East News for February 2005
- Conn. Expected to Adopt Civil Union Law
- Med-Mal Writer ProAssurance to Expand Mid-Atlantic Reach with NCRIC Merger
- Conn. AG Blasts Insurance Department Over Med-Mal Rates; Seeks New Hearing and Prior Approval Law
- Consultant Hails Md. Gov. Ehrlich’s Med-Mal Bill
- N.H. Safety Chief Opposes Mandatory Seat Belts
- Conn. Holding Med-Mal Insurance Hearing Today
- ACE Risk Names Zelickman to Lead Boston Operations
- Willis Expands Pittsburgh Office with Key Hires
- Insurers Concerned With ‘Burdensome’ N.Y. Credit Score Regulations
- N.Y. Court Rules ‘No Pay, No Protection’ from Suits Under Workers’ Comp Law for Scofflaw Employers
- Carefirst Will Absorb Maryland Premium Tax
- U.S.I. Appoints Remig as Mid-Atlantic President
- Supreme Court Rules Big Dig Dredge a Vessel for Purpose of Allowing Injured Worker to Sue Owner
- R.I. State Senate Bills Seek to Spur Competition in Health Insurance Market
- MetLife to Tell Travelers Employees of Job Status
- Pa.-based Harleysville Insurance In Transition to Restore Historic Results
- Middlesex Mutual’s Hall Honored by Conn. PIA
- N.J. Gov. Codey Appoints Bryan to Replace Bakke
- N.J. Malpractice Insurer Ordered to Pay $15.3 Million
- N.Y. Workers Comp Insolvency Fund Could Survive Until End of March; Quick Action in Albany Sought
- Mass. Insurer Coalition Plans Major Campaign to Bring More Competition to Auto System
- ProBuilders Enters N.E. Contractors’ Insurance Market
- Pa.’s Insurance Chief Koken Performs Balancing Act at Home and On the Road for NAIC
- PCI: New York’s Guaranty Funds Need Both Short and Long-Term Reform
- Mass. Fraud Crackdown Lowers Claims Substantially
- Mass. Questions AIG Workers’ Comp Data
- N.Y. Lawmakers Call Hearing into Strained Workers Comp Insolvency Fund for Today
- Conn. Gov., AG Differ Over Agent Disclosure
- R.I.’s Starkweather & Shepley Buys 2 Mass. Agencies
- Jury: Developer Negligence Contributed to N.J. Fire
- R.I. Lawmaker Seeks Med-Mal Rate Controls
- IWIF Workers’ Comp Seminars Now Interactive, Still Free
- Two Plead Guilty in Big Virginia Insurance Fraud Case Involving Former Malpractice Reciprocal
- Travelers Cuts N.Y. Auto Rates
- Philadelphia Consolidated CEO Pleased with Q4 Report
- Aide to Maryland Commissioner Resigns After Admitting Spreading False Rumors About Baltimore Mayor
- Maryland Commissioner’s Task Force to Study Urban Auto Insurance Rates
- Donovan Joins HCC Sub in New York
- N.J. Man ‘Falls’ Into Fraud Scam; Charged Newspaper Delivery Person Responsible for Injury
- Del. Commissioner Denn Seeks to Reshape Insurance Department to Stress Consumer Protection
- Delaware Unveils Health Insurance Purchasing Plan
- N.H. Bill Would Assign Snow Sport Liability
- Conn. Gov. Rell’s Med-Mal Proposal Skips Damage Caps Unless Rates Fail to Drop 15%
- N.Y. Workers Comp Security Fund Almost Out of Money
- N.H. Auto Insurance Rates Falling
- AIA Says No to Elected Conn. Commissioner Proposal
- Connecticut AG Calls for Voters to Elect Commissioner, Brokers to Disclose Fees and Quotes
- N.Y. City to Appeal Judge’s Decision Overturning State Law Against Gay Marriage
- N.H. Jury Awards $2.6M in Car Crash Suit, Citing Engineers for Faulty Intersection Design
- Federal Judge Backs Maine Law Requiring Compensation Disclosure by Benefit Managers
- N.Y. Officials Vow to Exercise Caution in Regulation of Compensation Before Gathering of Big ‘I’ Agents
- PIA Creates Searchable Database from 10 Years of Experts’ Answers to Agents’ Questions
- Amica Latest to Cut N.Y. Auto Insurance Rates
- Liberty Mutual Opens Captive Office in Vermont
- N.Y. Insurance Department Questioned Contingent Fees Years Before Spitzer Investigation Made Headlines
- N.J. Commissioner Bakke Resigns
- First Niagara Acquires Ithaca, N.Y. Agency
- Opponents Win Stay of Mass. Auto Market Changes
- Pilgrim to Write Flood Insurance as Part of WYO Program in Mass., N.H. and Conn.
- Pagoumian Named President of Napco
- Aon Risk Services to Serve as Broker for Freedom Tower Construction in Lower Manhattan
- A.M. Best Upgrades Rating for The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., Subs