As Insurance Journal looks back on the most popular stories of 2018, its readers in the East region showed interest...
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A Delaware judge has ruled that a medical marijuana user fired from his factory job after failing a drug test...
A proposed law in Massachusetts would bar employers from firing workers for using marijuana legally on their own time. While...
A class-action lawsuit that claims Chinese-manufactured drywall made American homeowners sick is revving up in Virginia. The Virginian-Pilot reported that...
The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based H.J. Knight International Insurance Agency Inc. (HJK). The transaction became effective December...
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved an application by Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation to acquire...
The National Transportation Safety Board told a New York prosecutor she has hampered the agency’s efforts to determine the cause...
The state of Vermont has hired a new chief information security officer. The appointment of Nicholas Andersen was announced by...

In a December 20 consent order, 10 Lloyd’s of London underwriters have entered into an agreement to pay $5 million...
A Manhattan federal judge blocked New York state from enforcing a recently enacted law that aimed to collect $600 million...