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State Officials Urge Residents to Avoid Driving as Winter Storm Hits Northeast
Feb 15 2017 // Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region’s newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of...
Greenberg Fights New York AG’s Spin on Reinsurance Saga
Feb 14 2017 // Almost a dozen years ago, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a fraud lawsuit against former American Insurance Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg over two reinsurance transactions that...
New York Museum Ends Shia LaBeouf Project, Citing Safety Concerns
Feb 14 2017 // The Museum of the Moving Image announced Friday it has closed a performance art project involving Shia LaBeouf, citing “serious public safety hazards.” The project involved the actor and others chanting...
Four Critical Defects Found in Latest Oil Train Inspections in New York
Feb 13 2017 // State and federal inspectors found four critical defects and 42 non-critical ones in the latest round of oil train and track inspections across New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the targeted inspections of tank cars...
Greenberg, New York AG Settle Long-Running Reinsurance Dispute
Feb 12 2017 // Ex- American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg admitted to taking part in two deals to make the insurer’s financial condition look better than it was as part of a...
Facebook Takes Search Warrant Challenge to New York’s Top Court
Feb 9 2017 // Facebook and Manhattan prosecutors went to New York state’s highest court Tuesday to settle a legal dispute over search warrants for users’ accounts, a closely watched case with big implications for online...
U.S. and New York Accuse Firm of Scamming 9/11 Heroes, NFL Retirees
Feb 9 2017 // A company that advances money to people awaiting settlement payouts was accused by New York and federal regulators of scamming sick responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, as well as National Football League retirees...
Massive Fire Destroys Building, Cars at New York Dealership
Feb 7 2017 // Authorities say a massive industrial fire has destroyed several vehicles and a building at a car dealership near Syracuse, N.Y. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office says 911 dispatchers fielded several calls around...
People
Feb 6 2017 // Hub International Northeast (Hub Northeast), a subsidiary of Hub International Limited, has promoted executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), Michael Sabanos, to the newly created position of chief...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Eagle Insurance Agency in New York
Feb 1 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered in Itasca, Ill., has announced the acquisition of Eagle Insurance Agency LLC (Eagle) in Syracuse, N.Y....
Big Weekend Lake-Effect Storms Predicted for New York Snow Belt
Jan 27 2017 // Forecasters at the National Weather Service are predicting lake-effect storms this weekend for areas east of the Great Lakes, with two feet of snow or more possible in some areas. The hardest-hit regions in upstate New...
Zurich North America Names Leaders of Realigned Commercial Divisions
Jan 25 2017 // Zurich North America has announced the name of its new North America Commercial Insurance unit and leadership team. This new unit brings together the former Commercial Markets and the former Global Corporate in North...
Report Finds New York Construction Fatalities, Regulatory Violations Rising
Jan 24 2017 // The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) found in its latest construction fatality report that construction worker deaths are rising in New York, and many construction employers across the state...
U.S. Reports Auto Insurance Unaffordable for Millions; Insurers Call Report ‘Ill-Conceived and Unnecessary’
Jan 24 2017 // Nearly 19 million Americans live in areas where auto insurance is unaffordable including a large number in the New York region, according to a first-of-its kind study by the U.S. Treasury Department. The study, conducted...
Man Charged with Setting New York Apartment Building on Fire
Jan 24 2017 // Authorities say they’ve charged a 63-year-old man with setting a fire in an apartment building in Buffalo, leaving 18 people homeless. Fire officials say the fire was set around 5 a.m. Saturday in a multi-unit...
Declarations
Jan 23 2017 // Setting the Tone “New York, like California, Illinois, Delaware and a few other states often sets the tone for development of regulation and law. There is no reason other states won’t follow suit, especially in...
People
Jan 23 2017 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Todd R. Johnson, senior vice president and property-casualty practice leader of the USI Insurance Services’ (USI) Massachusetts offices located in Woburn, Needham and...
New York State DFS Issues Updated Proposed Cybersecurity Regulation
Jan 23 2017 // The New York State Department of Financial Services has updated its proposed cybersecurity regulation to protect New York State from the threat of cyber-attacks. The proposed regulation, which serves as the first of its...
New York Issues First-in-Nation Regulation on Commercial Crime Insurance
Jan 23 2017 // New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) in December issued a new regulation that prohibits insurance companies from denying commercial crime insurance coverage to New York businesses employing people...
Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York
Jan 23 2017 // Anthony F. Markel, vice chairman of the board at Markel Corp., was honored by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University as the School of Risk Management’s 2016 Insurance Leader of the Year...
