East News for August 2019
- Delaware Judge Says Jury Should Decide Fatal Fire Case
 - H.W. Kaufman Group Partners with RB Jones Marine, ProSight Specialty Insurance
 - SAN Group Hires Lynch as Agency Development Field Specialist
 - Saxe Doernberger & Vita P.C. Hires Eddy to Northeast Office
 - New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for Eighth Year in a Row
 - Frederick Mutual Hires Stenbjorn as Vice President of Information Technology
 - Lawsuit in Vermont PFOA Contamination Case Now Class Action
 - Collapse at Bronx Construction Site Kills One, Injures Five
 - Connecticut Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud for Embezzling $400K from Employer
 - Newark to Speed Replacing of Pipes Blamed for Lead in Water
 - Disability Insurance Services Hires Cremens as Regional Brokerage Manager
 - New Hampshire’s Brownell Insurance Center Joins NAIA
 - Morrison Mahoney Hires Gyllenborg to Corporate Transactions Group
 - Ames & Gough Appoints Witherow as an Assistant Vice President in Washington D.C.
 - Philadelphia Factory Owner Fined More Than $1M in OSHA Retaliation Case
 - Maryland Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty in $1.7M Fraud Plot
 - Insurer Not Responsible for Workers’ Comp Claim Due to Overdose Death
 - Off-Duty New York City Police Department Officer Indicted for Insurance Fraud
 - Pennsylvania’s PMA Companies Names Shertenlieb as Vice President of Marketing
 - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Hires DellaCroce to Healthcare Practice in New Jersey
 - Captain of Ferry that Ran Aground in Boston Harbor Off Job Pending Drug Test
 - Everest Insurance Adds Three Members in Pennsylvania, New York
 - The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency Hires Dion, Martin
 - Alliant Adds Shaffer to Its Mid-Atlantic Team as Senior Vice President
 - New Jersey Woman Gets Two Years in Compound Drug Fraud Scheme
 - Ryan Specialty Group Reaches Agreement to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Suitelife
 - Water Distribution Continues as Lead Problem Assessed in Newark
 - Alliant Insurance Services Hires Spofford as Vice President in New York
 - Survivor of 2015 On-Air Shooting Sues Virginia TV Station
 - Bail Set at $200K for NYC Subway Scare Defendant
 - Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Appoints Madden to Board of Directors
 - Penn. Insurance Department Announces Restitution for Consumers in Annuity Scam
 - Trial Begins Over Insurance for ‘Suspicious’ Boat Sinking Off New England Coast
 - Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Superintendent to Step Aside
 - Blank Rome Hires Michael to Insurance Recovery Group in Washington D.C.
 - Liberty Mutual Surety Taps Schrift to Develop Subcontractor Default Insurance Offering
 - Purdue-Linked Entities Get Subpoenas from New York State
 - Hub International Hires New Jersey’s Allain, Acquires His Book of Business
 - PES Up Against the Clock to Sell Philadelphia Refinery in Cash Crunch
 - Over 400 Sex Abuse Suits Filed in New York as Litigation Window Opens
 - Native American Tribe Says Showtime’s ‘Billions’ TV Show Defamed Reputation
 - Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Yozell
 - Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Insurance Center of New England
 - Woodruff Sawyer Adds New England Practice Leader Coady to Board of Directors
 - OSHA Fines Contractors in Death of Delaware Port Worker
 - Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of New York’s The Mechanic Group
 - Pasich Expands New York Footprint with Hiring of Halprin as a Partner
 - 3rd Circuit: Policy to Limit Extended Transportation Expenses May be Bad Faith
 - Delaware Officials to Update Public on Aftermath of Gas Leak
 - Pennsylvania Makes Changes to Reduce Chances of Workers’ Comp Rate Filing Errors
 - Concord Specialty Risk Hires Peress as Vice President in New York
 - Cook Maran Hires Patterson as a Client Advisor in New Jersey
 - Rhode Island Worker Sues City Over Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation
 - State Clergy Abuse Hotline in Pennsylvania Fielded 1,900 Calls in First Year
 - James Levine’s Lawsuit Against Met Opera Has Been Settled
 - New York to Let Schools Put Cameras on School Bus Stop Arms
 - Markel Corporation Hires Lecci as Senior Director of Professional Liability in New York
 - Delaware Woman Indicted for $16K of Fraudulent Insurance Claims
 - AM Best Assigns Ratings to Reamstown, Affirms Ratings of Goodville
 - Everest Insurance Names Paretchan Risk Management East Region Leader
 - Alera Group Acquires Comprehensive Benefit Administrators of Massachusetts
 - Dartmouth Settles Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct by Professors for $14M
 - SterlingRisk Insurance Hires Wu as Assistant Production Underwriter in New York
 - Faulty Electrical Wiring Blamed for Bronx Fire that Injured 6
 - 2 Maryland Men Charged with Stealing $8M in Disaster Aid Funds
 - FBI Offering $20K Reward for Info About Fires at Boston-Area Jewish Centers
 - New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Landlord Not Liable for Infant Burned by Radiator
 - Hub Acquires Books of Business, Hires 4 Nationwide Agents in Pennsylvania
 - Maine’s Largest City Proposes Retail Licensing Rules for Marijuana Businesses
 - Baltimore County Settles Excessive Force Suit for $1M
 - 5 Firefighters, Baby Injured in 7-Alarm Fire at Bronx Apartment Building
 - Willis Towers Watson Adds Braun to Willis Re Life, Accident & Health Team in Maine
 - Correction: Family of Connecticut Woman Killed in Crash Settles With Trucking Company for $18.75M
 - GI Partners Completes Acquisition of Connecticut’s Insurity
 - Connecticut Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Larceny
 - Delaware Insurance Data Security Act Signed into Law
 - State’s Purdue Opioid Suit Tests Holding Family, Purdue Directors Liable for Crisis
 - Cuomo Signs Bill Protecting Immigrant Workers from Workplace Harassment
 - The Doctors Company Purchases New York’s HIC, FOJP Service Corporation
 - Suspected Gas Explosion in Pennsylvania Reduces Home to Rubble; Five Injured
 - Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook
 - Relief Arrives for Connecticut Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations
 - Risk Strategies Acquires New York City’s Reiff & Associates
 - Nearly Seven Years After Storm, New Life for Sandy Damages Claim in New Jersey
 - Selective Insurance Announces Officer Appointments
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Handy-Apple Valley
 - Pennsylvania’s Arthur Hall Insurance Announces Retirement, Promotion
 - Pennsylvania Fire Chief Faults Utility in Shopping Center Blaze
 
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