East News for March 2017
- Ryan Specialty Group Agrees to Acquire Assets of New York-Based LoVullo
 - Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Reappoints 2 to Board
 - Marsh & McLennan Promotes Walsh in New York
 - MAPFRE Insurance to Provide Coverage for Massachusetts Rideshare Drivers
 - Delmarva Petroleum Worker in Delaware Seriously Hurt in Explosion
 - First Domestic Run-Off Insurance Carrier Granted License by Rhode Island
 - MassMutual Southern and Northern New England Merge with CFG
 - Exxon Dealt a Blow as Texas Judge Sends Climate Suit to New York
 - Pennsylvania Construction Worker Crushed by Safe Deposit Box
 - New York DFS Superintendent Directs Insurers to Submit Disaster Plans
 - Brown Thayer Shedd Insurance Agency Hires Garrity in Connecticut
 - Anbang Insurance, Kushner End Manhattan Talks as Lawmakers Cite Conflicts
 - MassMutual Completes Broker-Dealer Integration
 - Massachusetts-Headquartered Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Rossi
 - Student Sues New York’s Columbia University, Alleging Indifference to 2 Rapes
 - Owners of Diner in New Jersey Admit Setting Fire for Insurance Money
 - Vermont Lawmakers Say Businesses Should See $28M Reduction in Expenses
 - Uber Tells U.S. Appeals Court in New York Customers Must Arbitrate Disputes
 - EPIC Acquires The Capacity Group in New Jersey
 - Massachusetts Worker Dies After Being Electrocuted by Live Wires
 - Delaware Officials Eye Substance Abuse Insurance Coverage
 - Anbang Insurance Reportedly in Talks to Provide Equity for Kushner Tower Project
 - BLS Report Finds New Jersey Fatal Work Injuries Increased in 2015
 - New York Bridge Inspector Convicted for Falsifying Safety Review
 - Massachusetts-Headquartered Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Deluca
 - RiskProNet International Elects Forrester to Board of Directors
 - Backers of Legal Pot Urge Massachusetts Panel to Hold Off on Changing Law
 - Virginia Governor Signs Bill Giving $1.55M to Exonerated Man
 - Technology Being Blamed for Driving Up Massachusetts Car Insurance Rates
 - Maryland-Based Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Promotes Adelman
 - Lack of Comma Sense Ignites Debate After Ruling in $10M Suit
 - The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey-Based American Truck Insurance Exchange
 - Fire That Did $100K in Damage to Delaware Jewelry Store Was Accidental
 - Penn State Ex-President Heads to Trial in Sandusky Scandal
 - Vandals Contaminated Pennsylvania Mobile Home Park’s Water System
 - Cashier Admits Stealing $13M at Pennsylvania Monuments Firm
 - Connecticut Dental Practice Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
 - New York Insurance Broker Sentenced in $1M Fraud Scheme
 - Massachusetts and Rhode Island Doctor Pleads Guilty for Overprescribing Opioids
 - Advising Businesses on Business Interruption Insurance
 - New Hampshire-Based SAN Group Names Huffman Insurance Portfolio Manager
 - KKR and CDPQ Announce Joint Acquisition of New York-Headquartered USI
 - Plunging Temperatures in Northeast Lead to Icy Conditions Following Storm
 - PIACT Names Frascarelli Professional Agent of the Year
 - Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Offers Advice for Winter Storm Damage
 - Pennsylvania-Headquartered Cohen & Grigsby Hires Anderson as a Director
 - China’s Anbang Insurance Group Denies Report of Kushner Property Investment
 - Fire Destroys 10 Businesses in Massachusetts Shopping Plaza
 - Fire Marshal Says Pennsylvania Lumber Mill Suffered at Least $7M in Damage
 - Two Ex-Penn State Officials Plead Guilty in Child Sex Abuse Scandal
 - New Jersey Hotel Manager Stole More Than $1M From His Boss
 - Homeowners Insurance Increase Denied by Delaware Insurance Commissioner
 - Maine’s MMG Insurance Company Promotes Morgan to Casualty Claims Manager
 - U.S. Blizzard Grounds Flights, Raises Power as Trump Tweets
 - Six Arrested in $900K Insurance Fraud Scheme Involving 30 Virginia Fires
 - Pennsylvania Sues IBM Over $170M Jobless Claims Contract
 - NJM Partners with American Modern to Offer Enhanced Collector Car Insurance
 - New Hampshire House Adds Medical Pot Qualifiers, Backs Decriminalization
 - Pennsylvania Airport Worker Loses Leg, Firm Ordered to Pay Workers’ Comp
 - Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Elects Distel as President
 - New York City Landmarks Art Deco Interiors of Waldorf Astoria
 - Sullivan Insurance Group in Massachusetts Hires Amankwah
 - York Acquires Stock of New York’s Northeast Association Management
 - Brightway Insurance Set to Open First New York Location
 - Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance
 - Victims, Roman Catholic Church Spar Over New York Sex Abuse Bill
 - Massachusetts Man who Defrauded Home Depot Sentenced for Doing it Again
 - Five Delaware Homes Condemned, Residents Displaced After Fire
 - World Insurance Associates Acquires Coverage Administrators in New Jersey
 - Senator Schumer Wants NTSB to Look into Small Plane Crashes in New York
 - Rhode Island Attorney General Wants Uber, Lyft Drivers Fingerprinted
 - School Buses in New Jersey Still Don’t Have Safety Sensors
 - Report Assesses Addiction Treatment Insurance in New Hampshire
 - New York’s Cybersecurity Rules: What Insurance Professionals Should Know
 - NTSB Launches Probe into Plane Crash Killing Ex-Mayor of Massachusetts Town
 - Report: Overloaded Cars Caused Connecticut Train Derailment
 - Starkweather & Shepley Acquires Massachusetts’ McGrath Insurance Group
 - Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Stealing $1.5M from Employer
 - Freeborn & Peters Combines with NYC Firm to Establish First New York Office
 - Pennsylvania Court Approves Liquidation of Two Insurance Companies
 - New York Cyber Regs Take Effect, Mid-Sized Firms Could See Biggest Impact
 - Zipcar Comes to New York’s Hudson Valley
 - New Jersey-Based York Risk Services Group Hires Galiano
 - THG Acquires Group Benefits Division of Massachusetts-Based S&W
 - ProSpecialist Insurance to Offer Lawyers PL in New York Through ProAssurance