East News for December 2025
- Gov. Hochul Says New York’s New AI Compliance Office Could Explore ‘Kill Switch’
- FAA Resolves Air Traffic Outage That Snarled Northeast Travel
- Virginia Tightens Data Center Restrictions Amid Political Backlash
- New York Upgrades Systems to Better Predict Floods and Water Supplies
- Cleared of Charges, NJ’s Norcross Sues Inquirer, Editor for $100M in Defamation Suit
- NYC Reports Second Death in Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in South Bronx
- Lemonade $10.5 Million Settlement Over License Number Data Breach Approved
- Markets/Coverages: Summit Workers’ Comp Enters Maryland and Washington D.C
- New York Attorney General Urges AI Whistleblowers to Come Forward
- Ex-Youth Center Counselor Faces Sex Assault Trial in New Hampshire
- GE Vernova, Vineyard Wind Settle Legal Battle Over New England Wind Farm
- New York Law Confirms Insurer Liability for Bad Faith Includes Third-Party Claims
- Khalil Lawsuit Alleges Columbia University Failed to Protect Pro-Palestinian Activists
- FBI Confirms Data Was Breached in Cyber Attack on Springfield Schools
- ‘Most Successful’ Hole-in-One Prize Insurance Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud
- People Moves: Waddingham Joins MEMIC in NJ; RT Specialty Promotes O’Marra in NY
- World Insurance Acquires New Jersey’s TE Freuler Agency
- Yankees Say Bacteria in Stadium Cooling Tower Not Linked to Legionnaires’ Outbreak
- Magnum Says Ben & Jerry’s Chair Fostered Toxic Culture
- Court Agrees Massachusetts Auto Insurance Bars Duplicate Medical Payments
- People Moves: Ames & Gough Appoints 2 in DC
- NYC Dealing With South Bronx Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- What If Employer’s Secret Identity Causes Workers’ Comp Claim to Be Filed Late?
- People Moves: Meskell Joins Keystone From Baldwin as National Brokerage Leader
- Copart to Buy ACV Auctions in $1.9 Billion Deal
- New York Contractor Charged with $160K Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
- Springfield to Reopen Schools Monday After Closing Them Due to Cyber Attack
- At First NYC Firehouse to Respond on 9/11, Sal Argano Is Last Still on Staff
- What Do We Remember About 9/11? Whom Do We Remember?
- Arrow Bank to Acquire Skene Valley Agency in Upstate New York
- New York Proposes Rule to Require Prior Approval of Auto Insurance Rate Hikes
- Connecticut Insurance Department Relocates to Trumbull Street Building
- Connecticut Towns Installing License Plate Reading Cameras on School Buses
- NYC Officials Feared Liability Over Toxic Air After 9/11 Attacks
- Luminis Cybersecurity Incident Highlights ‘Concerning’ Rise in Attacks on Healthcare
- Washington Commanders Player Scores Workers’ Compensation Win
- Boston Scientific Says Unlikely to Meet 2026 Forecast After Cyberattack Disruption
- Insurer FM Adds to Partnerships of Boston Teams in Tech-Facing Tomorrow Golf League
- GEICO Avoids Class Action Over Totaled Vehicle Payouts in New Jersey
- New Hampshire Approves 2.9% Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut for 2027
- King Risk Partners Acquires New Jersey’s Conover Beyer Associates
- Efforts Underway to Salvage Maine and Boston Schooners That Sank in NYC Canal
- New Jersey Takes Fight Over Kalshi’s Prediction Market to US Supreme Court
- World Insurance Acquires New Jersey’s Pellechio Family Agency
- People Moves: Silva to Succeed Retiring Welch as Amica Chief Claims Officer
- Judge Strikes Down NY Plan to Charge Fossil-Fuel Firms $75B for Climate Damages
- Starbucks Dress Code Didn’t Violate NYC Workers’ Labor Rights, US Court Rules
- Amwins Acquires Firearms Insurance Specialist Joseph Chiarello & Co.
