East News for April 2013
- Storm Costs Driving Up New Jersey Auto Insurance Rates
- GUARD Insurance Group in Pennsylvania Names New CFO
- Highmark Closes $604M Buyout of West Penn Allegheny Bondholders
- Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Boston Chapter Launches Grants Program
- Mass. FAIR Plan Seeks Rate Hike; Expert Witnesses to Testify on Insurer’s Behalf
- New York City Sues BP for Pension Losses Over 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
- Report: 32 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2012
- Family of Vermont Trooper Killed in 2003 Gets $4.5M From State’s Insurer
- Sandy Lesson for Business Owners: Read Policy, Keep Track of Notice Provisions
- Selective Insurance Q1 Profit Up 18% to $21.3M
- Maryland OKs Bill Allowing MAIF Policyholders Installment Payment Option
- York Risk Services Group in New Jersey Appoints VP of Sales
- Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Per Claim Slowed in 2010: WCRI
- Connecticut Panel Poised to Fund Superstorm Repairs
- Eminent Domain May Be Used in Mantoloking, N.J., for Beach Replenishment
- N.J. Gov. Christie: Federal Grants for Homeowners May Still Take Months
- Hilb Group Buys Virginia-Based Brokerage Engle, Paxson & Hawthorne
- Penn. Commissioner: Spring Cleaning Good Time for Preventative Home Maintenance
- Former R.I. Nightclub Owners Appeal $1M Workers’ Comp Fine in Fire Case
- After Irene and Lee in 2011, Some Families Still Displaced in New York
- Hundreds of Cars Unclaimed in Sandy to Be Auctioned in New York
- Vermont’s Insurance Division Launches Online Complaint Filing System
- Zurich American to Refund $4.56M to Disability Policyholders in New York
- N.Y. Regulator Lists New Financial Issues of Concern
- Ohio-based Zito Insurance Agency Partners with Keystone Insurers Group
- I.I.I. : 93% of New Jersey/New York Sandy Claims Settled
- K2 Insurance Services Buys Aegis Security in Pennsylvania
- Delaware Workers’ Compensation Panel Meets
- Police Look to Expand Connecticut Workers’ Comp Law
- Penn. Man Drops Suit Over Mansion Fire, Will Split $18.5M Insurance Payout
- Boston’s Financial District Deserted as People Work From Home
- Farmers to Close 21st Century Insurance Call Center in N.Y.
- 2 Former Willis Execs to Lead Towers Watson’s Crisis Management Team in N.Y.
- New York Family Awarded $130M in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- Newark, N.J., Cop Indicted on Auto Insurance Fraud Charge
- Penn.-Based Donegal Group Posts $6.5M Q1 Income
- 2 N.J. Gas Stations Settle Suit Over Alleged Price Gouging After Sandy
- N.Y. Reaches Settlement With QBE Over ‘Force-Placed’ Insurance Business
- New Jersey Official: State to Buy Flood-Prone Homes in ’13
- Nearly 95% of N.Y. Sandy Claims Closed, Insurers’ Response Report Card Shows
- Tighter Security for Upcoming Marathons in Northeast
- XL Group Appoints Head of Global Claims in Connecticut
- NYC Stays Alert as Precaution; Mayor Rides Subway
- Maryland Dog Bite Liability Measure Fails in House
- 6 Vermont Firms Lauded for Workplace Safety
- Q&A: A Look at Flood Maps and What They Mean in New Jersey
- Firefighters Insurance Is Taxing Municipalities in Pennsylvania
- Feds Give Sandy Victims Up to 1 Year Break on Mortgage Payments
- Delaware Workers Compensation Panel Continues Work
- Mass.-Based Agency Berry Insurance Appoints President
- N.J. Transit: Post-Sandy Costs $450M and Still Rising; Federal Funds, Insurance to Cover Losses
- Conn.-Based Medical Liability Insurer CMIC Appoints Director of Claims
- Vermont Gov. Shumlin Releases Irene Storm Recovery Report
- Virginia Farm Bureau Ratings Downgraded by A.M. Best
- Legal Dispute Continues Between Eli Lilly’s Insurer and Security Firm
- FEMA Has Most New Jersey Flood Insurance Claims Settled
- Cuomo: Workers’ Comp Reform to Bring $800M Savings to N.Y. Employers
- Liberty Mutual Promotes Shapiro to Chief Commercial Claims Officer
- In New York, Sandy Cleanup Work in 3 Long Island Towns Probed
- New Hampshire Jury Finds Exxon Mobil Liable for $236.4M in U.S. Pollution Suit
- Lawsky Urges Fellow Regulators to Reform Force-Placed Insurance Market
- Connecticut Shoreline Avoids Zoning Changes After Storms
- Strickland Acquires Va.-Based MGA Tower Transportation Underwriters
- Rhode Island Agency Carey, Richmond & Viking Appoints 2 Account Executives
- Closing N.Y.’s Reopened Case Fund May Leave Workers’ Comp Insurers Under-Reserved
- New Rules Announced for Homeowners Using Sandy Disaster Aid to Rebuild
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Advanced Benefit Advisors in New Jersey
- N.Y. Charities to Provide 200 Coordinators to Help in Storm Recovery
- Gowrie Group in Connecticut Appoints Commercial Lines Account Executive
- Maine-Based Agencies Turner Barker, Clark Insurance to Merge
- Conn. Issues Stop Work Orders to 27 Construction Firms for Misclassifying Workers
- Mass. Woman Sentenced for Fraudulently Collecting $27K in Insurance Payments
- Aon Global Risk Consulting Appoints Director in Maryland Office
- Pennsylvania Borough Insurer Pays $98K in Cop-on-Cop Lawsuit
- Mass. Regulators Received Over 10K Auto Insurance Complaints, Inquiries in 2012
- Boston Mayor Reviews City’s Taxi Industry, Pushes to Raise Insurance Requirements
- Aon Risk Solutions Names Managing Director for Boston Office
- New Jersey Chiropractor Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Scheme
- R.I. Issues Bulletin Affirming Punitive Damages Not Insurable Under State Law
- Glatfelter Program Managers in Pennsylvania Names SVP of Healthcare Practice
- MEMIC Group Appoints Manager of Maine Advocate Operations
- Horace Mann Pays $8,993 in Restitution to Vermont Policyholders
- 5 Months After Sandy, More Than 2,000 Storm Victims Still Living in N.Y. Hotels
- New Jersey Selects Administrator for Sandy Claims Mediation Program
- U.S. Announces $1.4B in Sandy Transit Aid to New York, New Jersey
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