East News for January 2018
- Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Martin
 - Jimcor Agency Expands into Transportation Sector, Hires Blumberger in Connecticut
 - The New York DFS Wants Certificates of Compliance for Valentine’s Day
 - Accidental Deaths in Pennsylvania Rose in 2016, Driven By Opioid Overdose
 - Radius Financial Group Launches Massachusetts-Based Insurance Agency
 - Paragon in Connecticut Announces Equity Investment from EPIC and Oak Hill
 - Investigators Say Burning Candles Sparked Deadly New Jersey Apartment Fire
 - Eastern Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Southeastern Insurance Agency
 - New Jersey’s NJM Insurance Group President and CEO to Retire This Year
 - Police: Famous Italian Restaurant in New Jersey Suffered Fire Damage
 - Casino Backers Sue Maine Commission Over $500K Fine
 - Alliant Hires Reisler as Vice President in New Jersey Office
 - Phil Murphy Signs Order Calling for New Jersey Transit Audit
 - The University of Pittsburgh Suspends Fraternity After Student Hospitalized
 - ACORD Names Maine’s The MEMIC Group Top Workers’ Comp Company in U.S.
 - Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire New York’s Irwin Siegel Agency
 - Optisure Risk Partners Hires Sterrett as Life Practice Manager in Connecticut
 - Hartford InsurTech Hub Announces Partnership with Crawford & Company
 - New York City Sues Drug Companies Over Opioid Epidemic
 - Two More Counties Added to New York’s Lake Flooding Disaster Declaration
 - Filing Deadline Approaching for New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation
 - Delaware Deputy Insurance Commissioner Crane to Leave State Service
 - Connecticut’s Paragon Insurance Holdings Hires Petersen
 - Man Charged with Generator Fraud in Connecticut after Superstorm Sandy
 - Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC
 - Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic
 - Maine Gas Station Fuel Mishap Leads to Damaged Vehicles
 - Fire Damages Businesses at New Hampshire Strip Mall, Officials Investigate
 - Massachusetts’ Coverys Invests in Patient Engagement, Medical Education Companies
 - Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Anthony and Malcolm Insurance Agency
 - Innovative Coverage Concepts Appoints Gross President of Wholesale Division
 - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Jersey’s The Daniels Group
 - U.S. Judge Excludes 70,000 Women from Sterling Jewelers Sex Bias Lawsuit
 - Judge Allows Philadelphia’s Suit Claiming Unfair Lending by Wells Fargo
 - Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s FIRM Inc.
 - Unlicensed Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Fraud in Massachusetts
 - Starkweather & Shepley Hires Corner II as a Construction and Surety Specialist
 - Insurance Center of New England Acquires Massachusetts’ Eastman & Davis
 - Risk Placement Services Announces Opening of Massachusetts Branch Office
 - CVS Says It Will Keep Aetna in Connecticut’s Capital City
 - The Hartford and Travelers Among Companies Offering Bonuses Due to New Tax Law
 - Massachusetts Radiology Lab Loses Medical Records of About 9,400 People
 - Vermont Poised to Enact Legal Pot Through Legislature
 - NYC Halts $9.6M Incentive Package to Move Aetna to City
 - New York Sues Fossil Fuel Majors, Plans Divestment from Pension Funds
 - Lawmakers Consider Again Extending Maine Pot Sales Ban
 - Penn State Settles Suit Over Alleged Sandusky Abuse in 2007
 - Iroquois Northeast Hires Ward as an Agency Manager
 - Fire at New Hampshire Logging Business Destroys Several Buildings
 - Billionaire Rennert Files Malpractice Lawsuit Over $213M Judgment
 - New Hampshire’s SIAA Hires Carey to Business Insurance Advantage Program
 - Uber Settles New York Drivers’ Class Action Over Fees for $3 Million
 - New Jersey-Based Clermont Specialty Managers Rebrands as Berkley Luxury Group
 - The MEMIC Group Promotes Vinas to Atlantic Region Claims Director
 - Fire Officials Say New Hampshire Antique Store Destroyed in Four-Alarm Blaze
 - Officials: Water Pipe Break at New York’s JFK Airport Weather-Related
 - Four Rhode Island Homes Damaged in Fire
 - The MEMIC Group Promotes Torrey to Production Underwriter in Connecticut
 - New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Managers Promotes Burrows
 - Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act
 - Big Chill Returns to Menace Northeast as Snow Storm Subsides
 - Massachusetts Bans Opioids from Courtrooms Over Exposure Fears
 - Former Blood-Testing Company CEO Sues Law Firm in Virginia Court
 - Winter Storm Prompts Emergency Declaration on Maryland Shore
 - Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire New York’s Kerwick & Curran
 - New York’s Times Square Will Get Permanent Protective Barriers
 - Three Dozen Vehicles Involved in New York Chain-Reaction Pile-Up
 - FEMA Announces Federal Disaster Assistance for Several Northeast States
 - New Laws Aimed at Medical Bills Come into Effect in Maine
 - Police Identify Seven More Victims of NYC’s Deadliest Fire in Decades
 - Law Aimed at Maine Opioid Crisis Goes into Effect
 - Ride-Hailing Rules Among List of New Laws in Connecticut
 - Vermont Hospital to Bring Captive Insurance Firm to State
 - Two Subcontractors Sue for Unpaid Bills on Pease Hangars in New Hampshire