- Severe Thunderstorms Threaten From Great Lakes to New Jersey
- Stewart Information Services Acquires Telecommunications Specialist Tower Title
- Specialty Insurance Platform Ignyte Acquires InsureMyTrip
- Apple to Pay Virginia Employee $150K in Religious Accommodation Settlement
- Blake Lively Gets $400,000 of $8M in Legal Fees From Film Fight with Justin Baldoni
- LaGuardia Air Traffic Controllers Under Scrutiny Over Crash That Killed 2 Pilots
- Judge Throws Out Bulk of Economic Claims Over Baltimore Bridge Tragedy
- Trump Loses Bid to Move NY Hush Money Case to Federal Court
- Arbella Opens Commercial Lines Office in New Hampshire
- Judge to Hear Recantation of Sexual Abuse Claim Against Ex-Penn State Coach
- Delaware Helps Firms Pay for Insurance, Trade Shows, Travel to Grow Exports
- DOJ to Challenge Dismissal of Harvard Civil Rights Suit
- NY City Mayor Mamdani Assembles Executive Panel to Smooth Ties With Business
- Owner of Home on Fire Stole First Responder’s Rescue Truck: Police
- Northeast Including New York City Facing Flood Risks From Thunderstorms Today
- Judge Dismisses Musk’s X Suit Against New York Law on Hate-Speech, Disinformation
- People Moves: Alliant Adds Riexinger to Northeast Benefits Team
- Hospital Employee Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- Yale Police Officer Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- Boston Scientific Hit by Cyberattack, Global Operations Affected
- King Risk Partners Expands in New York With Norton and Siegel
- NJ High Court Removes National Boys and Girls Club From Child Sex Abuse Case
- People Moves: Ames & Gough Names 3 Assistant VPs in DC Office
- Willis Towers Watson Accuses Lockton of ‘Smash and Grab’ of Construction Team
- Harvard to Pay $53 Million Settlement Over Body Parts Sold by Former Morgue Manager
- Judge Approves $117.5 Million Settlement in ‘Complex’ Comcast Data Breach Case
- Former Virginia Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
- After Alex Jones’ $40M Texas Court Win, He Still Faces More Than $1B in Damages
- Cleanup Underway After Tornadoes Touch Down in Delaware and New York’s Long Island
- Judge Narrows Ben & Jerry’s Suit Accusing Unilever of Silencing Social Activism
- King Risk Partners Acquires The Roberts Agency in Connecticut
- Rhode Spill: Summer Heat Turns Truckload of Spilled Squid Into Unappetizing Mess
- Former NFL QB Hasselbeck on Frontier: Diagnosing CTE Disease in the Living
- OpenAI Warns of Confusion as Massachusetts Readies Crackdown
- People Moves: MEMIC Group Adds 2 to Loss Control Team
- Police Officer Sentenced for Role With Other Officers in Insurance Fraud Scheme
- General Contractor Found Not Liable for Subcontractor Employee’s Injury
- Maine Governor Names Darby as Acting Insurance Chief as Schott Departs
- Seltzer Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Trego Insurance Agency
- Pennsylvania Imposes New Rules to Set Up AI Data Centers in State
- Luigi Mangione’s State Murder Trial Postponed Indefinitely
- Judge Nixes Uber’s RICO Suit Alleging NY Lawyers, Doctors Conspired on Auto Claims
- People Moves: OneShield Appoints Becker SVP, New Products
- Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Allied Insurance Agency
- Connecticut Boosts Innovation Center With $20M for New Urban Campus
- Police Looking for Additional People in Virginia University Shooting
- Trump Spurned Again by US Supreme Court on $5 Million Carroll Award
- Six Persons Indicted for Allegded Roles in Multi-State Retail Theft Ring
- Jury Finds No Gun Defect, Sides With Sig Sauer in Unintended Discharge Case
- Harvard Wins Dismissal of US Suit Over Campus Antisemitism
- Aon’s NFP Buys Cannabis Business From Frontier Risk
- Safety Agency Reports on 2025 Blast at Pennsylvania Steel Plant That Killed 2
