East News for May 2017
- Pennsylvania Insurance Chief Would Lead New Health, Human Services Agency
 - New York: $7M for Homeowners Hit by Lake Ontario Flooding
 - Massachusetts’ The Hanover Insurance Group Elects Price to Board of Directors
 - JLT Re Appoints Sammur as Executive Vice President in Connecticut
 - USI Acquires Employee Benefits Business from Pennsylvania’s The Hartman Group
 - New Jersey Propane Leak Leads to Evacuations, One Injured
 - Woman Suffers Severe Blood Loss in Connecticut Razor Factory Accident
 - Rising Seas May Wipe Out Jersey Towns and Millions in AAA Bonds
 - Vermont Governor Vetoes Marijuana Bill, Wants Changes Made
 - Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Hires Peruccio from Cigna Healthcare
 - Executive Changes Announced at Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group
 - Fire Guts New York Bar Favored by Author Jack Kerouac
 - New York State Providing $10M for Lake Ontario Flooding Recovery
 - Maine’s Cross Insurance Promotes Jermyn to President of Benefits Division
 - Mass. Court Says Suspended Public Employee Can Receive Workers’ Comp
 - Rhode Island Insurance Agents Have New Coastal Insurance Market
 - tKg Wholesale Brokerage Hires Wischnowsky as an Account Executive
 - Former Vermont Homeowners Hope to Recover $4M After Evictions
 - Deadly Times Square Attack Highlights NYC Pedestrian Safety
 - IIABNY Installs HF&C’s MacDonald as Chairman of the Board
 - Pennsylvania’s Lacher & Associates Acquires Brunner Insurance
 - Maine’s Clark Insurance Appoints Ellis and Fifield as Senior Account Executives
 - JLT Specialty USA Appoints Levitt as Executive Vice President in New York
 - Connecticut Lawmakers Urged to Help Crumbling Foundation Homeowners
 - New Hampshire Governor Requests Disaster Assistance for March Storm
 - New Jersey’s NJM Promotes Livingston, Elects New Board Chairman
 - New York Construction Company Owner Indicted for Manslaughter
 - Pennsylvania’s IA&B Announces New CEO Following Russell’s Retirement
 - MEMIC Names Bourque as President, CEO Following Leonard’s Retirement
 - $63M Beach Restoration and Dune Project Begins in Atlantic City
 - Lightning Wrecks Vermont Water Station, Causes Thousands in Damages
 - New York Eyes ‘Textalyzer’ to Combat Distracted Driving
 - Hub Northeast Hires Willis Towers Watson’s Collins in New York
 - New York County Sues Purdue, J&J Over Opioid Marketing
 - New York Woman Whose Car Damaged by Target Red Ball Files $100K Suit
 - U.S. Drought Monitor Says New England Drought is Over
 - New York Looks to Limit Auto Insurance Rating Factors
 - City of Philadelphia Sues Wells Fargo, Alleges Predatory Lending
 - 100 Residents Evacuated, 1 Killed in Pittsburgh High-Rise Apartment Fire
 - Owners of New Jersey Diner Who Burned it Down for Insurance Avoid Prison
 - Bus Carrying 26 Pennsylvania Students on Field Trip to D.C. Overturns on I-95
 - Mass. Court Finds Defendant Guilty of Insurance Fraud in Car Accident Case
 - Aetna Exits Delaware Health Insurance Marketplace for 2018
 - New York Board Proposes 4.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease
 - Connecticut House Clears New Rules for Ridesharing Companies
 - Autonomous Vehicle Testing to Begin in New York State
 - Amtrak Engineer Won’t be Charged in Deadly Pennsylvania Crash
 - Driving Drunk: Bishop Who Killed Cyclist in Maryland is Denied Parole
 - Boys Charged in New Jersey Playground Fire that Caused $80K in Damage
 - Kinion to Continue as Delaware Captive Insurance Bureau Director
 - NY Appeals Court OK’s Permanent License Suspension of Repeat Drunk Drivers
 - Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from D.C. Wine Bar’s Lawsuit
 - Allstate’s Encompass Insurance to Exit Massachusetts This Summer
 - TWFG Taps Cordone in New Jersey to Lead Expansion Efforts
 - Massachusetts Court Affirms How to Calculate Interest in Workers’ Comp Suit
 - Cross Insurance Acquires A.E. Barnes Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
 - Woman Burned by Connecticut Bible Camp Heater Awarded $1.4M
 - New Jersey Agent Stults Honored with Woodworth Memorial Award
 - Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Striewig Bonding Agency
 - Fraternity, 18 Members Charged in Penn State Student’s Death
 - Two People Killed at Massachusetts Indoor Auto Auction Identified
 - Heavy Rains Cause Flooding in NYC Region, Disrupt Travel
 - NYC Fire Museum Displays Hindenburg’s Insurance Policy
 - Crashes on Popular New York Lake Prompt New Rules for Boat Rentals
 - Settlement Reached in Connecticut Christmas Fire that Killed Five
 - Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Brooklawn Insurance Agency
 - Regulators Link Hoverboard to Deadly Pennsylvania Fire
 - One Floodgate Fails to Automatically Stop Traffic During Pennsylvania Storm
 - Hash Brown Recall for Golf Ball Pieces Expands to Wegmans
 - Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Hires Hillberg
 - Ames & Gough Appoints Marshall to Lead Newly Established New York Operations
 - Hub International Limited Acquires Maryland’s Rossmann-Hurt-Hoffman
 - Insurer’s Lawsuit Says Keurig Coffee Machine Caused Massachusetts Fire
 - Vermont Captive Insurance Legislative Agenda Signed into Law
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Rhode Island’s Keough Kirby Associates
 - Pennsylvania’s Insurance Services United Purchases Lewis Casualty
 - Massachusetts Court Reverses Ruling in Rotten Seafood Coverage Dispute
 - Shumer Joins Signature B&B from Professional Medical Insurance Services
 - Proposed New York Regulations Crack Down on Title Insurance Industry
 - Pennsylvania Insurance Department Becomes Partner in PA Forward Initiative
 - Prosecutor Says Charges Likely in Deadly Fall at Penn State Frat
 - Pennsylvania Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $8.2M Promissory Note Scam
 - Restaurant Owner Sentenced for Setting Fire to His Rhode Island Business
 - Jury Orders J&J to Pay $20 Million in Vaginal Mesh Case
 
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