Latest New York Headlines
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New York, Zipcar Agree on Damage Fees
Jul 29 2016 // New York’s attorney general has reached a settlement with Zipcar Inc. over vehicle damage fees charged to 5,000 members from 2011 through 2015. New York law requires giving consumers an opportunity to dispute damage...
U.S., China Insurance Regulators Keep Open Dialogue
Jul 29 2016 // Regulatory representatives from the U.S. and China met this week to discuss issues facing their respective insurance markets. The meeting was held at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) New York...
2 State AGs Refuse House Republicans’ Subpoenas Over Climate Change
Jul 28 2016 // The New York and Massachusetts attorneys general are refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas seeking records about their investigations into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors about man-made climate change. In an...
Meeting of 2 Minds on Worker Safety as Path to Profit
Jul 28 2016 // Adam Friedlander is a third generation insurance professional who has made his mark in safety, workplace safety that is. His New York agency, Friedlander Group, has for years developed and managed employer safety groups...
New York Targets Dry Cleaning Industry in Probe
Jul 26 2016 // New York state is launching an investigation into the working conditions of employees in the dry cleaning industry. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the effort will include the study of chemicals commonly used by dry cleaners that...
Western New York Man Hit by Police Cruiser Sues for $7 Million
Jul 26 2016 // A western New York man struck by a Rochester police cruiser earlier this year has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the department. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that 24-year-old Brian Norford claims in...
Judge Hits Uber’s Background Check on Passenger Bringing Price-Fixing Suit
Jul 26 2016 // A federal judge on Monday banned Uber Technologies Inc. and its Chief Executive Travis Kalanick from using information from a background check on a passenger bringing a price-fixing lawsuit, saying the investigative firm...
Business Moves
Jul 25 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency National insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies Co. has acquired Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency. McLaughlin Brunson...
OSHA, State Probe New York’s Latest Crane Collapse
Jul 24 2016 // State and federal officials are investigating what caused a huge construction crane to collapse across the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, an accident that somehow caused no serious injuries but added to a list...
Miraculously, No One Seriously Hurt in Crane Collapse onto Tappan Zee Bridge at Noon
Jul 21 2016 // Most of the lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City have reopened after a crane collapsed across the entire width of the bridge on Tuesday, but transportation officials were still advising motorists to plan...
New York Seeks $1 Million Insurance Limits for Boxing, Legalized Mixed Martial Arts
Jul 21 2016 // New York will require $1 million coverage for life-threatening brain injuries and other new health insurance for both professional boxers and its first group of licensed mixed martial artists under regulations slated to...
MetLife to Change Brand Name of Spinoff Retail Brand to Brighthouse
Jul 21 2016 // MetLife Inc., the New York-based insurer that traces its roots to the 1860s, said it’s come up with a new name for a U.S. retail unit that’s slated for separation. The business will be known as Brighthouse...
New York Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Going Up Oct. 1
Jul 21 2016 // New York has approved a 9.3 percent average hike in workers’ compensation loss costs. The new benchmarks will go into effect Oct. 1. New York businesses, while not pleased, see the hike as necessary in order to keep...
3 States Sue Volkswagen, Charge Cover-Up of Diesel Fraud Went on for Years
Jul 20 2016 // Senior executives at Volkswagen AG including its former chief executive covered up evidence that the German automaker had cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests for years, three U.S. states charged on Tuesday in civil...
BHSI Expands into Transactional Liability Market with Underhill, 3 Others
Jul 19 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) reported that it has expanded into Transactional Liability Insurance in the U.S. and Canada and named Robert Underhill as senior vice president, head of Transactional...
Integro Names Ro as New York Operations Leader
Jul 19 2016 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Esther Ro as New York operations leader. She succeeds Anne Anderson, who has taken on the role of North America...
States to Sue VW Over Diesel Scandal
Jul 19 2016 // New York and Maryland are among several states planning to sue Volkswagen AG over the environmental damage done by devices that were designed by the carmaker to cheat on pollution-control tests. Maryland Attorney General...
Berkshire Hathaway Purchasing New York Medical Liability Insurer
Jul 18 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary National Indemnity Co. is acquiring Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co. of New York for an undisclosed price. The deal comes as the insurer completes its conversation from a mutual company...
Man Playing Pokemon Go While Driving in NY Crashes Car Into Tree
Jul 18 2016 // A man is recovering from minor injuries he suffered when he crashed his brother’s car into a tree in central New York while playing Pokemon Go on his smartphone. Police in Auburn in the Finger Lakes region tell The...
Construction Firm Sentence for New York Worker’s Death: Pay for Public Announcements
Jul 15 2016 // A construction company convicted in the death of a worker in a New York trench collapse has been sentenced to fund a series of worker safety public service announcements. But an attorney for Harco Construction LLC told a...