- NJ School Board Not Liable for Boy’s Shooting at Football Game With No Metal Detector
- Amynta Group Buys Virginia-Based Southern States Underwriters MGU
- Lindsay Clancy Trial Focus Turns to Drugs Prescribed Before She Killed Her 3 Children
- Report Says Firefighting Tactics at Maine Lumber Mill Inadvertently Aided Deadly Blast
- Business Moves: FM Acquires Wildfire Intelligence Firm FortressFire
- People Moves: World Insurance Names CFO, World Retail
- OSHA Fines Maine Pulp Mill $700K for Chemical Release That Killed 2 Workers
- Massachusetts High Court Says Mag Mutual Must Defend Doctor Accused of Stalking
- Appeals Court Says Lobstermen’s Defamation Suit Raises First Amendment Questions
- Tour Boat Operator Charged in Fatal Capsizing in New York Harbor
- Delaware Judge Orders Verisk to Proceed With $2.35 Billion AccuLynx Deal
- New Jersey Sues Amazon, Alleging Poor Pay and Conditions for Drivers
- Virginia Study on Data Centers Calls for Tighter Water Regulations
- Teva Seeks to Keep Israel Ties From Philadelphia Jury, Cites Gaza War
- New York Strengthens Law on Inspections of Cooling Towers in City
- People Moves: Ames & Gough Names Partners Lynch and Maxwell as Senior VPs
- Chipwich Maker Withdraws Lawsuit Against Insurance Agency
- Virginia Moves Toward Regulating Self-Driving Vehicles Amid Safety, Liability Concerns
- Abuse Claimants Allowed to Sue for Parish Assets in Vermont Catholic Bankruptcy Case
- NYC Law on Sharing Food Delivery Apps’ Data Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules
- NYC Vows Legal Action Against Online Sellers of Illegal E-Bikes and E-Scooters
- Jury Says Medtronic Owes $88 Million in First Trial Over Covidien’s Hernia Mesh
- Law Restricts Her From Reducing ‘Excessive’ $91M Injured Worker Award, Judge Finds
- People Moves: Plymouth Rock Names 3 Key Leaders; Valekha to Lead MIA Financial Unit
- New Jersey Sues Amazon Alleging Poor Pay and Conditions for Drivers
- NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Heaps Pressure on a Teetering CMBS Deal
- New Jersey Settles Trucker Misclassification Claims for $2.7 Million
- DOXA Buys LimitFi Platform for Credit Risk Insurance Products
- Plymouth Rock Launches ChatGPT for Home Insurance Quotes
- New York Sues Prediction Market Kalshi Alleging ‘Illegal Gambling Operation’
- Maine Moves to Strengthen Mobile Home Park Oversight
- New York’s Heavy Rains Lead to Water Rescues, Grist Mill Destruction
- Police Am-Bush Catches 74 Drivers Using Cell Phones
- Former Insurance Agent Sentenced to Jail for Fraud, Again
- Insurer Says Virginia ‘Intentional’ Acts Law Blocks $10M Punitive Damages Claim
- AM Best Lifts Mid-Hudson Group’s Outlooks to Stable
- Analog Devices Assessing Latest Cyber Breach Claim From Hackers
- Trump Asks Supreme Court to Toss $83 Million Carroll Verdict
- 6 in 10 New Jerseyans Want Regulations Around AI and Mental Health: Rutgers
- Utica National Teams Up With NFL’s Buffalo Bills
- Inszone Insurance Acquires Pennsylvania Hospitality Specialist Progress Brokerage
- NYC Medical Facility to Spend $30 Million on Sex Abuse Prevention to End Criminal Probe
- Ride-Hailing Policies in New Jersey Must Provide PIP Benefits for Injured Pedestrians
- People Moves: NFP Names Chamberlain to Upstate New York Team
- AM Best Calls $1.54 Billion Mapfre-Safety Marriage ‘Strategically Compelling’
- eBay Settles Couple’s Harassment, Stalking Claims for $55.7 Million
- NYC Halts Construction at 222 Broadway Office-to-Residence Tower
- Two Sentenced for Transporting Stolen ‘Muscle’ Cars to ‘Street Takeovers’
- Fire Aboard Floating Restaurant on New Hampshire Lake Under Investigation
- Jury Awards 78-Year-Old Victim $56 Million for Crash Caused by Amazon Delivery Driver
