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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...
Death Toll From Legionnaires’ Disease Up to 12, NYC Mayor Says
Aug 12 2015 // Two more people in the Bronx have died of Legionnaires’ disease, bringing the total of fatalities to 12 in the largest outbreak of the disease in New York City history, officials said Monday. There are now 113...
Einhorn’s Greenlight Re May Gain $30.4M From China’s Currency Devaluation
Aug 12 2015 // With U.S. equities declining in the wake of China’s currency devaluation, hedge fund manager David Einhorn may be one of the few stock pickers to get a direct boost from the yuan’s sudden decline. Greenlight...
Court Decision May Impact Workers’ Comp Side Agreements in California
Aug 7 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...
New York Forms Task Force to Probe Corruption in Construction Industry
Aug 6 2015 // New York’s building boom has spurred the formation of a task force to probe corruption in the construction industry after a worker was killed earlier this year. The task force of prosecutors and inspectors was...
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Hires Moskie as VP in New York
Aug 5 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage hired Philip Moskie as vice president of Property Brokerage for its New York City office. Moskie brings nearly two decades of wholesale brokerage experience to the role. He most recently...
N.Y. Yankees to Offer Fans Biometric Identity Service for Faster Stadium Entry
Aug 5 2015 // Yankee Stadium visitors soon will be able to avoid long security lines by registering their fingerprints with a biometric identity service used at 12 U.S. airports. Starting Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays,...
