East News for January 2025
- Tri-State Region Blood Center Hit With Ransomware Attack
 - Pennsylvania Says It Blocked $180 Million in Auto, Home, Other P/C Insurance Hikes
 - Diminished Value Not Covered by Standard Auto Policy, Massachusetts High Court Says
 - Woman Found Guilty of Arson After Trying to Burn 3 Homes in Hamptons
 - Uber Alleges Fraud Scheme by New York Groups Faking Car-Crash Injuries
 - Maryland Regulator Resolved $33 Million in Insurance Complaints in 2024
 - Claims Exec Who Defrauded Allied World Insurance Ordered to Prison, Pay $1.2M
 - Judge Extends Ban on Alliant Employees Soliciting Marsh Agency’s Customers
 - Worker Killed When House Under Construction Collapses in Massachusetts
 - Avian Flu Could Shutter Long Island’s Last Duck Farm
 - Family of Wrongfully Imprisoned Disabled Man to Receive $5.9 Million
 - Maine High Court Invalidates Law Erasing Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Claims
 - Earthquake in Maine Rattles Houses, Nerves Across Northeast
 - People Moves: Kalinsky Named CEO of Plymouth Rock Management; Hunter Joins Protecdiv
 - Ex-Yankee Mariano Rivera and Wife Deny Knowing of Church Abuse
 - NYC Scraps ‘Solvent’ Requirement in Revised Taxi Insurance Rules
 - Rhode Island Undertakes Phased Relaunch of Breached RIBridges Benefits Portal
 - Two Workers Injured in Explosion at Cannabis Facility
 - PayPal Pays $2 Million Cybersecurity Settlement to New York Regulator
 - Maryland Man Convicted in $20 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - New York Obtains $1.065B Judgment Against Accused Predatory Lender
 - J&J Tries to Avoid $30 Million in Punitive Damages in Baby Powder Case
 - OSHA Cites Contractor in Death of Worker Who Fell From Boston Theater Scaffold
 - People Moves: MEMIC Promotes Holbrook; XS Brokers Hires Dawson
 - Roller Derby League Loses Bid to Temporarily Block Ban on Trans Athletes
 - People Moves: Scully Appointed President of Automobile Insurers Bureau
 - Fire-Damaged Cannabis Grower Loses $1.3 Million Business Income Loss Claim
 - Crown Stolen from Virgin Mary Statue at Philadelphia Church
 - People Moves: Lawley Names 4 New Partners; Burns Heads XS Brokers New Cyber Unit
 - Citigroup Must Face New York Lawsuit Over Handling of Fraud Scams
 - New York Proposes Plan to Stabilize Broken Taxi Insurance Market
 - Connecticut Resiliency Plan Includes Flood Insurance, History Notification Mandate
 - Kaplansky Insurance Buys 3 Massachusetts Agencies
 - New Jersey Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing in Menendez Corruption Case
 - New York, New England Surplus Lines Insurance Groups Merge
 - School Employee Kicked 25 Times in 11 Days Denied Workers Compensation
 - Perdue Farms to Pay $4 Million For Letting Children Work Hazardous Jobs
 - Damages Upheld for Man Whose Ex-Girlfriend Shared Nude Photo Without Permission
 - People Moves: Bigglestone Named Acting Commissioner in Vermont; Protecdiv Welcomes Skowronski; DellaTorre Joins Alliant
 - Extreme Cold From NY to Texas Threatens to Topple Records
 - Maine Town’s Plan to Remove Two Dams Includes Marina Insurance Measure
 - New York City Lawsuit Against Exxon, BP, Shell Over Climate Change Dismissed
 - OSHA Wants Soap Maker to Clean Up Its Act in Response to Chemical Release
 - People Moves: MEMIC Promotes McCracken; NFP Appoints Kim; Harford Mutual Changes Leadership
 - Vermont Added 41 Captives in 2024
 - With Uber Boost, Group Seeks Reforms to Lower New York’s High Insurance Costs
 - Construction Firm Owner Sentenced for Tax, Mail and Workers Compensation Fraud
 - Sandy Hook Families Reach Settlement Over Alex Jones’ Bankruptcy
 - People Moves: Vermont Mutual Names McDonnell CEO; Carangelo Joins DeCotis
 - New York Governor Wants to Curb Hedge Funds Buying of Homes
 - Crews Continue Efforts to Stabilize Pennsylvania Sinkhole Area
 - New York AG Seeks Recovery of $2.2 Million in Crypto Tied to Remote Job Scam
 - Vermont School District Settles With US Over Racial Harassment Allegations
 - Private Hospital Owner Prospect Medical Files for Bankruptcy
 - Insurer Upheld in Declining to Defend Employer Against Injured Worker’s Lawsuit
 - Massachusetts to Hike Some Mandatory Auto Insurance Coverage Limits in 2025
 - Maryland AG Vows to Protect Seniors in Assisted Living, Workers Denied Full Wages
 - Hub Acquires Connecticut’s Byrnes Agency
 - Maine Storm Resilience Proposal Includes Insurance Industry-Funded Mitigation Grants
 - People Moves: Pennsylvania Lumbermens Names Firko Operating Officer, Promotes 6
 - DC Facing String of High-Stakes Security Events Capped by Trump Inauguration
 - Marine Acquitted in Subway Chokehold Case Seeks Dismissal of Suit by Victim’s Father
 - Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation
 - Deep Vector Closes $1.5M Round Co-Led by Aperture and InsurTech NY
 - Virginia’s Andrew Agency Acquires Richmond Insurance Agency
 - MLB Players Affiliate Withdraws Image Lawsuit Against Pirates’ Parent Company
 - Agency Network Renaissance Acquires Consolidated Insurance Agents in Buffalo
 - Asian American Venture Capitalist Accuses PayPal of Racial Bias in Minority Program
 - Massachusetts High Court Upholds $20 Million Verdict Over Leg Amputation
 - Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act Now in Effect
 - Man Is Charged With Truck Arson While Out on Bail on Other Arson Charge
 - People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna in New York; Leadership Changes at Falvey Insurance
 - Severe Winter Storm Batters Nation’s Capital and Metro Region
 - US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage
 - New York Employers Must Offer Paid Medical Leave During Pregnancy
 - State High Court Nixes Policy Cancellation Over ‘Ambiguous’ Communications
 - Dartmouth Athletes End Unionization Bid Citing Labor Panel Shift to Republicans
 - Employer Owes Pay for Actual Changing, Showering Time, Not Its ‘Reasonable’ Estimate
 - Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires New York’s Acumen Solutions
 - Judge Allows Lawsuit Claiming Poland Spring Water Is Not From a Spring
 - Giuliani  Faces Contempt Hearing Over His Assets in Defamation Case
 - After Steward Collapse, Massachusetts Aims to Prevent Future Health Care Failures
 - He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance
 
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