East News for October 2020
- Insight Service Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Social Detection
 - Jerry Falwell Jr. Files Suit Against Liberty University Claiming Reputational Damage
 - Pennsylvania Judge Allows COVID Business Loss Suit Against Lloyd’s to Advance
 - Delaware Workers’ Comp Rates Drop for Fourth Year in a Row
 - Boston Insurance Brokerage Expands Specialty Offerings; Fell to Lead New Division
 - Sompo International Names New York’s Gundersen Head of Asian Risk Solutions
 - New York City Sued Over Clashes with Floyd Protesters
 - City of Baltimore to Compensate Family of Officer Shot Before Testimony
 - Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Hires Yozzi to its New York Office
 - Five Hospitalized After Factory Store Evacuated in Maine
 - Hanover Insurance Enters Maryland Personal Lines Insurance Market
 - Ensurise Merges with Maryland’s American Heritage Insurance Agency
 - Virginia State Officials Lay Out Plan to Address Rising Seas
 - Rhode Island Fines, Closes Four Bars Over Alleged COVID Violations
 - Connecticut AG Wants Reimbursements for Poor Response to Power Outage
 - FCCI Insurance Group Writes First Policy in Pennsylvania
 - Pennsylvania Justices Review Priest Abuse Lawsuit’s Ruling on Time Limits
 - Judge Rules New York City Crosswalks Fail to Protect Blind Pedestrians
 - EPA Permit May Curb Phosphorous Discharge from New Hampshire Fish Hatchery
 - Eastern Insurance Group Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Auburn Insurance Agency
 - Dick Insurance Agency, Merrimack Financial Services Announce New Hires
 - Omaha National Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage into Connecticut, Georgia
 - Target to Enhance Safety at 200 Northeast U.S. Stores in Department of Labor Settlement
 - World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia’s Hampton Insurance Agency
 - Insurtech Vouch Insurance Expands Coverage to New York
 - Man Accused of Tampering with Pizza Dough Held Without Bail
 - Second Search of Virginia Blast Site Finds No More Victims
 - BenefitMall Adds Poli as Mid-Atlantic Market Director Based in Maryland
 - Several Injured in Blast, Fire at Virginia Shopping Center
 - Richmond Diocese to Pay $6.3M to Sexual Abuse Victims
 - Alera Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Gordon Atlantic Insurance Agency
 - Grocery Chain Slow to Report Tampering at One of Its Maine Stores
 - Maryland Auto Insurance Launches New Auto Insurance Fraud Initiative
 - New York’s NFP Hires Pendergast to P&C Division as Senior Vice President
 - Graham Company Appoints Baxter as Senior Vice President of Employee Benefits
 - AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings for Members of Arbella Insurance Group
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Insurance Solutions
 - More Supermarkets Recall Pizza Dough After Tampering Episode
 - Alera Group Appoints Mollica as VP of Business Intelligence and Transformation
 - altumAI Appoints Foley to Group Insurance Officer Based in New York City
 - New York City Coronavirus Rule Violations Net $150K in Fines
 - InsurTech NY Announces Its 2020 Accelerator Cohort
 - New Jersey’s Specialty Program Group Hires Lamitola as Chief Sales Officer
 - New Jersey Urges Vigilance as Data Breaches, Online Threats Rise During Pandemic
 - Two Hurt When Fire Patrol Plane Flips Onto Roof at Massachusetts Airport
 - $56M Gas Explosions Settlement with Massachusetts Approved
 - Union Mutual Insurance Company Names Keysar as President and CEO
 - Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Senior Leadership Changes
 - Calls for Reform Revived Over More Than A Century Old New York Law
 - NTSB Urged to Send Investigator to Scene of Fatal Plane Crash
 - Massachusetts’ Ametros Hires Chappelle as Vice President of Settlement Solutions
 - ATF, Vermont Police Offer $15K to Solve Stowe Arson Fires Causing $4M in Damage
 - Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Maryland’s Bernstein Insurance
 - Metal Recycler Fined $2.7M for Improper Disposal of Waste
 - Seaplane Crashes Into New York City Pier, Killing One and Injuring Two
 - Feds Fault Operator, Regulators in New York Limo Crash That Killed 20
 - Hub International Limited Acquires Virginia’s WFG Benefits
 - World Insurance Associates Acquires New York’s Paul Global Benefits
 - Proposed Virginia Bill Making Localities Responsible for Protest Damage Stalls
 - CMIC Group Rebrands as Integris Group, Reorganizes as Mutual Holding Company
 - Worldwide Facilities Acquires New Jersey’s Hunt Jorgensen
 - New Jersey Man Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Role in Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Boston Insurance Brokerage Promotes Treen to VP of Finance and Administration
 - Pennsylvania-Based MedRisk Hires Lisenbey as President
 - Narragansett Bay Insurance Expands into Delaware, Maryland
 - Massachusetts Natural Gas Company to Provide $10M in Grants to Nonprofits
 - Vermont Department of Economic Development Hires Nevins
 - Distinguished Programs Hires Guerrero as Regional Sales Executive in New York
 - Plymouth Rock Assurance Launches Motorcycle Insurance in N.J., Pennsylvania
 
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