East News for May 2012
- N.J. Police Chief Convicted of Insurance Fraud Is Removed From Job
- Google Names Former MMC Exec Wittman as CFO of Motorola Mobility Unit
- Orchid Launches Personal Lines Program with Icat
- N.Y.-Based PIA Management Services Hires Government Affairs Counsel
- FM Global Names 3 Senior Vice Presidents in Rhode Island
- Delaware Weighs Mortgage Assistance Plans for Struggling Homeowners
- NYC Publishes New Edition of ‘Ready New York’ Hurricane Guide
- Massachusetts Regulators Urge Water Safety as Summer Season Begins
- Md. Officials Ask Homeowners: ‘Are You Ready for Hurricane Season?’
- Delaware Regulators Recovered $1.3M for Policyholders in 2012 Q1
- Burns & Wilcox’s Baltimore Office Appoints Assistant Branch Manager
- Mass.-Based First American Insurance Announces 2 Appointments
- Ex-Penn State President Sues, Eyes Sandusky E-Mails
- Dewey & Leboeuf Files for Chapter 11 in Record U.S. Law Firm Collapse
- Dog Attacks Up; Pennsylvania Postal Workers Not Surprised
- Pennsylvania High Court Tosses ‘Any Dose’ Asbestos Theory
- Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
- New Fund Created to Help Displaced Vermont Mobile-Home Owners
- Virginia’s Sales-Tax Holiday on Hurricane-Prep Items Begins Today
- FEMA OKs Additional $5.5M for Buying Flood-Prone Properties in Penn.
- OSHA Investigating Recent Spate of Construction Site Accidents in N.J.
- N.Y. Rail Workers in Disability Scam May Be Eligible for Amnesty
- R.I. Enacts New Law to Assist Homeowners With Hurricane-Related Claims
- Insurer to Cover Half of R.I. City’s $389K Loss Caused by Embezzlement
- Liberty Mutual Appoints Chief Actuary for Group Benefits Operation
- Maryland’s State-Run WC Insurer IWIF to Become Private Nonprofit Co.
- Vermont Companies Get Workplace Safety Awards
- University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program
- Penn. Pain Management Doc Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurers
- Insurers Paid $200M to Victims of June 1, 2011 Massachusetts Tornadoes
- FBI: 10 More Charged in N.Y. Long Island Rail Road Pensions Case
- Country Singer Alan Jackson Raises $150K for Quake-Damaged Va. County
- FCCI Insurance Expands to Maryland, Hires New Marketing Underwriter
- Allied World Assurance Company Opens Philadelphia Office
- Vt. Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints, Identify Impaired Drivers
- Vermont Motorist Texts While Driving, Crashes Into Police Cruiser
- Mass. AG Coakley Seeks to Close Loophole in State’s Drunk-Driving Law
- N.Y. to Boot Crooked, ‘Dirty Doctors’ From No-Fault Insurance
- New York Hearings on ‘Forced’ Insurance in Foreclosure
- N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 11.5% Rate Hike
- Northern United Agents Alliance in N.H. Expands, Adding 2 New Agencies
- Vermont Governor Shumlin Signs Health ‘Exchange’ Bill
- Vermont Becomes First State in U.S. to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing
- N.J. Police Chief Is Convicted of Insurance Fraud, Faces Prison Term
- Judge: New York AG Must Decide on Revealing Spitzer’s Emails on AIG
- Group Urges N.Y. to Overhaul Regulation of Force-Placed Insurance
- Aon Hewitt Says NYC Is World’s Lowest-Risk City for Recruiting, Hiring
- N.H. Senate OKs Reimbursement for Naturopaths
- For Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, the Time May Have Come for Last Rites
- Hartford’s Commercial Underwriter Joins S.H. Smith in Connecticut
- Virginia County Says Goodbye to Quake-Damaged School
- Selective Insurance Announces 7 Officer Appointments
- N.H. House Votes to Ban Health Exchange
- New York Rule Says Insurers Must Seek Beneficiaries
- Massachusetts Drivers See Insurance Rates Rise
- Veteran Insurance Attorney From Dewey & LeBoeuf Joins Sutherland
- Delaware Launches ‘Click It or Ticket’ Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign
- Allstate Says It’s Ramping Up Agent Recruiting in Northeast
- SIAA Adds 10 New Agency Members in Northeast
- PGI Acquires N.Y.-Based Program Administrator American Altair Group
- R.I. Court Rules on Designated Drivers’ Liability
- Aon Hewitt Appoints Federal Client Manager in Washington, D.C.
