East News for March 2015
- Audit: Maryland Misallocated $28.4M for Health Exchange
 - Speed Camera Tickets Bring Nearly $17M in Revenue for NYC
 - New Law to Protect Domestic Workers to Take Effect in Massachusetts
 - BNC Insurance Agency Acquires Milbrandt & Co. in New York
 - Boston Area Expects a Flood of Claims After Record Winter
 - NYC Mayor: Someone May Have ‘Inappropriately’ Tapped Gas Line
 - Massachusetts Governor Asks for Snow Disaster Declaration
 - Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Rate to Decline for 4th Year
 - Mass. AG Asks DOI to Reject Proposed Fee Increase for MAIP Policies
 - N.H. Court: Worker Who Fell Asleep While Driving Due Benefits for Crash Injuries
 - New Hampshire Senate Delays Workers’ Compensation Reform Deal
 - Erie Survey Finds Wide Range of Distracted Behaviors Behind Wheel
 - ACA Financial Asks N.Y.’s Top Court to Revive Goldman Suit Over Abacus
 - New York to Investigate Insurers’ Cybersecurity Work After Hacks
 - Va. Retailer Lumber Liquidators Faces Safety Inquiry
 - Maryland House, Senate Pass Fracking Bills
 - Traffic Deaths in Maryland Fell to 66-Year Low Last Year
 - Big Melt Will Start Liberating Boston From Its Record Snowpack
 - The Graham Co. Appoints Health & Human Services Leader in Philadelphia
 - New Jersey’s Pedestrian Safety Program May Be Making Positive Impact
 - 2 Mass. Roofing Company Owners Indicted for Alleged Work Comp Fraud
 - Clark Insurance Hires Joy as Director of Employee Benefits Services in Maine
 - ‘Crash and Buy’ Insurance Fraud Schemes Seen Growing in Maryland: MIA
 - New York’s Schumer Requests Safety Probe of Imported Flooring
 - NAIC Report: New Jersey Tops Nation in Auto Insurance Rates
 - Massachusetts Insurance Federation Appoints Murphy as Executive Director
 - Magna Carta Hires Leong as Chief Claims Officer in New York
 - Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Spain Agency in New York
 - Maryland Bill Moves Ahead to Protect Residents From Fracking Damage
 - Cross Insurance Acquires Corcoran & Havlin Insurance in Massachusetts
 - N.H. Senate Committee Not Backing Workers’ Comp Fee Schedule
 - Roger Clemens’ Insurer AIG to Pay for Settlement Reached in Defamation Suit
 - PIACT Elects New Officers for 2015-16 Administrative Year
 - Former Cigna VP Wade Selected to Lead Connecticut Insurance Department
 - Yellow Taxis Now Outnumbered by Uber Cars on NYC Streets
 - New York’s SterlingRisk Hires Krush as New CFO
 - New York DFS Opens Inquiry Into Price Optimization
 - N.J. Senate OKs Electronic Proof of Insurance, Reverse Rate Evasion Bills
 - Domenick & Co. Acquires Human Services Co. in Baltimore
 - NOAA: Spring Flooding Risk in Western N.Y., Eastern New England
 - GEICO Expands Ridesharing Product to Maryland
 - FEMA Official: ‘We Are Undertaking Sweeping Reforms’ at NFIP
 - MetLife Circles Back to Landmark NYC Tower It Mostly Left
 - Beecher Carlson Adds 2 From Graham Co. in Philadelphia
 - Car Safety Tickets on Rise in New Jersey
 - Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Hires Ascolese as Casualty Broker in NYC
 - N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Over Damage Done to Car
 - Kaplansky Insurance Acquires North State Insurance in Massachusetts
 - AmTrust to Acquire ARI Mutual Insurance in Pennsylvania
 - Vermont Mutual Insurance Group CEO Catto to Retire in June
 - New Hampshire Residents Warned About Spring Flooding
