East News for November 2004
- Conn. Chief Hears No Complaints of Rigged Bids; Defends Role in Balancing Industry, Consumer Needs
 - Fugitive’s Diamonds to Benefit Guaranty Funds
 - Target Insurance Services Names Drohan
 - N.J. Medical Society Goes to Court  To Block Recoupment of $15M in Alleged Overpayments
 - 10,000 N.J. Drivers Opt for Dollar-a-Day
 - Calafiore Elected President of Greater N.Y. Brokers
 - Conn. Accused of Laxity in Bail Bonds Oversight
 - Big Lead Paint Settlement Reached in Mass.
 - Insurers Pleased with Pa. Legislative Session
 - PIANY’s MetroRAP 2005 Education Designed for Downstate Insurance Professionals
 - Wynne Joins Expanding Keystone Group
 - N.Y. Superintendent Calls for Auto Rate Reassessment as Fraud-Fighting Successes Drop Insurers’ Losses
 - Mass. Approves New Residual Auto Plan
 - Pa. Renews Insurance Subsidy for Doctors
 - Mass. Gov. Romney Offers Health Coverage Plan
 - Pa. Bank Acquires Md.’s Russell Agency
 - N.Y. Hearing on Marsh Rescheduled for Jan. 18
 - Special Legislative Session in Maryland Unlikely Before Doctors Med-Mal Payments Due
 - HRH Purchases Vt.’s Smith Bell Thompson
 - Maine Preparing Questionnaires for Largest Brokers
 - Mass. Malpractice Frequency Down But Payouts Way Up
 - N.Y.’s Kaye Insurance Renamed Hub Northeast
 - State Farm Re-Entry into N.J. Auto Insurance Market Will  be Gradual and Include Rate Decrease
 - Insurers Oppose Broadening R.I. Inspection Liability
 - Mass. Must Face the Facts About Its Flawed Auto System, Commissioner Bowler Tells Agents
 - Study: Medical Liability Harming Maryland Economy
 - Md. Insurer Raises Rates for 6,000 Doctors
 - Former Agent Codey Becomes N.J. Governor
 - N.J.’s NIP Specialty Brokerage Adds Young, Silverman
 - Mass. Court Upholds Bowler’s 2004 Auto Rates
 - C. J. McCarthy in Mass. Changes Name to HUB International New England
 - D.C.’s Mirel Takes Issue with Spitzer’s Approach
 - Mass. AG Targets Health Insurance Brokers’ Pay
 - PMA Insurance Group’s ‘A-‘ Rating Restored
 - Mass. Big Dig Springs Big Leaks; Hunt Commences to Pin Blame for Allegedly Faulty Construction
 - Mass. Insurance Agents Prepare for Big Event
 - Conn. Approves Comp Rate Changes – Correction
 - N.J. Repairs Contractors’ Registration Act
 - Md. Commissioner to Host Regional Meeting Nov. 29
 - Collins Adds Poeton to N.Y. Office
 - State Farm Decision to Stay in New Jersey Auto Market Latest Sign of Improved Insurance Environment
 - Harvard Pilgrim, Guardian Team Up on Dental in Mass.
 - ACE USA Names Germano Senior VP for Excess Casualty and Custom Casualty
 - N.Y. Cracks Alleged Auto Salvage Fraud Ring
 - Conn. Road Redesign Reduces Accidents, Saves Lives
 - Mass. Insurance Chief Eyes Northeast Cat Fund
 - Conn. AG Expands Insurance Probe to Municipalities
 - Maryland Seeks Funding for Med-Mal Plan
 - Allstate New Jersey, Encompass Insurance File $3.7 Million Lawsuit Alleging Fraud
 - R.I. Official Plans Bill Banning ‘Incentive Fees’
 - ‘Wall Street’ Insurance Broker Scandal Hurting ‘Main Street’ Agents, Conn. Big ‘I’ Leader Fears
 - N.J. Man Full of ‘Hot Air’ as Proposed Hurricane Product Leads to Fraud Sentence
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Kooper Group of N.Y.
 - N.H. Workforce Starting to Show Its Age and Growth in Lower Risk Jobs in Workers’ Comp
 - Denn Defeats Ennis for Delaware Insurance Post
 - Former N.J. Employee at Chiropractic Clinic Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Frankel Conspirator Sentenced in Connecticut
 - N.J. Inquires into Brokers’ Contracts, Commissions
 - Poll: Republicans Blame Malpractice Lawsuits for Rising Health Costs; Democrats Blame Insurers
 - K&B Brokerage Opens for Business in Virginia
 - Mass.Claims Carnival Operator Lacked Safety Records
 - Lorillard Wins N.Y. Cigarette Suit
 - Some Maryland Doctors, Irked by Costs, Consider Going ‘Bare,’  Shifting Liability to Hospitals
 - ICAT Appoints Smith to Head East Coast Marketing
 - Citation Re Welcomes Kroszner
 - Kushlis Named to Lead Willis Baltimore Office
 
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