East News for October 2015
- Partners Insurance Hires McDonald as Broker in Massachusetts
- Selective Insurance Group Reports $47M Q3 Net Income
- 3 Years After Sandy, Thousands of Storm Survivors Still Can’t Go Home
- World Insurance Appoints Heads of Personal, Commercial Lines in N.J.
- Smith Brothers Acquires Bayberry Insurance in Connecticut
- New Jersey Sandy Protesters Blast Gov. Christie
- Shortchanged Sandy Victims Get More Flood Insurance Cash After Claims Review
- Hanover Q3 Profit Increases 42% to $78M
- Insurance Agents & Brokers in Penn. Announces Newly Elected Directors
- Premiums on New Jersey Health Exchange Rising 5%
- New Hampshire Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 5.9%
- N.Y. Sen. Gillibrand Calls for More Transparency in NFIP Claims Process
- Heritage Taps Hutchinson to Lead Sales & Marketing in Mass., R.I.
- Hanover Offers Insurance Tips for New Car Shoppers
- N.J. Neurologist Charged With Illegally Using Runner to Recruit Patients
- Opioid Overdose Fatalities Appear to Be Increasing in Massachusetts
- Albanese to Exit as New York’s Financial Regulator Before End of Year
- N.J. Lawmakers: FEMA Maps May Have Exaggerated Flood Risk Across State
- Trial Ordered for Penn. Homeowner Accused of Arson, Brother’s Death
- New Hampshire’s Bipartisan Summit Examines Coastal Flooding
- N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Calls for Statewide Licensing System for Uber, Lyft
- HM Insurance Group Announces 2 New Hires in Pennsylvania
- Erie Insurance President & CEO Cavanaugh to Retire at End of 2016
- Donegal Group Reports $5.7M Q3 Net Income
- Uber Pushing to Expand Throughout New York State
- Carwash Owners Sue New York City Over New Surety Bond Rules
- Delaware Won’t Approve ‘Widow’s Penalty’ in Setting Auto Rates
- Kingstone Approved to Write P/C Insurance in Connecticut
- For Vermont Police, Checking for Pot-Impaired Drivers Is Work in Progress
- USAA to Offer Rideshare ‘Gap Protection’ Coverage in Massachusetts
- XS Brokers Announces 5 New Hires in Massachusetts
- Virginia Bureau of Insurance Announces 2 New Deputy Commissioners
- Mass. to Hold Public Hearings on Homeowners Insurance Marketing & Sales
- Penn. Reminds Drivers: Insurers Can’t Add Surcharge for Deer-Related Crash
- Private Equity Firm Kelso to Acquire Majority Stake in Boston’s Risk Strategies
- Dewey Case Ends with Hung Jury; Top Execs Avoid Jail
- 4 N.J. Residents Charged With Staging Car Crash, Seeking Insurance Payouts
- People’s United Insurance Agency Acquires Kesten-Brown in Connecticut
- Drug Deaths Outnumbered Highway Fatalities in Virginia for 1st Time Last Year
- N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Announces New Measures to Combat Worker Exploitation
- Wal-Mart Sues Insurers for Alleged Breach of Contract in Morgan Settlement Case
- Dewey Judge Declines to Order Mistrial as Jury Deliberations Continue
- Attorneys: N.Y. Woman’s Lawsuit Against Nephew Was an Insurance Case
- Church Mutual to Acquire Penn. School Boards Association Insurance Holdings
- Amtrak Sponsors $275M Cat Bond for Northeast Storm Surge, Wind, Quake
- DeCotis Insurance Names New CEO in Rhode Island
- Virginia’s TowneBank Expands Insurance Unit With 3 Agency Acquisitions
- H.J. Knight Hires Greene as Senior Account Executive in Massachusetts
- Audit: FEMA Should Recover $3.2M for Sandy Boardwalk Repair in N.J. Town
- Conn. Warns Insurers Not to Terminate Home Policies Over Foundation Problems
- N.Y. Gov. Cuomo: Denying Global Warming Isn’t a Survival Plan
- Update: Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Execs Acquitted of Some Additional Counts
- EEOC Sues Penn.’s Open Records Office for Alleged Age Discrimination
- Delaware Judge Slashes $100M Boston Scientific Mesh Verdict to $10M
- GOP Candidate Rubio Criticizes Gov’t Regulation of On-Demand Economy
- New York-Based Freedom Specialty Rebranded as Nationwide
- Hub International Acquires Oxford Coverage in New York
- AssuredPartners Acquires Wilson H. Flock Insurance in Pennsylvania
- Delaware’s Pumpkin Flinging Event Canceled Due to Insurance Issues
- Corporate Synergies in New Jersey Announces 2 Appointments
- Bailey Place Insurance to Acquire Cotterill Agency in New York
- New England Flood Insurance Launches Flood Coverage for Homeowners
- N.Y. to Spend $20M on Affordable Housing in Communities Hit by Sandy
- Boston-Based Online Agency Goji Hires Basak as President
- Massachusetts Considers Ban on Handheld Cellphone Use While Driving
- Norfolk & Dedham Hires Enslin as Sales & Marketing Division Manager in Mass.
- Jury Acquits 3 Dewey Law Firm Executives on Some Charges, Deadlocks on Others
- Delaware Bans Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Pricing
- N.Y. Broker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $830K in Premiums, Other Funds
- AssuredPartners Acquires Moscker Insurance Agency in Maryland
- New York AG Schneiderman, EBSA Agree to Joint Insurer Oversight
- CRC Insurance Services to Acquire Connecticut Underwriters
- Conn. High Court Reinforces Protections for Private Sector Whistleblowers
- New York Grants Charter to Winklevoss-Backed Bitcoin Exchange
- Newtown Families’ Wrongful Death Suit Against Gun Maker Sent to State Court
- N.Y.’s Schumer: Storms Like Joaquin Show Need to Upgrade Weather Satellites
- Pennsylvania Holds Hearing on Issue of Surprise Medical Bills
- Connecticut Insurance Dept. to Play Key Role in Proposed Anthem/Cigna Merger
- Insured Losses From Joaquin Might Be Minimal at This Juncture: Macquarie
- RMS: Slow-Moving Hurricane Joaquin Expected to Drive Coastal Flooding
- N.J. Court: Doctors Don’t Have to Disclose They Lack Malpractice Insurance
- Update: Category 4 Joaquin, After Pounding Bahamas, May Bypass East Coast
- NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Connecticut
- Energy Companies Are Preparing for Possibility of Joaquin Hitting NYC Area
- Eastern U.S. Soaked by Rain as Hurricane Joaquin Gains Force Near Bahamas
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