East News for January 2025
- Tri-State Region Blood Center Hit With Ransomware Attack
- Pennsylvania Says It Blocked $180 Million in Auto, Home, Other P/C Insurance Hikes
- Diminished Value Not Covered by Standard Auto Policy, Massachusetts High Court Says
- Woman Found Guilty of Arson After Trying to Burn 3 Homes in Hamptons
- Uber Alleges Fraud Scheme by New York Groups Faking Car-Crash Injuries
- Maryland Regulator Resolved $33 Million in Insurance Complaints in 2024
- Claims Exec Who Defrauded Allied World Insurance Ordered to Prison, Pay $1.2M
- Judge Extends Ban on Alliant Employees Soliciting Marsh Agency’s Customers
- Worker Killed When House Under Construction Collapses in Massachusetts
- Avian Flu Could Shutter Long Island’s Last Duck Farm
- Family of Wrongfully Imprisoned Disabled Man to Receive $5.9 Million
- Maine High Court Invalidates Law Erasing Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Claims
- Earthquake in Maine Rattles Houses, Nerves Across Northeast
- People Moves: Kalinsky Named CEO of Plymouth Rock Management; Hunter Joins Protecdiv
- Ex-Yankee Mariano Rivera and Wife Deny Knowing of Church Abuse
- NYC Scraps ‘Solvent’ Requirement in Revised Taxi Insurance Rules
- Rhode Island Undertakes Phased Relaunch of Breached RIBridges Benefits Portal
- Two Workers Injured in Explosion at Cannabis Facility
- PayPal Pays $2 Million Cybersecurity Settlement to New York Regulator
- Maryland Man Convicted in $20 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
- New York Obtains $1.065B Judgment Against Accused Predatory Lender
- J&J Tries to Avoid $30 Million in Punitive Damages in Baby Powder Case
- OSHA Cites Contractor in Death of Worker Who Fell From Boston Theater Scaffold
- People Moves: MEMIC Promotes Holbrook; XS Brokers Hires Dawson
- Roller Derby League Loses Bid to Temporarily Block Ban on Trans Athletes
- People Moves: Scully Appointed President of Automobile Insurers Bureau
- Fire-Damaged Cannabis Grower Loses $1.3 Million Business Income Loss Claim
- Crown Stolen from Virgin Mary Statue at Philadelphia Church
- People Moves: Lawley Names 4 New Partners; Burns Heads XS Brokers New Cyber Unit
- Citigroup Must Face New York Lawsuit Over Handling of Fraud Scams
- New York Proposes Plan to Stabilize Broken Taxi Insurance Market
- Connecticut Resiliency Plan Includes Flood Insurance, History Notification Mandate
- Kaplansky Insurance Buys 3 Massachusetts Agencies
- New Jersey Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing in Menendez Corruption Case
- New York, New England Surplus Lines Insurance Groups Merge
- School Employee Kicked 25 Times in 11 Days Denied Workers Compensation
- Perdue Farms to Pay $4 Million For Letting Children Work Hazardous Jobs
- Damages Upheld for Man Whose Ex-Girlfriend Shared Nude Photo Without Permission
- People Moves: Bigglestone Named Acting Commissioner in Vermont; Protecdiv Welcomes Skowronski; DellaTorre Joins Alliant
- Extreme Cold From NY to Texas Threatens to Topple Records
- Maine Town’s Plan to Remove Two Dams Includes Marina Insurance Measure
- New York City Lawsuit Against Exxon, BP, Shell Over Climate Change Dismissed
- OSHA Wants Soap Maker to Clean Up Its Act in Response to Chemical Release
- People Moves: MEMIC Promotes McCracken; NFP Appoints Kim; Harford Mutual Changes Leadership
- Vermont Added 41 Captives in 2024
- With Uber Boost, Group Seeks Reforms to Lower New York’s High Insurance Costs
- Construction Firm Owner Sentenced for Tax, Mail and Workers Compensation Fraud
- Sandy Hook Families Reach Settlement Over Alex Jones’ Bankruptcy
- People Moves: Vermont Mutual Names McDonnell CEO; Carangelo Joins DeCotis
- New York Governor Wants to Curb Hedge Funds Buying of Homes
- Crews Continue Efforts to Stabilize Pennsylvania Sinkhole Area
- New York AG Seeks Recovery of $2.2 Million in Crypto Tied to Remote Job Scam
- Vermont School District Settles With US Over Racial Harassment Allegations
- Private Hospital Owner Prospect Medical Files for Bankruptcy
- Insurer Upheld in Declining to Defend Employer Against Injured Worker’s Lawsuit
- Massachusetts to Hike Some Mandatory Auto Insurance Coverage Limits in 2025
- Maryland AG Vows to Protect Seniors in Assisted Living, Workers Denied Full Wages
- Hub Acquires Connecticut’s Byrnes Agency
- Maine Storm Resilience Proposal Includes Insurance Industry-Funded Mitigation Grants
- People Moves: Pennsylvania Lumbermens Names Firko Operating Officer, Promotes 6
- DC Facing String of High-Stakes Security Events Capped by Trump Inauguration
- Marine Acquitted in Subway Chokehold Case Seeks Dismissal of Suit by Victim’s Father
- Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation
- Deep Vector Closes $1.5M Round Co-Led by Aperture and InsurTech NY
- Virginia’s Andrew Agency Acquires Richmond Insurance Agency
- MLB Players Affiliate Withdraws Image Lawsuit Against Pirates’ Parent Company
- Agency Network Renaissance Acquires Consolidated Insurance Agents in Buffalo
- Asian American Venture Capitalist Accuses PayPal of Racial Bias in Minority Program
- Massachusetts High Court Upholds $20 Million Verdict Over Leg Amputation
- Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act Now in Effect
- Man Is Charged With Truck Arson While Out on Bail on Other Arson Charge
- People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna in New York; Leadership Changes at Falvey Insurance
- Severe Winter Storm Batters Nation’s Capital and Metro Region
- US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage
- New York Employers Must Offer Paid Medical Leave During Pregnancy
- State High Court Nixes Policy Cancellation Over ‘Ambiguous’ Communications
- Dartmouth Athletes End Unionization Bid Citing Labor Panel Shift to Republicans
- Employer Owes Pay for Actual Changing, Showering Time, Not Its ‘Reasonable’ Estimate
- Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires New York’s Acumen Solutions
- Judge Allows Lawsuit Claiming Poland Spring Water Is Not From a Spring
- Giuliani Faces Contempt Hearing Over His Assets in Defamation Case
- After Steward Collapse, Massachusetts Aims to Prevent Future Health Care Failures
- He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance
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