East News for October 2026
- Pennsylvania Law Addresses Flood Risk Disclosure by Home Sellers
- NY Project Tests Whether Larger Batteries Can Safely Power Residential Buildings
- New York State Bans ‘Unsafe’ Chatbots for Kids as States Push AI Regulation Limits
- Father and Son Charged With Running ‘Chop-Shop,’ Selling Stolen Cars, Insurance Fraud
- Columbia University Opens Claims for $16 Million Data Breach Settlement
- Town Appeals Denial of Insurance for $11M Judgment Over Political Closing of Quarry
- GEICO Returns $10.5 Million to New Jersey Policyholders
- Beacon Mutual Partners With Massachusetts Restaurant Association
- Delaware High Court Affirms Order for Verisk to Honor AccuLynx Merger Agreement
- Chili’s Workers’ Suit Challenges New York State’s Lower Wage for Tipped Workers
- Yellow Furball Mascot Liberty Biberty Sparks ‘Beautiful’ Protest. Seriously?
- New York Archdiocese and Survivors of Clergy Abuse Reach $800 Million Settlement
- People Moves: Velocity CEO Rothfuss to Join Selective Insurance
- CopperPoint Completes Acquisition of Surety Specialist GIG and Tech Platforms
- Court Rejects Exxon Appeal of $815M Award to Mechanic Over Benzene Exposure
- Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth University Adds Risk Management/Insurance Program
- New York City Bans Horse-Drawn Carriages After Decade-Long Battle
- Rhode Island Sues Meta Over Alleged Tolerance for Scam Advertising
- OSHA Proposes $648K in Fines for 6 Employers at New York Excavation Site
- Connecticut Reports Major Carriers Lowering Rates for Auto, Home Insurance
- Eastern States’ Supermarkets Back Online After Cyber Incident
- People Moves: ATRI Hires Bellistri From Chubb for Financial Institutions
- Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop for 10th Year, This Time by 3.9%
- Plymouth Rock Sells Encharter Agency to MountainOne
- Jury Awards $6.8 Million in Nursing Home Understaffing Class Action
- New Jersey Food Importer Sues to Block Trump’s Canada Tariffs
- Sally Yates Vows Independent Review of Cornell Sex Assault Case
- NJM Insurance Inks Brand Partnership with UConn Huskies
- New York Arrests 16 in Crackdown on Staged Insurance Crashes
- People Moves: Virginia Workers’ Comp Commission Names 2 Deputy Commissioners
- California Group Off the Hook for Defamation Suit Brought by Maine Lobster Industry
- Reuters: DXC in Advanced Talks to Sell Insurance Software Unit for $2.4 Billion
- Former Portfolio Manager Sues Fidelity After Leaving for Michael Dell’s Family Office
- Two Contractors and a Restaurateur Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Violations
- Massachusetts Adopts Stronger Nursing Home Regulations
- People Moves: OneShield Appoints Brown as Chief Insurance Officer
- All in the Family: Husband, Wife and Daughter Indicted for Insurance Fraud and Bribery
- Adjuster Created Law Firm and Fake Claim to Defraud Insurer of $1M, Officials Charge
- NYC Comptroller Levine Urges Anthropic to Pause US IPO
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Positive for AmTrust Group Insurers
- Delaware Jury Awards Qualcomm Just $2 in Damages for Arm Breach of License Deal
- Cornell Suspends Fraternity Parties, Gives State Police Role in Investigating Assaults
- Luxury NYC Co-Op Sued Over ‘Commandeered’ Central Park Terrace
- Frankenmuth Now Writing Commercial Insurance in Virginia
- NYC Restaurants Shut Off Air Conditioning, Close on Sundays as Costs Surge
- Eastern States’ Grocers Shut Online Systems After Cyberattack
- Contractor Faces $255K Fine for 20-Year-Old Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse
- Retiree Helps Track Down Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Oil Wells
- MEMIC Group to Send $17 Million Dividend to Employers
- Markets/Coverages: Amica Offers Free Flume Water Leak Monitoring to Insureds
- People Moves: Selective Insurance Names Kalia Chief Investment Officer
- AI Insiders Voice Alarms to NYC Council as Local Governments Take Up Safety Concerns
- Alliant Insurance Acquires New Hampshire’s Melcher & Prescott
- Army Report Cites Systematic Failures in 2025 Helicopter and Jet Collision That Killed 67
- NY City Accuses Law Firm of Running Injury Claims Fraud Operation
- AM Best Downgrades Hanover Fire & Casualty of Pennsylvania
- TikTok Accused by NY of Running Secret Safety Tests on Teens
- Insurance Executive Killed His Wife, Daughter, Then Himself, NJ Township Police Say
- Heffernan Insurance Acquires Walterry Brokers of Maryland
- Six Charged for Roles in ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Robberies of Jewelry Stores
- Bermuda Insurance Executive and Mother Were on Missing Medical Flight to Boston
- Pennsylvania Court Upholds 48-Year Old Damages Cap for State Agencies
- People Moves: PhiloSmith Promotes Yazmer to Partner
- Pennsylvania Measles Cases Rise to 1,004 as Outbreak Spreads
- New York State Declares Measles Disaster Emergency
- Cornell University Rape Allegations, Investigations and Civil Suit
- Novatae Acquires Trucking MGA Specialized Program Solutions
- People Moves: Marsh Agency Names Neary CEO of New East Region
- Search Continues for 6-Person Air Ambulance Missing Over Atlantic En Route to Boston
- To Shield Its Parishes, Vermont Diocese Wants to Pull Its Bankruptcy Filing
- Temporary Help Agency Owner Hid $6M in Payroll to Skirt Taxes, Workers’ Comp
- People Moves: Lawley Expands Team With 3 Insurance Advisors
- At Zeldin Visit, New Hampshire Republicans Celebrate End of Vehicle Inspections
- People Moves: Plymouth Rock Home Names Stuckey VP of Customer Service
- Luxury Car Rental Company Owner Staged Crash for Insurance
- Town Denied Insurance for $11M Judgment Over the Political Closing of Quarry
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