- People Moves: World Insurance Names Erfurt National Leader; Landis Joins Ironpeak
- People Moves: Executive Changes at Hudson Insurance
- Husband and Wife Insurance Brokers Sentenced for Fraud Scheme
- Judge Says Zelle Must Face New York AG’s Suit Over ‘Rampant’ Fraud; Zelle to Appeal
- Mapfre to Acquire Safety Insurance for $1.54 Billion in Cash Deal
- Root Expands Its Telematics Car Insurance to New Jersey, Its 37th State
- NYC Says Source of Legionnaires’ Disease Has Been Eliminated
- Man Tied to $100 Million NJ Deli Scam Gets 21 Months in Prison
- Uber, Lyft Win Court Block on NYC Law Requiring Notice Before Firing Drivers
- New York Law Enforcers Learn Best Practices for Battling Auto Insurance Fraud
- Insurers Must Defend Hotels Accused of Sex Trafficking of Minors
- Trump Administration Probing Harvard’s Financial Aid for International Students
- Gallagher’s RPS Acquires W.N. Tuscano Agency, a Pennsylvania MGA
- Allstate’s $1.7M RICO Claims Fraud Suit Merits Trial, Not Arbitration: NJ High Court
- Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Arson That Destroyed The Old Pink
- Models Stripped of Insurance Cover for Club’s Unauthorized Use of Their Images
- New York City Braces for Heavy Rain Tuesday After Weekend Floods
- NYC Reports 3 Deaths From Legionnaires’ Disease; Cooling Tower Cleaning Underway
- New Jersey E-Bike Registration, Insurance Requirements Now in Effect
- Sightseeing Helicopter Likely Hit Birds Before Crashing Into Hudson River
- Federal Appeals Court Rules New Jersey’s Assault Weapons Ban Is Unconstitutional
- New York Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Firms for Funding of PFAS Cleanup
- West Hartford to Pay $20 Million to Settle Suit Over Kindergartener’s Death
- Man Charged With Arson for Fire at Philadelphia Islamic Center
- New York Approves 22% Workers’ Compensation Cost Reduction
- New Cases Slow in New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- AM Best Shifts Outlooks to Negative for Safety Insurance
- People Moves: MEMIC Expands Northeast Underwriting Team with New Hire Rutledge
- New Jersey Insurance Agents Are Not Exempt From Consumer Fraud Act: High Court
- Massachusetts Finalizes New Safety, Consumer Rules for Assisted Living Facilities
- One Weather Firm Warns New England Could See Big Hurricane This Season
- Markets/Coverages: Lemonade Enters Maine and Vermont Renters Insurance Markets
- People Moves: Clifford Takes On Expanded Role for NFP’s Construction Unit
- Philadelphia Area Digs Out From Damage Left by Microburst Storms
- Markets/Coverages: Clach Casualty Seeks Habitational Properties in NY Free Trade Zone
- New York Construction Scare Shows Challenges of Converting Offices to Housing
- After Losing Job and Crypto, Man Falsely Claimed $1.3M From 107 Class Actions
- New York, Northeast Will See Temperatures Soar This Week
- Police Officer Sentenced for Role in Insurance Fraud Conspiracy With Other Officers
- NYC Finds Legionnaires’ Bacteria at 31 Upper East Side Sites
- NJ Unfunded Mandate Council Did Not Have Authority to Void DWI Surcharge
- Trump Loses Bid to Delay Carroll’s $5 Million Trial Payout
- People Moves: DeCotis Welcomes Production Underwriter for Personal Lines
- Damaged Manhattan Tower Owner to Reconstruct 15 Floors After Evacuation
- NY Fed Says Mid-Atlantic Firms Aren’t Done Passing on Tariff Costs
- Boston Joins Suits Against Social Media Giants Alleging Harm to Students
- NYC Orders Pause of Construction on Damaged Midtown Office Tower
- Former Bucknell University Coach Charged in Death of Freshman Football Player
- People Moves: Vermont Mutual Adds Jarvis; Farley to Retire; Becker, Young to Advance
- Q&A With NYC Mayor and Officials on Structurally Compromised Midtown Building
- NYC to Publicly Identify Buildings Testing Positive for Legionnaires’ Bacteria
