regulators Recovered $2.3M for Policyholders, Taxpayers in Q1
 - NYC Council Airs Proposals to Handle Storms Better
 - FEMA Publishes Latest Data on New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery
 - Connecticut’s Anti-Distracted Driving Bill Sent to Governor
 - New Position to Target Workers’ Comp Fraud in Rhode Island
 - N.H. Commissioner Sevigny’s Reappointment Confirmed by Exec Council
 - Groups Warn N.Y. Assembly’s Insurance Reform Bills Have Potential to Backfire
 - Court Dismisses State’s Suit Against NCAA Over Penn State Sandusky Fines
 - Philadelphia Building Collapse Leaves 6 Dead, 14 Injured
 - Actor Jim Carrey’s Biz Has WC Coverage, NYS Workers’ Comp Board Says
 - AIG, General Motors to Be Added to S&P 100
 - R.I. GOP Chair: Default on 38 Studios Bonds, Insurers Will Pay Bondholders
 - N.Y. Assembly Approves a Flurry of Post-Sandy Insurance Reform Bills
 - Protesters Urge R.I. to Default on 38 Studios Debt
 - N.H.-Based Northern United Agents Alliance Announces New Agency Member
 - Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Appoints Claims Manager
 - Insurer Fairfax Appeals SAC’s Dismissal From New Jersey Suit
 - No Guns for Some Pennsylvania Police, Radar Guns That Is
 - Philadelphia Insurance Hires 2 Underwriting Vice Presidents
 - Connecticut’s Anti-Distracted Driving Bills Progress
 - Pentecostal Bishop in Philadelphia Charged With Insurance Fraud
 - N.Y. Reaches Reform Agreements With 4 Additional ‘Force-Placed’ Insurers
 
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