East News for October 2019
- NI Holdings Agrees to Purchase Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company
- The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Avanti Associates
- Fire That Killed Woman, Girl in Pennsylvania Blamed on Overloaded Circuit
- Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in New Jersey
- Four Family Members Injured in Plane Crash Outside Rochester
- Seeman Holtz Acquires New Jersey’s Geisenheimer Agency
- Risk Strategies Acquires Pennsylvania’s Dash & Love
- Manhattan Worker Crushed to Death in Construction Elevator
- Maryland’s Attorney General Sues Kushner Apartment Company
- Vermont Cheesemaker Shutting Down After Listeria Outbreak, Recall
- Massachusetts Launches Investigation into Natural Gas Disaster
- Connecticut Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $370K from Former Employer
- Philadelphia Businessman Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $34M Fraud
- WCRI Study Examines Impact of Reforms on New York Workers’ Comp System
- Pennsylvania Company Fined After Worker’s Fatal Fall into Meat Grinder
- EverQuote Hires Shankaran as Executive Vice President of Commercial Insurance
- Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance Hires Wohlers
- Massachusetts Sues Exxon for Misleading Investors, Consumers About Climate Change
- Bookkeeper for New Jersey Company Admits Stealing $1.7M in Check Fraud Scheme
- Ex-Maryland Lawyer Gets Probation for Role in Insurance Scam
- Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Manobianca as Of Counsel in Northeast Office
- Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Appoints Dubraski as Chief Growth Officer
- After 100 Years in Business, JGS Insurance Has Learned to Embrace Change
- Ban on Vaping Product Sales in Massachusetts Allowed to Stand
- Massachusetts’ Tremor Appoints Ginter as Vice President of Sales
- Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in New Jersey
- Row Home Explosion Sparks Fire That Spreads to Nine Other Homes in Pennsylvania
- Conway Scenic Railroad Train Strikes Woman on Tracks
- Erie Indemnity Company Appoints Bolash as Senior VP, General Counsel
- W. R. Berkley Corporation Appoints LeBlanc as President of Acadia Insurance
- Plymouth Rock Assurance Finalizes Acquisition of New Jersey’s Rider Insurance
- Philadelphia Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $1.6M from Employer
- Brothers Charged with Starting Philadelphia Blaze to Collect Insurance Money
- Prosecutor Says Repair Shop Billing Not to Blame for New York Limo Crash
- Ex-Church Administrator in Pennsylvania Pleads Guilty in $1.2M Theft
- IAT Insurance Group Hires Passaro to Lead New Management Liability Unit
- New Jersey Woman Critically Hurt in Car Crash Receives $4.5M Settlement
- Baltimore to Buy $20M in Cyber Insurance Months After Attack
- Safety Board Report Says Ruptured Pipe Elbow Led to Philadelphia Refinery Fire
- The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s New Agency Partners
- FM Global Opens $16M Electrical Hazards Laboratory in Rhode Island
- Investigators Can’t Determine Cause of Maine Supply Company Fire
- Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Assets, Operations of Pennsylvania’s The Suitelife
- The Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s LCIA
- Gas Explosion, Fire Displaces 150 People in Boston
- Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Rugare VP of Customer Service Operations
- Workers’ Compensation Rates in Delaware Decrease for Third Year in a Row
- Worker Dies in Accident at Soon-to-Open New Jersey Megamall
- Construction Worker Fatally Electrocuted, Two Others Hurt in New Jersey
- Lawsuit: Regulatory Commission Must Pay New York Flooding Costs
- Virginia Governor Issues Drought Watch for Entire State
- Vaping, Guns, Marijuana on Tap for Maine Legislative Session
- Vermont Insurance Agents Association Elects Alan Kinney as President
- Two Workers Hurt in Crash Between Washington D.C. Commuter Trains
- Connecticut Man Sentenced for Lying about Superstorm Sandy Damage
- Electric Pole Fires Leave Thousands Without Power in Virginia
- Eversource Worker in Massachusetts Shocked with Nearly 7,500 Volts
- Massachusetts Cleaning Company Owner Sentenced for $74K Insurance Fraud
- New Haven Employee Who Embezzled More Than $100K Sentenced
- Lawrence Mayor, Lawmakers Object to $143M Gas Explosions Settlement
- Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Names Mina as CEO
- Massachusetts Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Crisis Will Move Forward
- Vermont Town Sues Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors for Damages
- Judge Upholds Massachusetts’ Vaping Products Ban for Now
- Former Police Officer, Insurance Analyst Among B-17 Victims
- New York AG Tells Court Opioid Crisis Damage ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources
- New York Limousine Crash Victims’ Relatives Call for Stronger Regulations
- Rhode Island Issues Emergency Rules to Ban Vaping Products
- Two Women Allege Sexual Harassment, Abuse at Connecticut-Based Restaurant Chain
- Pennsylvania’s Venture Insurance Programs Hires Wisler as an Underwriter
- World War II-Era Bomber Crashes; at Least Seven Reported Dead
- Massachusetts Officials Order Additional Safety Measures After Gas Leak
- Alliant Hires Guillaume as Senior Vice President in New York
- New York Court Blocks State Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes
- Suspects in Illegal Toxic Dumping Scheme in Connecticut Plead Not Guilty
- Head of Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Program to Stay on the Job
- JSA Names Costa as Director of Business Development in Virginia
- NTSB Calls for National Safety Standards for Limousines Following New York Crash
- Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
- Officials Say Road Paving Prep Led to Latest Lawrence Gas Leak
- Parents of Connecticut Teen Gun Accident Victim Settle Lawsuit for $1M
- New York Could Add Menthol to Flavor Ban as Vaping Groups Sue
- New York Files Suit Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Pennsylvania’s KPB Insurance Services
- Three Hurt in Pennsylvania Helicopter Crash at Fair
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