East News for August 2015
- NAMIC Hires Paolino as State Affairs Director for Northeast Region
 - Delaware Cities Tell Uber Drivers to Obtain Business Licenses
 - 300K Massachusetts Resident to See Their Health Insurance Rates Jump 6%
 - Plymouth Rock’s ‘Prime’ Combines Online Sales With Independent Agent Channel
 - The Andrew Agency Acquires Crowder & Holloway in Virginia
 - N.Y. Man Says He’s Proud of Arrest for Tampering With Red Light Cameras
 - District of Columbia Issues Price Optimization Ban Bulletin
 - Concord Specialty Hires DeRose as Senior Underwriting Counsel in New York
 - Hubley Approved as President of Mass. Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers
 - Man Sues NYC Hotel Named as Source of Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
 - Henderson Brothers Hires Balogh as Consultative Associate in Pittsburgh
 - Virginia’s Continental Underwriters Hires 2 Lumbermen’s Executives
 - Integro Acquires HealthCare Risk Specialists in Connecticut
 - Insurers Paid $12.9M in Claims Stemming From Baltimore Riot
 - Aon Risk Solutions Hires Surette as Resident Managing Director in Boston
 - Maine Issues Bulletin Prohibiting Use of Price Optimization
 - Taxi Companies File Suit to Stop Uber Service in Rhode Island
 - Judge Approves Exxon’s $225M New Jersey Pollution Settlement
 - Massachusetts Officials Continue Fight Against Opiate Epidemic
 - New Jersey Firefighters Urge Lawmakers to Adopt Tougher Fire Codes
 - Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Harsh Winter for Northeast in 2016
 - Pennsylvania Says Insurers Are Prohibited From Using Price Optimization
 - Feds Urged to Establish Crop Insurance for Central N.Y. Malt Barley Farmers
 - 4 Years After Irene, Long-Term Rebuilding Projects Nearing End in Vermont
 - Maine’s Clark Insurance Announces Election and Succession of Officers
 - New Jersey Transit Receives $71M Federal Sandy Relief Funding
 - Hands-Free Law Urged for Massachusetts Drivers
 - Jury Convicts N.Y. Man Accused of Killing Fiancee for Life Insurance
 - Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes Johnson to Director
 - Liberty Mutual Promotes Lankford to VP for Metro New York Region
 - Federal Aid to Rhode Island for January Blizzard Tops $1M
 - Highway Contractor in Connecticut to Pay for Cars Damaged by Asphalt
 - Cook Maran & Associates in New York Announces Promotions
 - N.Y.’s ‘Annoyance Lawyer’ Sues Uber Over Anti-De Blasio Robocall Campaign
 - Maine Highlights New State Law to Protect Rideshare Drivers, Passengers
 - EPIC Hires Baldauf as Broker in Connecticut
 - New York Comptroller Says State’s Home Foreclosure Crisis Persists
 - NCCI Seeks Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Increase in Virginia
 - Connecticut’s Medical Marijuana: Lower Cost, More Choice
 - Vermont to Pay $1.6M to Blue Cross Blue Shield After Exchange Errors
 - Agritourism Growth in Northeast Raises Concerns Over Safety, Liability
 - Alliant Hires VanOrsdel as Employee Benefits Group VP in Maryland
 - Connecticut Removes Age Limit for Infertility Treatment Coverage
 - Hub International Acquires Doctors Insurance Services of New England
 - Patriot National Acquires R.C.A. Insurance Group in New Jersey
 - FEMA Encourages Sandy Claimants Seeking Reviews to Meet Sept. 15 Deadline
 - U.S. Safety Board Criticizes Emergency Response in Tracy Morgan Crash
 - Taxi Companies’ Lawsuit Against Uber in Connecticut Dismissed
 - NYC Taxi Driver-Owners Form New Association to Take on Uber
 - Beneficial Insurance Services Acquires Pye Karr Ambler & Co. in Pennsylvania
 - NCCI Seeks Worker’s Comp Loss Costs, Rates Decrease in New Hampshire
 - New N.J. Law Emphasizes Traffic Safety to Young Drivers
 - New Jersey Motorcyclist Indicted for Insurance Fraud
 - Poll: NYC Voters See Yellow-Taxi Industry Working to Limit Uber
 - Death Toll From Legionnaires’ Disease Up to 12, NYC Mayor Says
 - Main Street America Introduces New Private Passenger Auto Program in Va.
 - Mass. Faces Legal, Logistical Obstacles in Introducing Police Body Cameras
 - FEMA Makes 1st New Payments to Sandy Flood Claimants After Review
 - Pennsylvania’s Mill Creek Flood of 1915 Re-Examined
 - Del. Law Aims to Improve Fire Safety, Encourage Home Sprinkler Systems
 - U.S. Safety Board Focuses on Driver Fatigue in Tracy Morgan Crash
 - New Jersey Drivers Still Frowning Over ‘No Smile’ Driver’s License Policy
 - National Transportation Safety Board to Hold Hearing on Tracy Morgan Crash
 - Delaware Opts Against Setting Up State Health Insurance Exchange
 - Hub International Announces 2 Appointments in Northeast
 - NYC Comptroller: Potholes Cost $138M in Settlements Over Last 6 Years
 - Union Insurance Group Acquires The McLaughlin Co. in Maryland
 - R.I. Landlord Admits to Burning Down Rental Property for Insurance Money
 - Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Announces New Chairman of Board
 - New York Forms Task Force to Probe Corruption in Construction Industry
 - N.J. Man Gets 3-Year Sentence for Faking Mercedes Carjacking to Get $38K
 - Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Hires Moskie as VP in New York
 - N.J. Regulators Recovered $15.7M for Consumers in Fiscal Year 2015
 - N.Y. Yankees to Offer Fans Biometric Identity Service for Faster Stadium Entry
 - MEMIC Hires Hartt as Agency Services Administrator in Maine
 - NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Maryland
 - Proposal: Newtown Victims’ Families Would Split $1.5M From Homeowner Policy
 - Va.’s Roanoke Valley Considers Insurer-Funded Collision Reporting Center
 - GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Pennsylvania
 - Vermont Licensed 14 New Captives So Far This Year
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Completes Acquisition of William Gallagher in Boston
 - D.C. Dept. of Insurance, Securities & Banking Names New Acting Commissioner
 - NFP Acquires BWD Group in New York
 - SJU to Honor Lloyd’s CEO Beale With Insurance Executive of the Year Award
 - Confie Acquires Schunke Insurance Agency, Reynolds & Reynolds in New York
 - AmWINS Group Acquires The III Group in Pennsylvania
 
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