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New York Legislators Begin Examining Health Republic’s Collapse
Jan 8 2016 // Hospitals and doctors told New York senators Wednesday they’ve got $200 million or more in unpaid bills because of last year’s financial failure of the insurance cooperative Health Republic, and they want the...
New York DMV Advises Drivers to Keep License Images Off Social Media
Jan 8 2016 // The New York Department of Motor Vehicles is warning drivers of the risk of identity theft from posting images of their newly-obtained permits and driver licenses on social media, particularly popular among young...
New York Insurance Agent Couple Charged With Defrauding Clients
Jan 7 2016 // New York authorities announced that a Rochester, New York, couple has been charged with defrauding their Rochester insurance agency clients. Gary Gubiotti and Bonnie Gubiotti, both 67, are accused of stealing more than...
Canopius Adds Breen to U.S. Direct Property Team in New York
Jan 6 2016 // Canopius Group AG, a Zurich-based global specialty lines platform of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, has hired Ivan Breen as senior vice president of its U.S. Direct Property team. Breen is based in New York and will...
Ex-McKinsey Consulting Partner Charged with Fraud Against State Farm
Jan 5 2016 // A former partner at consulting firm McKinsey & Co has been arrested on charges that he engaged in a scheme to submit fraudulent invoices and expenses to the company and clients, including State Farm, for more than...
New York Insurance Association Elects 2016 Officers, Board of Directors
Jan 4 2016 // The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) announced that Steven J. Coffey, president and chief executive officer of Broome Co-operative Insurance Company (BCIC), has been elected to serve as the association’s chair...
New York Law Expands Health Insurance Enrollment for Pregnancy
Jan 4 2016 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation to expand health insurance access to pregnant New Yorkers. The measure, signed by Cuomo on Dec. 22, would permit pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance...
Small Earthquake Shakes Parts of New Jersey, New York
Jan 4 2016 // Scientists say a small earthquake has hit in northern New Jersey. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-2.07 quake hit just before 1 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, roughly 2 miles northwest of Ringwood, New Jersey....
Insurance Journal’s Most Popular East Region Stories of 2015
Dec 31 2015 // As the year 2015 comes to a close, here’s a look at InsuranceJournal.com’s most popular East region news stories of the year. Among the 1,100 stories posted in the East region this year, the following were 50...
Oswego Valley Insurance Acquires Banach Insurance in New York
Dec 29 2015 // Oswego Valley Insurance Agencies LLC (OVIA), an independent agency based in Oswego, New York, with five additional offices in the Central New York region, announced that it has acquired Banach Insurance Agency in Pulaski,...
Wall Street May Create UK-Like Registry of Misbehaving Bankers, Traders
Dec 29 2015 // Bankers’ misdeeds would be cataloged, by name, on a private registry for hiring managers under a proposal that’s gaining traction as Wall Street firms struggle to restore reputations damaged by the financial...
Cab Drivers Fight Back as Uber Looks to Expand to Upstate New York
Dec 28 2015 // New York State lawmakers returning to Albany for the usual debates over taxes and spending will also take on an issue even more basic to many New Yorkers — the options for getting home from the train station, the...
N.Y. Court: Doc May Owe 3rd Party for Not Warning Patient About Driving on Meds
Dec 21 2015 // New York’s highest court has reinstated a medical malpractice suit against a Long Island hospital and the doctor and physician’s assistant who gave painkillers to a woman who subsequently crashed her car. The...
People – East
Dec 21 2015 // Markel Corp. in Richmond, Virginia, reported that Thomas S. Gayner, president and chief investment officer, and Richard R. Whitt III, president and co-chief operating officer, will serve as co-chief executive officers of...
Wells Fargo Insurance Reports Hiring Spree
Dec 18 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance said it has hired more than 100 professionals in recent months as it seeks to grow and improve customer service. “Continuing to invest in talent is critical to the success of our business and...
IICF Northeast Benefit Dinner Raises $1.26M for Regional Charities
Dec 16 2015 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s (IICF) 9th annual Northeast Benefit Dinner, held on Dec. 9 at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, raised more than $1.26 million for regional charities. More...
Preferred Mutual Hires Kellerman as Human Resources Director in New York
Dec 16 2015 // Dana Kellerman Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, has hired Dana Kellerman as director of Human Resources. Kellerman previously worked at General Electric for 15 years leading Global Service...
Jury Finds Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Skelos, Son Guilty in Corruption Trial
Dec 13 2015 // The former New York State Senate leader and his son were convicted on Dec. 11 of federal extortion charges, the second time in a month that one of New York’s most powerful politicians was run out of office by a...
Great American Insurance Launches M&A Liability Division in New York
Dec 11 2015 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has launched a new Mergers & Acquisitions Liability Division. This unit, which is based in New York, will offer primary and excess representations and...
N.Y., N.J., Conn. Team Up to Boost Security During Busy Holiday Season
Dec 10 2015 // Law enforcement agencies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are working together to boost security on New York’s public transportation network during the holidays. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive...