- The Dewey Chronicles: Rise and Fall of a Legal Titan
- New York Judge Orders Anonymous Blogger into Court Over Business Reports
- Mass. Regulators Reject FAIR Plan’s Rate Hike Request
- N.J. Gov. Christie Vetoes Health Insurance Exchange
- AIG Board Director Layton to Resign, Will Take CEO Role at Freddie Mac
- Marsh Executive Joins Aon Risk Solutions’ Pittsburgh Office
- Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Fires 450 People; Laid-Off Worker Files Suit
- Virginia Hurricane-Prep Sales Tax Break Starts May 25
- Brown & Brown Acquires Mass.-Based Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency
- Goldman Sachs Upgrades AIG Stock to ‘Buy,’ Sees Progress at Chartis
- U.S. Calls $2M NYC Deal Largest Fair Housing Act Settlement Ever
- New York Fines 15 Insurers Over Mental Health Notices
- N.Y. Officials Target Safety on Dangerous Roadway in Nassau County
- Virginia Regulators End Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.’s Receivership
- Insurance Club of Pittsburgh Announces Insurance Person of the Year
- R.I.-Based Narragansett Bay Insurance Appoints VP
- Genworth Financial Cuts About 80 Positions at Virginia Offices
- ACE Westchester Appoints VP in New York
- Two Dozen Agencies to Host Job Fairs Next Week Near Pittsburgh, Penn.
- New Hampshire Bill Beefs Up Landowner Liability Protections
- Verizon Sets Up Captive Insurer in N.J.; State Now Has 4 Captives
- Deadly Crash in Bronx Raises Concerns About New York’s Aging Roadways
- N.J. Judge to Decide If Text Sender Liable for Car Crash
- Conn. Senate OKs Bill on Utilities’ Storm Response
- Massachusetts to Host Hurricane Preparedness Conference
- Connecticut City Faces Lawsuit in Fatal Christmas Day Fire
- Probe Finds N.Y. Paid Prison Inmates Improper Workers’ Comp Benefits
- Settlement Reached in Maine Class-Action Disability Lawsuit
- Rhode Island’s Financial Literacy Program Expanding to 44 Schools
- Mass. AG Coakley Advises Teenagers: Don’t Text While Driving
- N.Y.-Based Alleghany Acquires Stake in Manufacturing Firm Bourn & Koch
- Conn. House Passes Firefighter Compensation Bill
- Va.-Based Genworth Financial’s CEO Resigns; Acting Chief Named
- N.H. AG: Homeowners Have to Wait on Foreclosure Settlement Help
- Another Insurance Attorney From Dewey & LeBoeuf Departs Firm
- Former Aon Executive Named as CEO of N.Y.-Based Reinsurer Southport Re
- N.J. Examines Stop-Loss Insurance for Self-Insured Small Businesses
- New York Proposes New Rule to Crack Down on No-Fault Insurance Fraud
- N.J.-Based Selective Appoints New Member to Board of Directors
- Judge Rejects Strauss-Kahn Immunity in Civil Damages Lawsuit
- Virginia Jury Convicts Costa Rican Man in $485M Fraud
- Mass. Health Insurance Base Rate Up 1.2% on Average for Third Quarter
- Dispute Over Insurance Management Heads to Hearing in New Hampshire
- New England Officials Testify at Storm Hearing
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