East News for March 2019
- Vermont Sues Two Prescription Opioid Distributors
 - Massachusetts Insurance Agency CEO Charged in $270K Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Purdue Pharma Owners Sued by New York Over Opioid Addiction Epidemic
 - Alliant Hires Rossi Capital Partners’ Rossi as Vice President in New York
 - Alera Group Acquires New York City’s Phalanx Healthcare Solutions
 - New Jersey Men, Associated Companies Charged in $1.4M Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - New Hampshire’s The Concord Group Promotes McCabe, Nolin
 - Lockton Affinity to Administer Westport Lawyer PL Program in Pennsylvania
 - N.Y. Cyber Reg: A Third-Party Service Provider Compliance Framework
 - Pennsylvania Treatment Firm Accused of Exploiting Addicts, Insurers
 - Coface Appoints Haigley as Vice President in Maryland
 - Liberty Mutual Names Proctor as Branch Executive in the Mid-Atlantic Region
 - New Jersey Legal Marijuana Bill Pulled Over Lack of Support
 - Bills on Tap at Massachusetts Statehouse Target Lead in School Water
 - NTSB Says Plane Didn’t Slip; It Entirely Missed Maine Runway
 - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Virginia’s McLean Insurance Agency
 - Vermont Hospital Email Hack Exposes Info of More Than 72,000
 - New Jersey Sues California Company Over ‘Ghost Guns’
 - NTSB Says Impaired Truck Driver Likely Cause of GOP Train Crash in Virginia
 - Q&A: Mitchell International’s Hatamian Talks Workers’ Comp’s Tech Transformation
 - New Jersey’s NJM Insurance Group Names Malone as CFO
 - New York’s SterlingRisk Insurance Hires McLaughlin as Program Sales Executive
 - New York Man Arrested for Alleged Car Dealership Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Officials Say Temple University Mumps Outbreak Swells to 67 Likely Cases
 - Massachusetts Man Charged in Connection with Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
 - Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis
 - Judge Grants NRA Bid to Question N.Y. Ex-Official Over Insurance Inquiry
 - Mass. Court Finds Insurer Duty to Defend Subcontractor in Property Damage Case
 - Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Appoints Rosky to Lead Employee Benefits Team
 - Regulators Wonder If One Farm’s Tainted Milk Is Isolated Case or Broader Problem
 - Former Mass. Agents’ Group CEO Mancini Partners with Renaissance Alliance
 - State Farm to Cut Rates in Maryland for Second Time in Two Years
 - Company Denies Responsibility for Vermont Ski Resort Fraud
 - Accidental Delaware House Fire Causes $250K in Damage
 - Maine Marketing Firm Settles Lawsuit with Employee Claiming She Was Drugged
 - Gas Refineries Pay Vermont Settlement Over Fuel Additive
 - In Fatberg Fight, New York Goes to War Against Flushable Wipes
 - Maine Lawmakers Consider Bill on Horse-Drawn Buggy Safety
 - Massachusetts’ Sullivan Insurance Group Hires Weber as Principal
 - Delaware Lawmaker Loses Bid to Revive Lawsuit Over City Property
 - Sandy Hook Families Can Sue Gunmaker Remington, Court Rules
 - NYC Mayor Proposes $10B Plan to Flood-Proof Manhattan as Climate Risk Grows
 - AM Best Revises Outlooks for Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
 - Pennsylvania Opens Investigation into Gas Liquids Pipeline
 - Risk Strategies Acquires New York City’s Krauter & Company
 - Rhode Island Horse Insurer Gets Three Years in Prison for $1.3M Fraud Scheme
 - Massachusetts Shop Owners Frustrated with Natural Gas Disaster Response
 - Virginia’s Genworth Financial to Layoff About 80 Employees
 - The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Marsh-Kemp Insurance Agency
 - Slaugenhoup Promoted to Assistant Vice President at RT Specialty
 - Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Hires Hornsey
 - Towne Insurance Acquires Virginia’s Straus, Itzkowitz & LeCompte Insurance
 - Gas Company to Replace Heating Equipment Damaged in Massachusetts Disaster
 - Hub International Limited Acquires The Insurance Exchange in Maryland
 - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Connecticut’s Merit Insurance
 - Connecticut Lawmakers Continue Push to Address Crumbling Foundations
 - OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
 - IIAV Names Bragg as Director of Membership & Marketing
 - Liberty Mutual Names Ferguson as Wholesale Distribution Executive East
 - New Hampshire High Court Rules Board Wrong to Deny Workers’ Comp for Medical Pot
 - Appeals Court Upholds Convictions in Connecticut Car Accident Scam
 - University in New Jersey Settles for $800K in Suit Over Rape Allegations
 - Pittsburgh Autonomous Car Testing Plan Aims to Boost Public Confidence
 - Lawyers Blame Act of God, Lack of Seatbelts for New York Limo Crash
 - Massachusetts’ Wellfleet Hires Farmer as Vice President
 - Renaissance Alliance Appoints Ex-Confie Exec Bondi as President
 - EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Sames in New York
 - Mass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims
 - New York Regulator Subpoenas Insurance Broker About Trump Organization
 - Connecticut’s Great Depression May Soon Be Over: Fox
 - Everest Insurance Hires Boland as Director of Marketing & Distribution in Pennsylvania
 - Maine’s The MEMIC Group Appoints Austerman to Senior Production Underwriter
 - Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Maryland’s Employee Benefits Group
 - New Jersey’s RT New Day Promotes Nawa to Vice President
 - One Dead, Two Injured After Beams Fall at MIT Construction Site in Massachusetts
 - Drivers Get $750K Settlement in Dispute with Connecticut Limo Company
 - Pennsylvania’s PMA Companies Names Thompson VP, Chief Segment Officer
 - Wintry Precipitation Causes Icy Roads, Several Crashes in Pennsylvania
 - Police Say Intoxicated Driver Hit 41 Cars in Rhode Island
 - NJ Transit Receives Approval for Safety Upgrade Extension
 
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