East News for September 2007
- Memos Called for Safety Help at N.Y. Bank Tower Before Fatal Fire
 - Health Insurance Tops Conn. Consumer Complaints; P/C Generates 19%
 - R.I.’s Babcock & Helliwell Appoints Duarte in Personal Lines
 - Maryland Jury Awards $4 Million in Boy’s Drowning at Country Club
 - Hanover Offering Discounts in Mass. for Advanced Driver Training Course
 - R.I. Fire Board Urged to Update Fire Codes without Legislation
 - Mass. Weighs Getting Tougher with Road Rage, High-Speed Drivers
 - N.J. Auto Rates Still Nation’s Highest
 - Pa. Aluminum Manufacturer Fined for Alleged Safety Violations
 - Famous N.Y. Restaurant Denies Harassment Charges by Hostess
 - Virginia Workplace Deaths Down 12%
 - Gravel Company Seeks Damages Recovery from Military for N.J. Blaze
 - Owner of Vacant Ground Zero Skyscraper Vows Improved Safety
 - Maine Court: Deputy Injured by Own  Police Car Covered by Personal Policy
 - Woman Injured by Toilet Gets  $1.2 Million from Trump Atlanic City Casino
 - Vitale Joins Guy Carpenter’s Reinsurance Unit
 - N.Y. Unveils Plan to Give Illegal Immigrants Drivers’ Licenses
 - Willis Appoints Johnson, Fielding King in Philadelphia
 - From Consumer Viewpoint, New Mass. Auto Rules Need Work
 - N.Y., N.J. Port Authority to Require Contractors to Provide Health Coverage
 - N.J. Agents Create Web Site to Attract College Students’ Resumes
 - Mass. Warned About Coastal Development and Insurance
 - N.Y. City, State Join Suit Over Vioxx
 - Dirigo Will Save Maine Health System $33 Million, State Estimates
 - New Maine Laws Affect Teens, Drivers, Bicyclists, Elders and Employers
 - N.Y. Arson Ring Leader Faces 10-Year Sentence
 - Md. Insurer Says It No Longer Needs Malpractice Premium Subsidy
 - Drohan Joins Colemont Brokers in Hartford
 - Man Found Guilty of Manslaugher Under New Mass. Drunk Driving Statute
 - Conn. Steps Up Truck Inspections
 - A.M. Best Favors Patrons Mutual Group’s Affiliation with State Auto
 - R.I. Orders Paint Makers to Pay $2.4 Billion to Clean Up Lead
 - Mass. Widow Awarded Workers Comp Death Benefits in Suicide Case
 - Burned WTC Area Skyscraper to be Sealed
 - N.Y. Agent Sentenced to House Arrest Premium Diversion
 - Maryland Puts Hold on $68 Million Medical Mutual Dividend
 - Allstate to Comply with N.Y. Anti-Tying Rule on Home Nonrenewals
 - R.I.’s Beacon Mutual Begins Paying Fine after Judge Denies Injunction
 - N.Y. Insurance Department Creates Elder Protection Unit
 - Tyson Case in Pa. Debates Pay for Time Donning Safety Gear
 - Air Force: N.J. Forest Fire Could Cost  $200 Million
 - Maine Governor Forecasts Increased Competition for Health Plans
 - Vermonters Told Regular Tree Pruning Helps Reduce Storm Damage
 - Agents Welcome N.J. Ban on Business Auto Liability ‘Step-Downs’
 - Suspension of Pa. Judge Charged with Insurance Fraud Questioned
 - N.Y. Knicks’ Exec Facing $10 Million Harassment Suit
 - McGuire Joins PGI Commercial in N.J.
 - Excess Line Association of N.Y. Names Nunziata to Head Education
 - Bixby to Lead Wm. Gallagher’s New N.Y. Office
 - Several R.I. Nightclub Fire Defendants Reported Near Settlement
 - N.Y. Agents Group Names Rubin, Weiner to Board
 - Lawsuit Filed Over Repair of NYC Transit Chief’s $1 Million Car
 - N.H. Governor’s Veto of Civil Lawsuit Damages Bill Upheld
 - 11 N.J. Public Officials Caught in Feds’ Insurance Brokerage Bribery Net
 - N.J. Supreme Court Hockey Case Could Redefine Spectator Liability
 - 12 Charged with Claims Fraud from 2004 Casino Bus Crash in Pa.
 - Report: 30% of Pa. Bridges Deficient
 - Lawsuits Against Restaurants at Center of Md. Debate Over Disabilities Act
 - Maryland Officials to Explain Good Faith P/C Damage Filings
 - Md. Gov. O’Malley Names Tyler as Insurance Commissioner
 - Allstate Balks at N.Y. Ban on Tying Home Renewals to Other Business
 - Vermont Crash Victim’s $21 Million Award Among Largest Ever in State
 - Hanover Names Morelli Regional V.P., Personal Lines, in N.Y.
 - N.Y. Supt. Dinallo Calls for End to Bureau-Filed Rates for Workers’ Comp
 
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