- Connecticut Seeks Consultant to Explore Nonprofit Liability Insurance Options
- Developer Downplays Structural Concerns at ‘Unstable’ Midtown Manhattan Tower
- NYC Is Racing to Secure Unstable Midtown Manhattan Building
- Smith Brothers Insurance Expands With Addition of Norcom Agency
- People Moves: Chesapeake Employers’ Names Barnett to Leadership
- Midtown Manhattan Buildings Evacuated After Collapse Warning
- What 124 Future Business Leaders Really Think About AI and Work
- New York City Reports Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease Rise to 23
- Massachusetts High Court: Regulator Must Explain 14.6% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
- New York City Investigating Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on Upper East Side
- Co-Owner of Maine Lumber Mill Dies of Injuries From Fire and Explosion
- Supreme Court to Weigh If States’ Assault Weapons Bans Violate Second Amendment
- New Jersey Busts Alleged $8 Million Auto Theft Operation Involving 63 People
- New York City, Northeast Swelter in Hottest Day of the Year
- Popular 14th Street DC Restaurant Settles Wage and Hour Violation Charges
- Trump May Ask Supreme Court to Reconsider Carroll Appeal Denial
- World Insurance Adds Maryland’s Still Creek Agency
- Virginia to Allow Recreational Marijuana Sales in Retail Stores in 2027
- Insurer CEO Shooting Suspect Mangione’s Federal Trial Delayed Until After State Trial
- People Moves: CRC Names Crotty to Lead Northeast Benefits Initiative
- Passenger Jet Reported Hitting Drone. Helicopter Had Near Miss Hours Later.
- Salvation Army Faces Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Employee With Cancer
- World Insurance Acquires Clarke Agency of New Jersey
- Postal Worker Stole Workers’ Compensation Checks Sent to Girlfriend’s Mother
- New Jersey High Court Upholds Immunity for Paramedics in Infant’s Brain Injury Case
- World Insurance Adds Fillmore Agency of New York
- Landlord Harmed by Before/After Repair Photos Wins New Trial Over Negligence Claim
- Vermont Is First State to Ban Paraquat Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
- Mamdani Delivers Rent Freeze in Milestone for New York City Tenants
- Fire Extinguished at Monroe Energy’s Jet Fuel Refinery in Pennsylvania
- One Adult Killed, Another Seriously Injured in New Hampshire Mobile Home Fire
- Construction Firm Owner Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- King Risk Partners Acquires Massachusetts Agency
- Massachusetts Concrete Firm Sentenced and Fined for Worker’s Death
- NYC Hires Pinnacle Actuaries, Seeks Private Partners for Housing Insurance Program
- NYC Mayor Orders Steps to Protect Workers From Heat, Study of Workers’ Compensation
- Rhode Island Opens Window to Civil Courts for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
- Man Falls to Death During Rock Concert at Madison Square Garden
- Cover Whale Launches Wholesale Transportation Broker Headed by Atkielski
- Virginia’s New Gun Laws Challenged by Some Local Prosecutors and Lawsuits
- ‘We’ll Want Some Proof’: State Farm CEO’s Take on NY Auto Insurance Reforms
- World’s Top Golfers to Compete This Week in Travelers Championship
- NYC Mayor, Other Leaders Want Ban on Horse Carriage Rides After Teen’s Death
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Pennsylvania’s Juniata Mutual Insurance
- Teen Dies After Being Thrown From Horse-Drawn Carriage in NYC’s Central Park
- People Moves: Hub International Names Collins Northeast Area President
- Dali Engineer Reaches Deferred Prosecution Deal Over 2024 Key Bridge Collapse
- Conn. Extends Uninsured Motorist Coverage to State’s Transportation Workers
- Mangione Drops Psychiatric Defense Bid for New York Murder Case