 - New Jersey Couple Sues Insurer Over Sales Tax Dispute
 - Newtown Families Sue Lanza Estate; Suits Seek to Collect on Homeowner Policy
 - Lockton Hires Chayot as VP for Northeast Operation
 - Va. Retailer Lumber Liquidators to Pay for Safety Testing of Flooring
 - Clark Insurance Names Ramsdell Senior VP in Maine
 - Atlas Financial Closes Acquisition of Global Liberty in New York
 - Connecticut Revisits Workers’ Comp for First Responders With PTSD
 - Driving-Related Fatalities in Rhode Island Decreased 20% in 2014
 - Lockton Hires Appaneal as VP in Philadelphia Office
 - Viacom to Pay $7.2M to End Wage Lawsuit by Thousands of Interns
 - N.J. Senate President: Bill to Give Sandy Victims Estimates of Aid Receipt
 - Maryland Commissioner Redmer Announces Sale of His Baltimore Agency
 - Allied Insurance Brokers Announces 2 Hires in Pittsburgh
 - Vermont Health Chief: Exchange Cost Pushes $200M
 - Edison, N.J., Voters Pass Bond to Rebuild School Destroyed by Fire
 - FEMA Sets Up Review Process for Sandy Flood Claims
 - Maine Senators, LePage Seek Federal Aid After Winter Storm
 - Pilots: Brakes Were On, but Plane at La Guardia Didn’t Slow
 - New England Goes From Big Snow to Big Melt With Milder Weather
 - 4 Health Insurers Fined $280K in Md. for Selling Unapproved Student Plans
 - Integro Acquires Design Insurance Agency in New York
 - New England Insurance Group Network Launched in Massachusetts
 - FEMA to Impose More Oversight on Flood Insurers, Engineering Firms
 - Arbella Insurance Foundation Partners With Heritage Museums & Gardens
 - NTSB Has Plenty of Questions to Answer in NYC Runway Slide
 - Epic Snows Brought Economic Woes to New England
 - Connecticut Gov.’s Budget Shifts $9M in Public Health Expenses to Insurers
 - Connecticut Bill Would Help Firefighters Claim Cancer Compensation
 - Benmosche, Who Led AIG After Bailout, Dies at 70
 - Lawmakers Probe FEMA’s Sandy-Related Claims
 - Former Hartford CEO McGee Dies at 60
 - N.H. Issues Guidance on Permissible Forms of Producer Compensation
 - Penn. Man Accused of Buying Auto Insurance From Scene of Car Wreck
 - NYC to Spend $250M to Make Dangerous Streets Safer
 - N.Y. Assemblyman Proposes State-Run Flood Insurance
 - Failure to Remove Snow From Sidewalks Results in Fines
 - Section of Roof at Vacant Boston Expo Center Collapses
 - Senator: FEMA Will Re-examine More Cases, Reform NFIP Claims Process
 - Philadelphia Cab Owners Lose Bid to Ban Uber Service
 - Connecticut Debates How to Regulate Rideshare Services
 - Redmer Takes Oath of Office as Maryland’s Insurance Commissioner
 - York Risk Services Hires Haring as Northeast Sales VP in Boston
 - Vanbridge to Acquire Alan Gray in Boston
 - CBIZ Acquires Model Consulting in Pennsylvania
 - World Insurance Associates Acquires John Cecchettini Agency in New Jersey
 - N.J. Congressman Calls for FEMA Chief’s Resignation
 - Hurricane Sandy Victims Reach First Set of FEMA Insurance Settlements
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Excel Insurance, Metcom Excess in N.J.
 - Former Penn. Commissioner Consedine Joins Transamerica to Lead Gov’t Affairs
 - Massachusetts Official Surveys Storm Damage Along Coast
 - MetLife to Pay Government $123.5M in Mortgage Settlement
 - FEMA Exec Tells ’60 Minutes’ He’s Seen Evidence of Fraudulent Reports
 
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