East News for October 2014
- Pennsylvania’s Mcare Fund Assessment Down 48% for 2015 Coverage
 - Connecticut Family Sues Over School’s Ebola Fears
 - Boston Mayor: City Made Significant Strides in Preparing for Climate Change
 - Integro Hires Stearns as Global Marine Practice Principal in New York
 - Selective Insurance’s Q3 Profit Rises 63% to $53M
 - D.C. Council Passes Bill Regulating Rideshare Firms
 - Hanover Insurance’s Q3 Net Income Falls 10% to $55M
 - 2 Years After Sandy: Sea Bright, N.J., Prepares for Next Big Storm
 - Politics of Ebola Response Tricky for Christie, Cuomo
 - NTSB: Southwest Pilot Took Controls From Co-Pilot Before NYC Crash
 - Feds: Engineer’s Sleepiness Caused Bronx Commuter Train Derailment
 - NYC Flood Zone Properties’ Value Rose to $129B Under New FEMA Maps
 - Human Factor, Culture Often Overlooked in Climate Debate, Expert Says
 - N.Y., N.J. Governors Stress Home Quarantine for Ebola Workers
 - Disbarred N.Y. Lawyer Sentenced for Stealing Client Funds
 - After Sandy: Poll Finds ‘Social Resilience’ Key to Coping With Disasters
 - The Hartford Offers Lump-Sum Pension Buyouts to 13,500 Former Workers
 - 2 Years After Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for Next Big Storm?
 - Ebola: NYC Had Jump-Start, Dallas Had to Learn Fast
 - Report on Infrastructure Upgrades Since Superstorm Sandy
 - Amica CEO DiMuccio Receives NAACP Award in Rhode Island
 - Judge Dismisses Mass. AG Coakley’s Federal Housing Lawsuit
 - GAO Report Finds SBA Didn’t Meet Timeliness Goal for Sandy Loans
 - Donegal Group’s Q3 Net Income Rises 14% to $8.7M
 - CDC ‘Go’ Team Sprints to New York as City Faces First Ebola Case
 - Employers Hires Hanover’s Collins as East Regional Sales VP
 - NYC Mayor: Sandy Home-Repair Program Working Better After Overhaul
 - Horse and Buggy Crashes Decline but Still Deadly in Lancaster County, Penn.
 - Delaware Commissioner Urges Treasury to Reconsider MetLife’s SIFI Designation
 - UPenn’s Interdisciplinary Research Seeks to Track Ambler’s Asbestos Legacy
 - Mass. DOI Issues Bulletin on Policy Term Disclosure Requirements
 - EPIC Hires Walsh as Executive Liability, Financial Lines Principal in Conn.
 - MEMIC Hires Comer as Senior Production Underwriter in Virginia
 - New York Says It’s Ready for Ebola, but Many Health Workers Aren’t So Sure
 - New York’s Pace University Holds Disaster Preparedness Conference
 - William Gallagher in Boston Promotes Sharkey to Executive VP
 - Zurich Employees Volunteering for Home Rebuild Program in New York
 - Risk Strategies Acquires Benefit Development Group in Massachusetts
 - Heffernan Acquires Pilot Employee Benefits in New York
 - Rhode Island’s OceanPoint Insurance Hires Porter as Director of Sales
 - XL Adds 3 Underwriters to Cyber & Technology Risk Unit in New York
 - New Jersey Contractor Sentenced for Scamming Sandy Victims
 - IBHS Urges New York to Adopt 2015 Model Building Codes
 - Connecticut Police Officer Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
 - Pennsylvania Agrees to $200M Settlement in Medical Malpractice Fund Case
 - DCRB Seeks Decrease in Del. WC Voluntary Loss Costs, Residual Market Rates
 - Maryland County Eyes Doubling Fines for Passing School Buses
 - Massachusetts AG Coakley Proposes Council to Study Safety Threats
 - Penn. Dept. of Transportation Target of Civil Suit in Fatal Crash
 - A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Frederick Mutual in Maryland
 - Police Nab 316 Distracted Drivers on Phones in Dover, Delaware
 - New Jersey Pharmacist Admits Paying Kickbacks to Physicians
 - William Gallagher Associates in Boston Announces 4 Promotions
 - Pioneer Underwriters Launches Pioneer Special Risk of N.Y.
