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Greene & Associates Announces Promotions in New York

Sep 8 2015 // Jennifer L. Greene Greene & Associates, an East Aurora, New York-based underwriting manager and wholesale broker for excess and surplus lines coverage, promoted Jennifer L. Greene to president. Jennifer Greene first...

People – East

Sep 7 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice. Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. He joins the firm from Aon, where he...

Preferred Mutual Hires Hill as Customer & Product Strategy VP in New York

Sep 4 2015 // Andre Hill Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, hired Andre Hill as vice president, customer and product strategy. Hill joins Preferred Mutual from First Niagara Bank in Buffalo, New York, where he...

Former New York DFS General Counsel Alter Joins itBit for Compliance Role

Sep 3 2015 // Bitcoin exchange itBit has hired Daniel Alter as the company’s new general counsel and chief compliance officer, the firm announced on Wednesday. Alter, who spent three years as general counsel to the New York State...

Kingstone OK’d to Write P/C Insurance in Texas

Sep 2 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a multi-line regional property/casualty insurance holding company based in New York, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Co., has received approval from the Texas Department of...

N.Y. Man Says He’s Proud of Arrest for Tampering With Red Light Cameras

Aug 28 2015 // A suburban New York man facing criminal charges for tampering with several red light cameras said that he knew he would be arrested after posting video of his actions online but that it was done in protest of government...

Concord Specialty Hires DeRose as Senior Underwriting Counsel in New York

Aug 28 2015 // Concord Specialty Risk, a New York City-based managing general underwriter and underwriting agent for a number of carriers and a series of RSG Underwriting Managers LLC, specializing in providing transactional risk...

PURE Insurance Expands Southeast Regional Hub in South Carolina

Aug 25 2015 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer of high net worth individuals and families, has expanded its southeast regional hub in Charleston, S.C. To accommodate...

Feds Urged to Establish Crop Insurance for Central N.Y. Malt Barley Farmers

Aug 24 2015 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D–N.Y., is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a crop insurance program for Central New York farmers who grow malt barley. Speaking at the Empire Farmstead Brewery...

Jury Convicts N.Y. Man Accused of Killing Fiancee for Life Insurance

Aug 21 2015 // A western New York man accused of killing his fiancee to collect on her life insurance is headed to prison on a fraud conviction. U.S. Attorney William Hochul says it’s believed to be the first time his office has...

Liberty Mutual Promotes Lankford to VP for Metro New York Region

Aug 21 2015 // Liberty Mutual Insurance promoted Nikki Lankford to vice president for the Metro New York region within the company’s Business Insurance operation. Lankford will be based in New York City and responsible for the...

LifeInsurance.sucks, NewYork.sucks, Dyson.sucks: Tales from the Feared Domain

Aug 21 2015 // The launch of the “.sucks” domain back in March sent a wave of panic through company public relations teams. The idea that someone could tarnish a brand name by cyber- squatting on, say, Vodafone.sucks,...

Cook Maran & Associates in New York Announces Promotions

Aug 20 2015 // Cook Maran & Associates, an insurance broker with offices in East Hampton, Southampton and Melville, New York, as well as in Marlton and Fair Lawn, New Jersey, promoted four staff members to vice president and two...

N.Y.’s ‘Annoyance Lawyer’ Sues Uber Over Anti-De Blasio Robocall Campaign

Aug 20 2015 // An attorney who calls himself the “Annoyance Lawyer” sued Uber Technologies Inc. over its robocall campaign attacking New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over his proposal to limit the number of drivers. Todd C. Bank...

New York Comptroller Says State’s Home Foreclosure Crisis Persists

Aug 19 2015 // The foreclosure crisis persists in New York, even worsening in some suburban and upstate areas, the state comptroller reported Monday. Filings against homeowners unable to make mortgage payments spiked after the housing...

10 Years After Katrina, Coastal Cities Face Greater Flood Risk: RMS

Aug 19 2015 // A decade after Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in property/casualty insurance losses, the most expensive catastrophe for the global insurance industry, rising sea levels are driving up expected economic and insurance...

Blue River Underwriters Adds Experienced Leadership to Auto Dealers and USL&H Programs

Aug 19 2015 // Pictured left to right: Michael Mahoney and Susan Doyle Atlanta, GA, August 19 2015 — As part of the growth plans for its Auto Dealer and United States Longshoreman & Harbor Workers Act (USL&H) insurance...

Marsh Names Aon’s Marino to Head U.S. Construction Practice

Aug 17 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice, Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. David Marino He joins the firm from...

Business Moves

Aug 17 2015 // Regions, Holehouse Agency Regions Insurance Inc., an affiliate of Regions Bank, has entered into an agreement with the Ronald F. Holehouse Agency to obtain the firm’s personnel and accounts. Agency founder Ron...

Court Decision May Impact Workers’ Comp Side Agreements in California

Aug 17 2015 // A recent court decision may have the potential to change the practice of side agreements in workers’ compensation policies California, a practice that some say often goes on under the regulatory radar. Zurich...