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Beecher Carlson Hires Aon Exec Martin as Managing Director in New York
Dec 16 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a specialized large account insurance brokerage in Atlanta, has hired Allyson Martin as managing director. She is based in Beecher Carlson’s New York office. Martin most...
Brownyard Group in New York Announces New Hire, Promotions
Dec 16 2014 // Brownyard Group, a Bay Shore, New York-based program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, announced two promotions and the hiring of a new client service specialist. Maggie...
New York Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Red-Light Cameras
Dec 16 2014 // New York City won dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its red-light cameras, the first in the U.S., the day before New Jersey is scheduled to shut down its program. Drivers fined for running traffic lights sued the city in...
SBA Loans Impacting Grant Money for Sandy Victims
Dec 15 2014 // When Superstorm Sandy left Denise Erickson’s home with a collapsed foundation, a loan from the Small Business Administration looked like the best deal in town. She got more than $150,000 from the SBA to help fix her...
Getting Local with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
Dec 15 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), established in 1994, helps communities by uniting the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. Since its inception, IICF...
New York A.G. Announces Aid for Snowstorm Victims
Dec 15 2014 // New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced several resources for New Yorkers hit by last month’s historic Buffalo snowstorm, including free help for navigating storm-related issues that could...
People – East
Dec 15 2014 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi has stepped down from his post to join a New York-based global investment banking advisory firm. Leonardi, who led the Connecticut Insurance Department for nearly four...
Supreme Court Turns Down Sept. 11 Environmental Appeal
Dec 15 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1 declined to revive a New York real estate developer’s lawsuit against the leaseholder of the destroyed World Trade Center and two airlines seeking environmental cleanup costs related...
IICF Northeast Announces $1.2M in Grants to Local Nonprofits
Dec 12 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) announced $1.2 million in grants to 16 local and regional nonprofits at its 8th Annual Northeast Benefit dinner Wednesday in New York. The event was attended by 900...
Alliant Insurance Services Acquires The Camps Group in New York
Dec 12 2014 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in Newport Beach, California, has acquired The Camps Group, an employee benefits services provider in New York. Terms of the transaction were not...
Western New York’s November Snowstorm Claims 14th Life
Dec 11 2014 // Authorities in western New York have attributed a 14th death to last month’s lake-effect storms that dumped more than 7 feet of snow on the Buffalo area. Local media report that Erie County officials say a man from...
New York DFS Announces New Cybersecurity Assessment Process for Banks
Dec 10 2014 // New York’s Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky today issued an industry guidance letter to all New York Department of Financial Services (DFS)-regulated banks announcing the department’s new,...
Lloyd’s Underwriter Pioneer Special Risk Expands to New York
Dec 10 2014 // Pioneer Underwriters announced that its Pioneer Special Risk (PSR), led by President Gary Dubois, has commenced underwriting via its New York based division. The bulletin explained that “Pioneer Special Risk has been...
Sandy Flood Insurers Ordered to Disclose Drafts of Engineering Reports
Dec 9 2014 // A Travelers Cos. unit and other flood insurers accused by Hurricane Sandy victims in New York of using falsified engineering reports must turn over the drafts to policyholders, a three-judge panel ruled amid allegations...
Pioneer Special Risk Commences Underwriting via New York Office
Dec 9 2014 // Pioneer Underwriters, a London-based underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced that its New York-based division Pioneer Special Risk (PSR) has commenced underwriting. PSR was launched in October...
Western N.Y. Snowstorm Cost Erie County Government $7.5M
Dec 8 2014 // Last month’s epic snowstorm that hit portions of western New York has cost Erie County government an estimated $7.5 million. The Buffalo News reports the figure includes damage and expenses and is expected to go up...
Travelers Unit Sued Over Allegedly Manipulated Sandy Report
Dec 7 2014 // A Travelers Cos. unit was sued by two New York homeowners who accused it of using a doctored engineering report to reject much of their claim for flood damage from Hurricane Sandy, making it the third insurer to face such...
Western New York Governments Seek Federal Help for Storm
Dec 6 2014 // Communities in western New York are tallying the costs of last month’s epic snowstorm to see if it meets the threshold for federal assistance. The storm cost Erie County government at least $7.5 million in damage,...
Legal Battle Over MetLife Systemic Risk Label Looms
Dec 5 2014 // U.S. regulators are close to a final decision to label MetLife Inc. systemically important, two people with knowledge of the matter said, setting up a potential legal battle with the country’s largest life...
Winter Storm ‘Bomb’ Watch Begins From New York to Europe
Dec 5 2014 // As fall gives way to winter, meteorologists from the U.S. East Coast to the shores of Western Europe will be watching for signs that the next storm heading their way will turn into a bomb. That’s right — a...
