East News for May 2025
- Ex-WWE Executive Turns, Agrees to Team With Sex Abuse Accuser Against McMahon
 - Liberty Mutual Settles With Travelers Over New York Subcontractor Coverage
 - Ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland Pardoned by President Trump Was Insurance Agent
 - Iranian Pleads Guilty in US to 2019 Baltimore Ransomware Attack
 - OSHA Settles With New Jersey Bakery Where Finger Amputations Occurred
 - People Moves: Third Generation Joins Sgroi Lawley; Plymouth Rock Names Finn CMO; WTW’s Puckett Joins Protecdiv
 - Connecticut Expands Cancer Relief Program for Firefighters
 - Appeals Court Affirms City of Boston Is Not Liable in School Shooting
 - Free Speech Beats Zoning in Spat Over New Hampshire Pastry Shop Painting
 - Maryland Car Dealer Accused of Denying Employee’s Service Dog for PTSD
 - Connecticut Lawmakers Close Costly Workers’ Comp Loophole Opened by Court
 - New Hampshire to Pay $2.25M to Mother of 5-Year-Old Killed by Father
 - Massachusetts Firm to Pay $11M for Dumping Contaminated Fill in Rhode Island
 - New York City Employee Killed in Sewage-Boat Explosion on Hudson River
 - Man Charged With Providing Alcohol to Fan Who Fell from Ballpark Wall
 - Former Harvard Morgue Manager Pleads Guilty To Selling Stolen Human Remains
 - Ships Have Been Hitting Brooklyn Bridge for Years But Without Fatalities Until Now
 - Massachusetts Hacker to Plead Guilty to PowerSchool Data Breach
 - People Moves: Big I New York Elects Gonyo as Board Chair and 4 Regional Directors
 - Bankruptcy Judge Approves Norwich Diocese Plan With $31 Million for Abuse Survivors
 - Fire Damages Popular ‘Pond-to-Table’ Rhode Island Restaurant
 - DoorDash Expands Driver Savings Pilot Program to Maryland
 - Judge Rejects Vanguard $40 Million Mutual Fund Settlement, Cites SEC Accord
 - FAA Cuts Newark Flights After Air Traffic Control Issues
 - Radio Calls for Help Sent 45 Seconds Before Mexican Ship Hit Brooklyn Bridge
 - Massachusetts Denies 7.1% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike After 2024 ‘Excessive’ Cut
 - New England’s Shield Health Settles Data Breach Cases for $15.3 Million
 - Maryland Officials Say Autopsies Misclassified Deaths in Police Custody
 - US Aviation Authorities Probe LaGuardia Runway Close Call
 - Turbulent Waters May Have Been Factor in Mexican Ship’s Crash Into Brooklyn Bridge
 - People Moves: Castillo to Head Protecdiv’s Construction; Snyder Joins Mass. Workers’ Comp Council
 - Capital One to Pay $425 Million to Settle Claims Over Savings Accounts
 - Maine Lawmakers Thwart Move to Allow Mennonites to Self-Insure
 - Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge, Killing Two on Crew
 - Boy Swept Away as Virginia and Maryland Hit With Heavy Rains and Flooding
 - Ex-FDNY Chief Gets 3 Years for Taking Bribes to Fast-Track Safety Inspections
 - Army Working to Fix Military and Traffic Controllers Communications at DC Airport
 - Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Tobey & Merrill Insurance
 - Pilot’s Lack of Oxygen Cited as Likely Factor in 2023 Private Jet Crash in Virginia
 - In Tesla’s Wake, More Big Companies Propose Voting ‘Dexit’ to Depart Delaware
 - People Moves: Roberts Joins Alliant in Boston; MEMIC Promotes Amoateng and Finn
 - New York Sues Capital One for Cheating Savings Depositors
 - More Than 200 Firefighters Battled Warehouse Blaze in Baltimore. No Injuries Reported
 - New Jersey Announces $450 Million PFAS Settlement With 3M Days Before Start of Trial
 - People Moves: Medical Liability Insurer EmPRO Expands to Massachusetts, Names 3
 - Ice Cream Sandwich Maker Blames Agent for Lack of Recall Insurance After $4.5M Loss
 - Maine Weighs What to Do When Religion Collides With Auto Insurance
 - FAA Convening Emergency Task Force on Newark Telecom Outages
 - Man Who Fell 21 Feet at Pirates Game Takes First Steps But Has ‘Long Way to Go’
 - Report Describes Final Moments of Plane Crash That Killed Massachusetts Family
 - Space War: Marsh Sues Willis Over Aviation Insurance Hires Soliciting Clients
 - Newark Plane Traffic Slowed Again Due to Telecoms Issue, FAA Says
 - Report Shows NYC Helicopter Breaking Apart in Midair Before Crash That Killed 6
 - 20 Charged in Alleged Theft of 126 Cars Worth $4.6 Million in NYC and Suburbs
 - ALKEME Adds Maryland’s Becker Benefit Group
 - Lloyd’s Loses Bid to Avoid $800K in Prejudgment Interest
 - By 1 Vote, Pennsylvania House Passes Measure to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
 - Hub Acquires Virginia’s Guru of Insurance
 - NJ Diocese Will No Longer Oppose Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations
 - Paragon’s Reel Media Acquires WISE Risk of Massachusetts
 - Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence to Get an ‘Anti-Climb’ Fence to Boost Security
 - People Moves: WTW Appoints Lofstrom for New England; Pepe Joins K&B for Claims
 - New York School District Sues Two Insurers Over Coverage for Child Victim Claims
 - Trucordia Expands on East Coast With Acquisition of Virginia’s Huffman Insurance
 - Court Approves $750 Million Settlement for Survivors of Abuse by NY Gynecologist
 - Rite Aid Returns to Bankruptcy Protection, Seeks to Sell Most Assets
 - Army Pausing Helicopter Flights Near DC Airport After Close Calls
 - World Insurance Acquires Upstate New York Agencies
 - Air Traffic Control Lost Contact With Newark Aircraft; DOT Vows ‘Brand New System’
 - DoorDash Is Latest Tech Firm to Commit Millions to New York City Elections
 - Smoke Shop Ordered to Pay $4.9 Million for ‘Persistent Illegal Cannabis Sales’
 - Ex-State Trooper Found Guilty of Taking Bribes to Pass Commercial Drivers
 - Hub Acquires Allegiant Global Partners of Massachusetts
 - 11 Face Charges in NY School Hazing That Allegedly Included Staged Armed Abduction
 - Man Who Fell 21 Feet to Warning Track at Pittsburgh Ballpark Improving
 - US Opens Probes After Army Helicopter Forces 2 DC Flights to Abort Landings
 - Second Person Charged With Arson in New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire
 - ‘Sensitive’ Security Report Into Arson at Governor’s Mansion Won’t Be Made Public
 - Ryan Specialty Finalizes Acquisition of USQRisk
 - Liberty Mutual Teams With WNBA Champion New York Liberty
 - Harvard Vows Reforms Following Internal Reports on Antisemitism and Anti-Arab Bias
 - Dashboard Shows New York City Paid Almost $2 Billion to Settle Claims in 2024
 - Severe Storms Take 4 Lives, Cause Power Outages, Close Roads in Pennsylvania
 - Court Questions NJ Diocese’s Bid to Block Grand Jury on Clergy Sex Abuse
 - AM Best Revises Credit Rating Outlook to Negative for NJM Insurance Group
 
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