East News for January 2020
- Personal Info Possibly Compromised for 1,100 Insurance Users in Connecticut
 - Delaware Court Says Insurance Doesn’t Cover Attacker in School Fight
 - Woodruff Sawyer Names Milano as Vice President of Management Liability
 - Pennsylvania’s Graham Company Hires McIntire as Chief Technology Officer
 - Maryland’s Wye River Insurance Appoints Santarelli as President
 - Judge Finds Ransomware Damage to Computer a ‘Direct Physical Loss’
 - Coon Named Deputy Commissioner for Maryland Insurance Administration
 - Massachusetts’ Morse Insurance Agency Acquires Connolly Insurance
 - New York’s The Stahlka Agency Names Berg as a Partner
 - Rhode Island Judge Says Jury Should Decide if Uber Can Be Liable for Crash
 - Group Preparing to Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Group Brokerage Insurance Agency
 - Risk Strategies Acquires Maryland’s Weaver Brothers Insurance
 - Woman Sues Maine Motels for Ignoring Signs of Sex Trafficking
 - Virginia Woman Sues Animal Shelter Over Bite to Her Finger
 - Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Promotes Hoffman, Smith as Executive Vice Presidents
 - Romanelli Appointed as Chair of IICF Northeast Division to Succeed Watkins
 - Roughly 85K Museum Artifacts Feared Lost in NYC Chinatown Fire
 - Rhode Island Construction Manager Pleads Guilty to Stealing $200K
 - Norman-Spencer Hires Blanco as Senior Account Director on Real Estate Team
 - CoreLogic Completes Acquisition of Massachusetts’ Location Inc.
 - New Jersey Apartment Complex Fire Damages Dozens of Units
 - Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Charges Insurance Adjuster in $722K Theft
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Martens Johnson Insurance Agency
 - Uber Goes to Washington. Autonomous Cars with Humans to Collect Data in  D.C.
 - Massive Fire Scorches Six Row Houses in Staten Island
 - New Jersey Law Bans Sale of Flavored Vaping Products
 - The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s BR Vital Brokerage
 - Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Brainard as EVP of Engineering, Marketplace
 - Philadelphia Teachers Union Suing District Over Asbestos in Schools
 - PMA Companies Names Consiglio as Vice President of Northeast Region
 - Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Hires King Flynn as Head of Insurance
 - Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Appointed as NAIC Committee Chair
 - Virginia House Committee Tackles Consumer Protections, Cybersecurity
 - Xceedance Acquires Massachusetts’ Activer Solutions
 - Ex-Church Administrator in Pennsylvania Gets 10 to 20 Years in Theft Case
 - Delaware Insurance Commissioner Appointed Chair of NAIC Antifraud Task Force
 - Three Massachusetts Workers Shocked When Scaffolding Touches Power Line
 - SterlingRisk Insurance Promotes DelPrete to President of Programs
 - Distinguished Programs Promotes Bah in Massachusetts, McFadden in New York
 - Massachusetts’ RogersGray Promotes Deems to Partner
 - Lawmaker Says Maine Cannabis Needs Bank, Insurance Access
 - Saxe Doernberger & Vita Names Guertin Managing Partner of Northeast Office
 - Ames & Gough Elects Knise as Chair, Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
 - Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Adds Five New Agencies to Its Network
 - One80 Intermediaries Acquires Pennsylvania’s Vista Underwriting Partners
 - Santarelli to Head Maryland’s Newly Formed Wye River Insurance Brokerage
 - Christmas Ransomware Attack Hit New York Airport Servers
 - N.Y. Limo Drivers Face New Safety Rules After Deadly 2018 Crash
 - Fire Torches Several Buildings in New Jersey
 - Beecher Carlson Insurance Services Hires Ehrlich to Its New York Office
 - AssuredPartners Acquires Maryland’s The Jordan Insurance Group
 - New York Bans Use of Toxic Chemical in Firefighting Foam
 - Liberty Mutual Re Appoints Burke as VP, Director of Assumed Reinsurance
 - New York Won’t Appeal Its Defeat in Exxon Climate Trial
 - UMass Student Newspaper Editor Cannot Be Held Liable in Defamation Suit
 - Leaning on Doors? Report Says NYC Subway Cars Cut for Safety
 - Alera Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Sylvia Group
 - Three Workers Sickened by Cleaning Chemical at New Hampshire Amazon Warehouse
 - New York Governor Lays out Aggressive Climate Change Plan
 - Connecticut’s CMIC Group Promotes Ursini, Cronin
 - CRU Group Hires Norman as Vice President for the Northeast Region
 - Distinguished Programs Promotes Lane to Regional Sales Executive in Manhattan
 - Police Report Multiple Injuries in 30-Car Maine Highway Pileup
 - Hearing Held in Rhode Island on Proposed Flavored Vape Products Ban
 - New Jersey Man Awarded $3.64M After Injuring His Back at Staples Store
 - RogersGray Acquires Massachusetts’ G.H. Dunn Agency
 - Saxe Doernberger & Vita Promotes Barrese to Partner in New Jersey
 - Deadline to Make Gas Explosion Claim in Massachusetts Extended to January 31
 - Appalachian Underwriters Welcomes Back Roberts as New England Regional Manager
 - InsurTechNY Opens Application Window for 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition
 - Worker in New Jersey Seriously Injured When Ditch Collapses Around Him
 - NI Holdings Completes Acquisition of Maryland’s Westminster
 - New York’s Frenkel & Company Completes Transition to EPIC Brand
 - Two Women Killed After New Jersey Transit Train, Car Collide at Crossing
 - ISU Insurance Agency Network Hires Blumberg as VP in Northeast Region
 - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Walsdorf Agency
 - New Hampshire’s The Davis Agency Joins The Northern United Agents Alliance
 - Maryland Man Dies at Northern Virginia Construction Site
 - New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Five
 - Rhode Island Considers Permanent Flavored Vape Products Ban
 - Judge Denies Motion for New Trial in Boat Sinking Case
 - Insurance Journal’s Top 10 East Region Stories of 2019
 
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