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Judge Strikes Down N.Y. Town’s Day Laborer Law as Unconstitutional
Sep 11 2015 // A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a suburban New York town’s law banning day laborers from soliciting for work on public sidewalks, declaring its broad application could affect children selling...
Holborn Hires Thaler as Executive VP in New York
Sep 9 2015 // Roderick P. Thaler Holborn, an independent reinsurance broker based in New York, hired Roderick P. Thaler as executive vice president. In this role, Thaler will serve as a member of Holborn’s Franchise Operating...
Ex-Dewey Executives Did Not Defraud Law Firm, Defense Says
Sep 9 2015 // The collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf, once one of the biggest U.S. law firms, was due not to fraud by top executives but defections by its highest-earning partners, defense lawyers told jurors on Tuesday at the close of a...
Brit Hires Stepanishen to Lead U.S. Inland Marine Team in New York
Sep 8 2015 // Brit Ltd, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer based in London, hired Kent Stepanishen as senior vice president to launch a new Inland Marine team for Brit Global Specialty USA. Stepanishen will write Inland Marine...
ACE Reveals New Chubb Field Management Team, 8 Regional Executives
Sep 8 2015 // ACE Limited announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the company’s North America field organization that will take over upon completion of the acquisition of Chubb, which ACE said is expected in the...
N.Y. Music Store Owners Charged With Burning Down Shop for Insurance Money
Sep 8 2015 // A married couple who owned a music store and pawn shop in New York’s capital region has been charged with burning it down for insurance money after an investigator examining the claim noticed signs of arson. Gary and...
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...