- World Insurance Adds Wolpert Agency of Massachusetts
- Accused Insurer CEO Killer Mangione Could Face Hurdles With Mental Health Defense
- Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Ban on Self-Referrals Does Not Apply to Pharmacies
- World Insurance Acquires New Jersey’s ML Ruberton Agency
- Washington National Airport Will Halt Operations for Most of July 4th
- Citi Exec Alleges She Was Fired for Raising Trump-Related Compliance Issues: FT
- Second Firefighter Dies From Injuries at Maine Lumber Mill Explosion
- People Moves: Lawley Expands Team Across Its Footprint
- Ship Owner Seeks Dismissal of Economic Loss Claims From Baltimore Bridge Collapse
- Ads in New York Must Now Label AI-Generated ‘Synthetic Performers’
- Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to New York Law Allowing Suits Against Gun Industry
- Baldoni, Lively Fight Ends With Actress Awarded Legal Fees But No Damages
- New York Law Aims to Block 3D Printers From Making Guns
- Tent Collapses at Virginia Church Celebration, Killing 1 and Injuring 22
- People Moves: PIA New Jersey Elects New Leadership
- Virginia Says Airbnb Lacks Insurance License to Offer Host Damage Protection Plan
- Markets/Coverages: Distinguished Programs Expands Into Reinsurance Led by DiPaola
- Motorists Sue NY County Over 1.6 Billion License Plate Scans
- Nonprofit Hospital Entitled to Liability Cap But Not Immunity, Says NJ Supreme Court
- Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Says Brand Being ‘Destroyed’ by Magnum
- Uber Sues New York City Over ‘Reckless’ Driver Protection Law
- Massachusetts Cites Worsening Drought Conditions as Summer Arrives
- Connecticut Drivers to Lose License for Repeatedly Failing to Stop for School Bus
- As Pennsylvania Cracks Down on AI, Multiple Chatbots Continue to Pose as Doctors
- Workers’ Compensation Costs Running High in Pennsylvania: WCRI
- ANV Group Adds Another Workers’ Compensation Agency to Its Roster
- 8 Charged With Faking Shippers’ IDs to Steal Meats, Cheeses, Copper and Cigarettes
- Court Rejects NRA Ex-Leader LaPierre’s Appeal of NY’s $4.3M Judgment
- People Moves: Maine Insurance Superintendent Carey Retires
- Karen Read Sues Police Agencies That Investigated Her Boyfriend’s Death
- United Co-Pilot Warned Plane Was Slow, Low Before Newark Mishap
- Newsrooms Sue Leaders of Penn State Trustees Over ‘Gag Policy’
- Fatal Virginia Bus Crash Raises Questions About Bus Safety, Driver and Company
- After Multiple Settlements, Judge Delays Civil Trial Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse
- Delaware Declares Drought Watch as Precipitation Levels Drop
- Beware Business IT Consultant Who Secretly Installs Remote Access to Network
- Meteor Caused Speculation Across New England But No Damage or Injuries
- People Moves: Hudson Insurance Appoints Chief Claims Officer
- New York Debt Litigation Bill Hangs on Last-Minute Assembly Move
- Novacore Adds Euclid Design to Its Professional Underwriters Agency
- King Risk Partners Acquires Construction Insurance Specialist
- 97,000 More Connecticut Residents Will Have Medical Debt Erased
- Northeast States Sue Trump Administration Over Offshore Wind Farm Cancellation
- Shipper Escapes $41.9M Award for Man Paralyzed When Lights Fell From Pallet on Him
- Rikers Correction Officer Lied to Obtain Workers’ Compensation Benefits
- GE Vernova Must Continue Vineyard Wind Work While Payment Issues Play Out
- New Hampshire Sends Message to Drivers Using Hand-Held Electronic Devices
- Workers’ Families, Other Parties Settle Baltimore Bridge Tragedy Claims
- Bus Hits Cars in Virginia, Killing 5 Massachusetts People and Injuring 34
- People Moves: Davis & Towle Names Kneeland, Promotes Cole in Commercial Lines
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