East News for August 2017
- A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Pennsylvania’s Eastern Atlantic Insurance
- Accident at Western Pennsylvania Plant Leaves Two Dead, Four Hurt
- Massachusetts Man Arrested for Allegedly Running Motor Vehicle Theft Scheme
- U.S. Agency Sues New York’s Estee Lauder Companies Over Parental Leave Policy
- Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Two Delaware Residents Indicted After Insurance Fraud Investigation
- Element Risk Finalizes Acquisition of Virginia’s Russell Insurance Agency
- New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation Compliance Requirements Go Into Effect
- Trial Nears for Final Defendant in Delaware Murder-For-Hire Case
- Massachusetts Prosecutors Seek $13M in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
- Vermont’s The Richards Group Joins The Northern United Agents Alliance
- IIAV ‘Redoubling’ Hurricane Preparedness Efforts Since Following Harvey’s Texas Impact
- Lawyers: Massachusetts Withheld Evidence About Breathalyzers
- Former New Jersey Transit Worker Says He Was Fired for Raising Safety Concerns
- New Hampshire’s G&A Insurance Joins Northern United Agents Alliance
- Cybersecurity Requirements in New York: Determining Compliance
- Senator Flanagan First Appointee to Massachusetts Marijuana Regulatory Post
- Massachusetts Fire Chief Hospitalized After Explosive Blaze Hits Three Homes
- Lawsuit: Pennsylvania Train That Crashed Also Overshot Previous Station
- Family Settles Suit Against Perdue, Trucking Firm Over Virginia Crash
- Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide
- Massachusetts’ Boston Insurance Brokerage Promotes Two
- Pennsylvania Commuter Train Crash Injures Dozens, None Critically
- Feds Say Brake Problems Preceded Derailment in Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Mann
- Delaware Updates Law to Address Advances in Cyber Threats
- Conn. Court Supports $41.7M in Damages to Student Disabled by Tick Bite on School Trip
- Maryland Libraries Are Training Staff to Administer Overdose Antidote
- Pennsylvania Lumber Fire Took 1.5M Gallons to Douse
- Pennsylvania’s Venture Programs Adds Rawlings as Senior Underwriter
- Woman Files Federal Lawsuit Over Delaware Pumpkin-Flinging Accident
- Two Plead Guilty to $25M New Jersey Prescription Drug Scheme
- New Jersey’s Menendez, Pallone Tout Flood Insurance Reform Legislation
- Pennsylvania Selects Commissioner Miller to Lead Department of Human Services
- Lawsuit Claims Rodent Was Baked Into Sandwich at Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A
- Carlton Fields Hires Silverman to New York Office
- New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Names Webb AVP in Construction Division
- Massachusetts’ Partners Insurance Group Promotes McDonald
- N.Y. Times Must Face Defamation Lawsuit Over Professor’s Slavery Comments
- Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Insurance Company Promotes Pelletier
- New York Bus Firms Seek Damages Over Handling of Workers’ Comp Claim
- Mass. Behavioral Health Facility Faces $207K in Fines for OSHA Violations
- Final Evacuees From Pennsylvania Derailment, Fire Return Home
- Massachusetts Governor Signs Bipartisan Pregnant Worker Protection Legislation
- Penn. Commissioner Miller: Individual Market Instability Will Raise Costs
- New York’s Wellthie Hires Keise as Chief Technology Officer
- Trump Approves Disaster Assistance for New Hampshire
- Tour Operator in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country Gets in Tiff Over His Tuk-Tuk
- Six Workers Sue New York’s Swanky Plaza Hotel, Allege Sexual Harassment
- New Jersey’s Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Hires Henry as VP of Business Development
- Delaware Police Continuing Probe Into Alleged Prescription Fraud
- Anthem to Exit Obamacare Plans in Virginia as Legislative Uncertainties Continue
- Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Deadly Halloween Hayride in Maine
- Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Appoints Shine as Senior VP of Commercial Products
- New Jersey’s Jimcor Agency Announces Two Additions to Management Team
- Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Warns of Caller Posing as Department Staff
- Vermont Governor Creating Commission for Pot Legalization Issues
- Rhode Island Court Hearing for Boater Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously
- Maryland Insurance Administration Names Associate Commissioner of Compliance
- USG Promotes Faust and Whiting in Pennsylvania Office
- Heritage to Acquire Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Insurance for $250M
- Pennsylvania’s IA&B Hires Ross as Marketing, Communications Senior Director
- New Jersey’s Widerman & Company Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers
- New Hampshire Sues Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Marketing Practices
- New York’s Integro Insurance Brokers Hires Roberts
- Construction Worker Buried Alive When Wall Collapses at New York Site
- Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Elects Gonzalez as Board Chairman
- New York’s SterlingRisk Insurance Names Waterman as COO
- Most Residents Allowed Home After Pennsylvania Derailment
- Two Firms Fight Insurance Claim on Boat That Sank Off Massachusetts
- Normandy Insurance Company Now Writing Workers’ Comp in Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts’ The Hanover Eliminating Approximately 160 Positions
- Beacon Mutual’s New CEO Spero: ‘We’re Within an Hour of Every Policyholder’
- Evacuations Remain in Effect After Pennsylvania Freight Train Derailment
- Cause of Pennsylvania Home Explosion Still Unknown
- Virginia Man Gets Life Without Parole for Killing Son for Insurance
- New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Eifert
- Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Jansky
- New York Regulator Subpoenas Wells Fargo Over Unwanted Auto Insurance
- Freight Train Cars Burning After Derailment in Pennsylvania, Residents Flee
- Insurer Threatens to Sue if Pennsylvania Tries to Take $200M
- New Jersey’s Vanguard Hires Graf as Vice President of Operations
- Lemonade Launches in New Jersey, Marks Fourth State in National Expansion
- Delaware Governor Carney Signs Insurance Consumer Fairness Bill
- Maryland Highway Construction Worker Dies from Injuries
- Maine’s MMG Insurance Company Hires Hochradel as VP of Commercial Lines
- New York’s Waldorf Owner Pressured to Sell as China Clampdown Escalates
- Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Promotes Two to Senior Vice President