East News for December 2017
- Verdict Pending in Connecticut Lawsuit Over 2011 Plane Crash
- New York’s Financial Watchdog Proposes ‘Best Interest’ Rules
- Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017
- Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Hires Quinn
- Utica National Insurance Group Surpasses $1B in Direct Written Premiums
- New Jersey Contractor Hit with Fraud Charges Over Post-Sandy Work
- Multiple Homes Damaged in Delaware Fire
- New York State Employers Must Comply With New Paid Family Leave Law
- ArcelorMittal Subsidiary to Pay $1.5M in Pennsylvania Coke Plant Lawsuit
- Integro Insurance Brokers Hires Feron to Marine Practice in New York
- IICF Northeast Division Raises Over $1.2M at 11th Annual New York Benefit Gala
- Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Insurance Company Hires Collins
- Prosecutors Can Try to Reinstate Charges in 2015 Amtrak Wreck in Pennsylvania
- Judge Bars Captain from Piloting Ships Following Fatal Rhode Island Crash
- Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Group Hires Meuret
- New Hampshire’s Northern United Agents Alliance Adds Three Members
- PIACT Appoints Russell to Task Force to Improve Insurance Industry Workforce
- Maryland Woman Charged with Setting Her Trailer Home on Fire
- A.M. Best Upgrades Pennsylvania’s Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
- New Law Requires Notice of Workers’ Comp Premium Hikes in New York
- Lockton Hires Cohen as Senior VP and Client Executive in Washington D.C. Office
- N.Y. Finalizes Regulation to Protect Drivers from Unfair Auto Insurance Rates
- Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group Names New President and CEO
- Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Busy Rolling Out the Rules for Legal Pot
- New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
- Prime Authorized to Write Specialty Lines in New York State
- Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Schaaf as COO
- Deadly Northern New York Crashes Spur Bill Requiring Truck Side Guards
- New York-Based Marsh & McLennan Appoints Mills as VP and Controller
- Brightway Insurance Continues U.S. Expansion with First New Jersey Store
- Drone Easily Pierced New York ‘No-Fly’ Zone, Exposing Risk
- Startups Selected for Inaugural InsurTech Acceleration Program in Hartford
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Promotes Haagen and Soja
- Female Workers in Massachusetts Sue McCormick & Schmick’s
- New York’s Greene & Associates Hires Del Priore as Sales Manager
- Alliant Hires New Jersey-Based Blazier to Further Eastern U.S. Growth
- Ten Appointed to Newly Formed New York State Insurance Advisory Board
- CNA Appoints Allen as Vice President of Boston Branch
- Connecticut’s The Hartford Promotes Bush to Oversee Personal Lines
- Schumer Seeks Help for N.Y. Craft Beer Industry with Crop Insurance Program
- New Jersey Advances Bill That Would Bar Drunken Drone Flying
- Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Must Give Gun Info
- Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Promotes Wallace Oakley
- Maine’s BroGue Insurance & Financial Services Hires Guerin
- Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Denies Allegations
- Rhode Island’s Eliclade’s Service Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
- New York’s Distinguished Acquires American Hole ‘n One
- Risk Strategies Company Acquires Maryland’s Delmarva Surety
- N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit
- House Flattened, Others Damaged in Maryland Explosion
- New York’s The Iroquois Group Announces Regional Realignment
- Exxon Takes Climate-Change Probe Fight to Massachusetts Top Court
- Senator Wants Tougher Rules for Double-Decker Tour Buses in New York City
- Maine’s Lynam Insurance Agency Hires Jagger
- Arbella Launches Cyber Coverage for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses
- Delaware Panel Continues Talks on Legalized Pot
- Hub Acquires Assets of Maryland’s Contractor’s Services and Surety Services
- Lockton Hires Garner to Employee Benefit Team in Connecticut
- Man Claims He Caught Eye-Eating Parasite at Pennsylvania Amusement Park
- Construction Firm Disputes OSHA in Work at New Hampshire Power Plant
- Maryland Court Could Give More Time for Asbestos Lawsuits
- Exxon Claim of Bogus Schneiderman Probe Questioned by Judge
- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Hays to New Pittsburgh Location
- Cook Maran Acquires New York’s McDermott & Thomas Associates
- Alliant Hires Massachusetts-Based Long to Energy and Marine Group