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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...
Northeasterners Are Beginning to Wonder: Where’s Winter?
Dec 10 2015 // Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. In Maine, an outdoor...
Associates of Glens Falls Insurance Acquires Loomis & LaPann in New York
Dec 9 2015 // Associates of Glens Falls Insurance, an independent agency in Glens Falls, New York, announced that it has acquired Loomis & LaPann Inc., an insurance brokerage unit of regional commercial bank Glens Falls National...
JLT Specialty Hires Brown as SVP of Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie Practice in N.Y.
Dec 8 2015 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has hired Nikki Brown as senior vice president of the Fine Art, Jewelry and Specie practice. She is based in New York...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer Calls for Increased Federal Funding for Fire Departments
Dec 8 2015 // Federal funding for fire departments looking to buy new equipment or train new firefighters is down, putting pressure on local departments to do more with less. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says less than one in four...
Prosecutors Plan to Retry Former Dewey & LeBoeuf Executives
Dec 7 2015 // Three former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP are likely to face another jury after prosecutors said they plan to retry them on charges tied to the largest law-firm bankruptcy in history. The government intends...
People – East
Dec 7 2015 // CNA Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Dino E. Robusto as its chairman and chief executive officer, effective on or about Dec. 1, 2016. Robusto will succeed Thomas F. Motamed who has decided to retire at...
New York Says Robust Cybersecurity Regs Needed for Insurers
Dec 7 2015 // New York regulators are considering a host of cybersecurity requirements for banks and insurers and urged other state and federal authorities to collaborate on establishing a framework of defenses for the financial...
N.Y. State Police Issued 14K Tickets During Thanksgiving Weekend
Dec 4 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the New York State Police issued more than 14,000 tickets as a result of increased enforcement efforts this Thanksgiving weekend. The enforcement period kicked off on...
Rodrigues Joins Markel Global Excess Liability Team in New York
Dec 3 2015 // Markel Global Insurance announced that Alan Rodrigues has joined the Excess Liability team based in New York. He will assume the title of managing director and assume responsibility for developing a middle-to-upper-middle...
Conviction of Former Assembly Speaker Silver Brings Turmoil to N.Y. Politics
Dec 2 2015 // The conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has shaken New York politics down to the granite foundations of the state Capitol, provoking fresh calls to overhaul a system that has stubbornly...
N.Y. Agency Advises Homeowners to Check Heating Oil Tanks to Prevent Leaks
Dec 1 2015 // The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on homeowners who have oil furnaces to inspect their heating oil tanks for leaks that could lead to expensive cleanups. The agency says more than 2 million...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Sudden Collapse of Health Co-Op in N.Y. Leaves Doctors Owed Millions
Nov 30 2015 // The sudden collapse of the largest nonprofit insurance cooperative created by President Barack Obama’s health care law is causing headaches in New York, especially for medical providers owed millions of dollars for...
GM Does Not Have to Turn Over Privileged Ignition Switch Documents: Judge
Nov 30 2015 // General Motors Co. and its law firm need not turn over privileged documents to drivers hoping to show that the automaker intended to commit a crime or fraud by concealing defective ignition switches in their vehicles, a...
Doctor Sentenced to Prison in New Jersey Lab Referral Scheme
Nov 24 2015 // A Long Island, New York, doctor has been sentenced to prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving a New Jersey lab. A federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, sentenced Brett Halper of Glen Head, New York, to 46 months...
Program Brokerage Corporation Hires Cunningham as Assistant VP in N.Y.
Nov 24 2015 // Jeffrey Cunningham Program Brokerage Corporation, a wholesale brokerage/managing general agency and a subsidiary of Hub International Northeast, has hired Jeffrey Cunningham as assistant vice president, Environmental...
GEICO 1st Auto Insurer in N.Y. to Offer Digital ID Cards for Policyholders
Nov 18 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that GEICO has become the first insurer in New York State to complete the certification process through the Department of Motor Vehicles to allow customers to begin using electronic...
Excess Line Association of New York Hires Davis as Financial Director
Nov 18 2015 // The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) has hired James Davis as financial director. Davis will be responsible for the financial review and analysis of all eligible listed excess line insurers to verify their...
