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People & Places
Feb 5 2024 // National Everest Insurance appointed Patrick Hagerty senior vice president and head of U.S. retail property. He is based in New York. Hagerty joined the company’s corporate underwriting team in 2021 and was most...
Online News Site in Florida Shuts Down After Less Than a Year
Feb 2 2024 // WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Messenger, an ambitious online news site that billed itself as a nonpartisan digital outlet and spent some $50 million ratcheting up its business effort, abruptly shut down Wednesday...
New York Hotel’s Stand-Up Policy Didn’t Sit Well With Front Desk Clerk
Feb 1 2024 // Library Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel in New York City, will pay $42,000 to a former front desk employee to resolve a discrimination lawsuit over its alleged failure to reasonably accommodate the clerk’s...
NRA Chief LaPierre Defends His Spending, Luxury Travel in New York Civil Trial
Jan 30 2024 // Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre took the stand in his New York civil trial Friday, defending himself against allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by...
U.S. Finds Ex-Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Employees, Outlines New York Reforms
Jan 29 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department concluded former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed more than a dozen state employees, according to a settlement announced Friday that confirmed allegations from the damaging...
Empire State Building Lands New York Insurer With Lease for Full Floor
Jan 26 2024 // Greater New York Mutual Insurance Co. signed a lease at the Empire State Building. GNY Mutual, which currently has offices on Madison Avenue, agreed to a 17-year deal for a full floor at the famous New York tower, with...
Fox Can Challenge Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Claim Over 2020 Election
Jan 25 2024 // Fox Corp. can proceed with its claims that Smartmatic Corp.’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit wildly exaggerates the financial harm it suffered from broadcasts falsely accusing it of rigging the 2020 US election, a...
Power Line Falls on Car During Oregon Ice Storm, Killing 3
Jan 22 2024 // A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly before...
New York Fund for Injured Limo Drivers Wins Surcharge Fight
Jan 22 2024 // The New York workers’ compensation fund for black car drivers was within its authority to impose a 2.5% surcharge on noncash tips that passengers paid to drivers, a three-justice panel of the Second Circuit Court of...
A Deep Dive into the Diligent Effort (Search) Requirement
Jan 22 2024 // The excess and surplus lines insurance market is a rapidly-growing avenue for the placement of insurance policies in the United States. Many alien (non-U.S.) insurance carriers write surplus lines insurance coverage via...
Man Pleads Guilty to One of New York’s Biggest No-Fault Insurance Frauds Ever
Jan 22 2024 // A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating an estimated $70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter,...
Insurer Blocked From Rescinding Policy After Fire Claim Due to ‘Extra’ Apartment
Jan 18 2024 // New York City housing is often jammed into tight spaces. Old houses are carved into several apartments. Not all of them are legal. Alexi Home Design’s property in the Bronx had two official residences on the main...
New York Proposes Guidance Governing Insurers’ Use of AI
Jan 17 2024 // New York State is proposing guidance for insurance carriers to prevent unfair discrimination in their use of artificial intelligence and external data sources in underwriting and pricing. A circular letter from...
New York Construction Firm Pleads Guilty to Safety Violation Causing Death of Employee
Jan 10 2024 // Northridge Construction Corp. pleaded guilty to criminal charges last week in federal court in Central Islip, New York, according to federal officials. The three-count information alleges that, in 2018, during the...
New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens
Jan 10 2024 // The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a...
Report: California 4th Most Expensive State for Business Owners, Washington No. 2
Jan 10 2024 // California ranks fourth for high business startup and maintenance costs, following No. 1 ranked New York as as the most expensive state for entrepreneurs, with high commercial rent costs, weekly wages, and LLC filing...
New York Seeks $370 Million in Damages in Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial
Jan 9 2024 // New York state lawyers increased their request for penalties to over $370 million Friday in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial. He retorted, “They should pay me.” The exchange came as lawyers for...
OpenAI Claims New York Times Isn’t ‘Telling the Full Story’ in Suit
Jan 9 2024 // OpenAI publicly addressed a lawsuit from the New York Times in a strongly worded blog post on Monday, saying the newspaper’s complaint was “not telling the full story” about its use of Times data. The...
Prominent Black Church in New York Sued by Yale Professor for Gender Bias
Jan 9 2024 // A Yale professor has filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against a prominent Harlem church after it did not hire her for its senior pastor job. The suit brought by Eboni Marshall Turman accuses Abyssinian Baptist...
Because ‘Location’ Is Ambiguous in Marine Cargo Policy, Travelers Must Pay Fire Loss
Jan 8 2024 // A New York-based apparel company is entitled to its claim for the full $600,000 limit on its marine cargo insurance policy because the policy was ambiguous as to whether a warehouse fire that destroyed its goods was at an...
