East News for December 2019
- Virginia Plant Fire Ruled Accidental, Causes $4M in Damages
- Wawa Facing Lawsuits Over Data Breach at All of Its Stores
- Court Says Airline’s Workers at Newark Airport Can’t Sue as Class in Pay Dispute
- The Hilb Group Acquires Rhode Island’s Wickford Insurance Agency
- 18 Sickened After Private Function at Popular New Hampshire Restaurant
- Connecticut City Reaches $625K Settlement in Halfway House Lawsuit
- OSHA Reaches Settlement with Meat Supplier Following Safety Violations in N.J.
- Federal Disaster Aid Coming to 18 New York Counties Hit by Storm
- Connecticut City to Pay $5M to Settle Lawsuit Over Fatal School Stabbing
- New York Tweaks Clean Water Plan as Suppliers Call for More Time
- IICF Raises $1.14M at Annual Benefit Dinner Honoring Markel Corporation
- Massachusetts Auditor Says Revenue Department Needs to Better Protect Data
- Plymouth Rock Assurance Expands Home, Auto Coverage to New York
- Jimcor Agency Hires Emanuel as Brokerage Specialist in Pennsylvania
- Retrial Decision Due Next Year in Triple-Fatal 1995 Pittsburgh Arson
- DuPont Asks Delaware Judge to Toss Chemours Environmental Liabilities Suit
- Ascot Appoints Walter as Executive VP and Head of Cyber & Commercial E&O
- Munich Re Group Agrees to Buy Manhattan Skyscraper
- Mass. High Court Upholds Consent-to-Settle Clause in Malpractice Policy
- Report Says Virginia Should Cover Injuries Caused by Repetition
- The Hilb Group Acquires Virginia’s Kerr-Boswell
- Pie Insurance Expands Workers’ Comp Insurance Offering to New Jersey
- Vermont Bar Owners Settle Lawsuit with Woman Injured in Shooting
- The Philadelphia Contributionship Hires Greenfield as President and CEO
- Penn National Insurance Announces Executive Leadership Successions
- SAN Group Hires Blatchley as Agency Development Field Specialist
- Dartmouth Student Lawsuit Settled Over Baseball Injury
- Delaware Attorney General Loses Appeal Bid in Opioid Lawsuit
- Large New Jersey Hospital System Says It Was Hit by Ransomware Attack
- Building Relationships Key to Success for USG’s Kessel
- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Presutti to New York Operations
- Bankrupt Philadelphia Refinery Expects Second Insurance Payment
- Sandy Hook Families Get Gunmaker Trial Nine Years After Attack
- Report Says Boston Public Transit System Needs to Improve Safety
- Insurance Agents & Brokers Opens New Office in Maryland
- Concord Specialty Risk Hires Edgette in New York as VP of Tax Insurance Underwriting
- AXA XL Adds Novoa, Delaney to Environmental Insurance Team in New York
- Workers’ Comp Provider Omaha National Expands Coverage to New Jersey
- Bronze 2019 Best Agency to Work For – East: Chalmers Insurance Group
- New York Doors-Off Helicopter Ride Raised Concern Months Before Crash
- Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Led to 450 Workers’ Comp Claims
- Silver Best Agency to Work For – East: Covenant Insurance Group
- Risk Strategies Acquires New England-Based Subsidiaries of Gowrie Holdings
- Plymouth Rock Assurance Direct Group President and CEO Wilson to Retire
- Exxon Beats New York Claim of Climate Change Accounting Fraud
- Tesla Crash in Connecticut Elicits New Warnings About Autopilot Shortcomings
- The Hilb Group Hires Berardi to Join New England Operations
- World Insurance Associates Acquires New York’s J & S Risk Planning Group
- Gold 2019 Best Agency to Work For – East: Ironside Insurance Group
- Tesla Driver Who Hit Two Cars in Connecticut Says He Used Autopilot
- Maryland Resort, Family Settle Lawsuit Over Electric Shock Incident
- U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Delaware Appointing Judges Based on Political Party
- Connecticut’s Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Clifford to Northeast Office
- Delaware Loses Bid for High Court Review of Opioid Suit Ruling
- Massachusetts Prosecutors Seek Prison Sentence for Drain Company Owner
- Second Vermont Spa Owner Admits to Burning Business
- Railcar Service Company Faces $551K in Penalties After Worker Death in Pennsylvania
- Connecticut Teen Injured in 2015 Bus Crash Awarded $23M in Damages
- New York Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Funds for October Storm
- Verisk Signs Agreement to Acquire New Jersey’s FAST
- Maine Municipal Employee Hit and Killed by City Truck He Was Using
- Berkley One Launches Flood Product in New Jersey; Expands Coverage in Vermont, Mass.
- EPIC Names Geary National Executive Risk & Cyber Practice Leader
- City in New Jersey Shuts Down Scooter Program After Teenage Boy’s Death
- One Worker Killed, One Hurt in Fall from Bucket Truck in Massachusetts
- The Excess Line Association of New York Names Greene Director of Government Affairs
- Maine Roofing Company Facing More Fines After Worker Fell to Death
- New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner to Resign
- Massachusetts Adopts Tough Ban on Flavored Vaping, Tobacco Products