 - Mass. Health Insurers Offer Online Tools to Compare Medical Procedure Prices
 - Maryland Begins Electronic Filing of Court Documents
 - Mass. OKs Bill Providing Liability Coverage in FAIR Plan Dwelling Policy
 - Lawley Insurance Acquires S. Turtletaub & Sons in New Jersey
 - U.S. Eyes Sale of New York’s Waldorf Hotel to Chinese Insurer
 - Venture Insurance Promotes Zamadics to Underwriting Manager in Penn.
 - Connecticut Lab to Test Medical Marijuana for Patient Safety
 - Safety a Focus in Pennsylvania Crude Oil Transport
 - IFG Hires Golder as Excess/Umbrella Division Director in Connecticut
 - EPIC Hires Cosgrove as Managing Principal in New York
 - N.H. Resident Sentenced to Prison for Felony Insurance Fraud
 - Stepped-Up Ebola Screening Starts at New York’s JFK Airport
 - Connecticut Construction Company Faces OSHA Fines
 - NYC Council Sets 25 MPH Residential Street Speed Limit
 - Massachusetts Storm Found to Be Microburst
 - First Commonwealth Acquires Thompson/McLay in Pennsylvania
 - Coast Guard Sector in N.Y., Conn. Issues New Ebola Protocol
 - Former Integro Chief Garvey Joins EPIC as COO
 - New Jersey Transit Sues Insurers Over Sandy Losses, Seeks $300M
 - Confie Seguros Acquires AA Insurance, Parietti & McGuire in New York
 - N.J. Commissioner: 99.4% of Non-Flood Sandy Claims Settled
 - New York AG’s Health Care Bureau Resolved 13K Consumer Complaints Since 2011
 - Speed-Trap Tipoff Tickets in Delaware Lead to ACLU Lawsuit
 - Hub International Acquires FieldEddy in Massachusetts
 - Mayor de Blasio: New York City Could Handle Ebola Outbreak
 - Lockton Appoints Rapciewicz as Risk Finance Practice VP in New York
 - New Jersey Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Suit for $610K
 - Massachusetts Court Orders New Trial in Trolley Crash Lawsuit
 - N.Y. Doctor Found Guilty in Massive No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - NYC’s Waldorf Astoria to Be Biggest Chinese Real Estate Purchase in U.S.
 - N.J. Commissioner Urges Seniors to Watch Out for Insurance Scams
 - Symposium Panelists Say New Car Technology May Not Lower Insurance Rates
 - NYIA: Many Renters Lack Renters Insurance Despite Premium Decreases
 - Hilton to Sell NYC’s Waldorf Astoria to China’s Anbang Insurance for $1.95B
 - ANE Adds 5 New Agencies to New Jersey Network
 - Dover, Delaware to Target Drivers Using Handheld Cellphones
 - HUB International Northeast Hires Delark as Chief Marketing Officer
 - New Jersey Bill Seeks to Crack Down on Reverse Rate Evasion
 - NCCI Proposes Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease in Connecticut
 - New York’s SterlingRisk Appoints Wolf as Executive VP
 - Verisk Closes New Jersey Office Today Due to Electrical Problem
 - N.J. Red-Light Cameras Lose Support as Drivers Gripe Over Robotics, Glitches
 - Boston’s Risk Strategies, New York’s DeWitt Stern Merge
 - Boston Emerging as Unlikely Battleground for Web-Based Businesses
 - Northeast National Brokerage Offers Underwriting Facility for Petro Industry
 - D.C. Council Weighs Giving Bicyclists More Rights
 - Penn National Appoints Brandon as Executive VP, COO
 - NYC Cracking Down on Unsafe Taxi Drivers as Part of ‘Vision Zero’ Campaign
 - Wal-Mart Seeks to Settle Negligence Lawsuit by Tracy Morgan
 
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