East News for October 2019
- NI Holdings Agrees to Purchase Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company
 - The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Avanti Associates
 - Fire That Killed Woman, Girl in Pennsylvania Blamed on Overloaded Circuit
 - Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in New Jersey
 - Four Family Members Injured in Plane Crash Outside Rochester
 - Seeman Holtz Acquires New Jersey’s Geisenheimer Agency
 - Risk Strategies Acquires Pennsylvania’s Dash & Love
 - Manhattan Worker Crushed to Death in Construction Elevator
 - Maryland’s Attorney General Sues Kushner Apartment Company
 - Vermont Cheesemaker Shutting Down After Listeria Outbreak, Recall
 - Massachusetts Launches Investigation into Natural Gas Disaster
 - Connecticut Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $370K from Former Employer
 - Philadelphia Businessman Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $34M Fraud
 - WCRI Study Examines Impact of Reforms on New York Workers’ Comp System
 - Pennsylvania Company Fined After Worker’s Fatal Fall into Meat Grinder
 - EverQuote Hires Shankaran as Executive Vice President of Commercial Insurance
 - Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance Hires Wohlers
 - Massachusetts Sues Exxon for Misleading Investors, Consumers About Climate Change
 - Bookkeeper for New Jersey Company Admits Stealing $1.7M in Check Fraud Scheme
 - Ex-Maryland Lawyer Gets Probation for Role in Insurance Scam
 - Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Manobianca as Of Counsel in Northeast Office
 - Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Appoints Dubraski as Chief Growth Officer
 - After 100 Years in Business, JGS Insurance Has Learned to Embrace Change
 - Ban on Vaping Product Sales in Massachusetts Allowed to Stand
 - Massachusetts’ Tremor Appoints Ginter as Vice President of Sales
 - Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in New Jersey
 - Row Home Explosion Sparks Fire That Spreads to Nine Other Homes in Pennsylvania
 - Conway Scenic Railroad Train Strikes Woman on Tracks
 - Erie Indemnity Company Appoints Bolash as Senior VP, General Counsel
 - W. R. Berkley Corporation Appoints LeBlanc as President of Acadia Insurance
 - Plymouth Rock Assurance Finalizes Acquisition of New Jersey’s Rider Insurance
 - Philadelphia Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $1.6M from Employer
 - Brothers Charged with Starting Philadelphia Blaze to Collect Insurance Money
 - Prosecutor Says Repair Shop Billing Not to Blame for New York Limo Crash
 - Ex-Church Administrator in Pennsylvania Pleads Guilty in $1.2M Theft
 - IAT Insurance Group Hires Passaro to Lead New Management Liability Unit
 - New Jersey Woman Critically Hurt in Car Crash Receives $4.5M Settlement
 - Baltimore to Buy $20M in Cyber Insurance Months After Attack
 - Safety Board Report Says Ruptured Pipe Elbow Led to Philadelphia Refinery Fire
 - The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s New Agency Partners
 - FM Global Opens $16M Electrical Hazards Laboratory in Rhode Island
 - Investigators Can’t Determine Cause of Maine Supply Company Fire
 - Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Assets, Operations of Pennsylvania’s The Suitelife
 - The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s LCIA
 - Gas Explosion, Fire Displaces 150 People in Boston
 - Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Rugare VP of Customer Service Operations
 - Workers’ Compensation Rates in Delaware Decrease for Third Year in a Row
 - Worker Dies in Accident at Soon-to-Open New Jersey Megamall
 - Construction Worker Fatally Electrocuted, Two Others Hurt in New Jersey
 - Lawsuit: Regulatory Commission Must Pay New York Flooding Costs
 - Virginia Governor Issues Drought Watch for Entire State
 - Vaping, Guns, Marijuana on Tap for Maine Legislative Session
 - Vermont Insurance Agents Association Elects Alan Kinney as President
 - Two Workers Hurt in Crash Between Washington D.C. Commuter Trains
 - Connecticut Man Sentenced for Lying about Superstorm Sandy Damage
 - Electric Pole Fires Leave Thousands Without Power in Virginia
 - Eversource Worker in Massachusetts Shocked with Nearly 7,500 Volts
 - Massachusetts Cleaning Company Owner Sentenced for $74K Insurance Fraud
 - New Haven Employee Who Embezzled More Than $100K Sentenced
 - Lawrence Mayor, Lawmakers Object to $143M Gas Explosions Settlement
 - Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Names Mina as CEO
 - Massachusetts Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Crisis Will Move Forward
 - Vermont Town Sues Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors for Damages
 - Judge Upholds Massachusetts’ Vaping Products Ban for Now
 - Former Police Officer, Insurance Analyst Among B-17 Victims
 - New York AG Tells Court Opioid Crisis Damage ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources
 - New York Limousine Crash Victims’ Relatives Call for Stronger Regulations
 - Rhode Island Issues Emergency Rules to Ban Vaping Products
 - Two Women Allege Sexual Harassment, Abuse at Connecticut-Based Restaurant Chain
 - Pennsylvania’s Venture Insurance Programs Hires Wisler as an Underwriter
 - World War II-Era Bomber Crashes; at Least Seven Reported Dead
 - Massachusetts Officials Order Additional Safety Measures After Gas Leak
 - Alliant Hires Guillaume as Senior Vice President in New York
 - New York Court Blocks State Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes
 - Suspects in Illegal Toxic Dumping Scheme in Connecticut Plead Not Guilty
 - Head of Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Program to Stay on the Job
 - JSA Names Costa as Director of Business Development in Virginia
 - NTSB Calls for National Safety Standards for Limousines Following New York Crash
 - Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
 - Officials Say Road Paving Prep Led to Latest Lawrence Gas Leak
 - Parents of Connecticut Teen Gun Accident Victim Settle Lawsuit for $1M
 - New York Could Add Menthol to Flavor Ban as Vaping Groups Sue
 - New York Files Suit Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches
 - World Insurance Associates Acquires Pennsylvania’s KPB Insurance Services
 - Three Hurt in Pennsylvania Helicopter Crash at Fair
 
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