Latest New York Headlines
All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Apr 1 2024 // “We Don’t Take Sides” “As a surety, we don’t take sides, it would be wrong for us to do so, and we are in no way supporting the defendant.” – Said Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg in a...
People & Places
Apr 1 2024 // National CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, hired Vince Colosimo as executive vice president in the company’s New York City downtown office. Colosimo will assume the role of office president in...
Property Restoration Industry: A Culture in Need of Repair?
Apr 1 2024 // Jatiek Smith, a Bloods gang member convicted on extortion and racketeering charges in New York, blamed ruthless competition and a culture of violence in the fire restoration industry for the accusations made against him by...
Deadly Lithium Battery Fires Force Lawmakers to Play Catch-Up on Safety
Mar 28 2024 // For a decade, Illinois state Sen. Sue Rezin has recognized the technological and economic potential of lithium-ion batteries. Rezin, a Republican who serves in a district that is a major chemical and energy industry hub...
People Moves: Massaro Joins Hartford in Northeast; Alliant Adds Spina in New York
Mar 22 2024 // Matthew Massaro The Hartford, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, appointed Matthew Massaro head of sales and underwriting for its middle and large commercial businesses’ Northeast division. Massaro has been with...
Internet Firms Must Face Defective Product Liability Suit Over Buffalo Mass Shooting
Mar 20 2024 // A New York state judge has allowed a case seeking to hold social media companies liable in the tragic mass killing at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022 to go forward on grounds of product liability. Erie County Supreme Court...
Supreme Court Seems to Favor NRA in Free Speech Case Against Insurance Regulator
Mar 20 2024 // Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group...
People Moves: Woodruff Sawyer Opens New York Office Headed by 6 Acrisure Hires
Mar 19 2024 // California-based independent insurance broker Woodruff Sawyer announced it is expanding its East Coast footprint with the addition of six executives formerly with insurer Acrisure. According to the announcement, Matthew...
Creditors Move to Force Giuliani to Insure His Florida Condo Until It’s Sold to Pay Debts
Mar 18 2024 // Full-time Florida residents and snowbirds aren’t the only ones having trouble obtaining insurance on their condominiums. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York Mayor and longtime attorney for Donald Trump, has told a...
People & Places
Mar 18 2024 // National AXA XL named Michelle Chia as chief underwriting officer for cyber in the Americas. Based in New York, Chia joins AXA XL from Zurich North America, where she most recently served as head of professional liability...
Would-Be Everton Owner 777 Partners Faces Lawsuit Over Asset Transfers
Mar 13 2024 // The investment manager trying to buy Everton FC is being sued by a creditor who wants to stop the firm from transferring two subsidiaries, claiming that the transaction was designed to “shield” the assets. Obra...
How 9 Men Stole 45 Cars Over 6 Months During COVID, Then Got Caught
Mar 13 2024 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced the guilty pleas and sentencing of nine members of a Bronx car theft ring for their roles in the theft of 45 vehicles during a six-month period from April to October...
Florida, Texas Grab Bigger Chunk of Paychecks as NY Fades
Mar 11 2024 // Southern US states have enjoyed some of the strongest job growth in the pandemic era, as well as some of the biggest wage increases — and they’re luring Americans from elsewhere in the country. Add those things...
New York Inspector General Reports on 2 Workers’ Compensation Fraud Cases
Mar 11 2024 // New York State Inspector General Lucy announced a sentencing and a guilty plea in two separate workers’ compensation fraud cases. Lang announced the sentencing of Brian Simpson, 55, of Monroe County, who defrauded...
New York Police Target Critics, Including Judges and Journalists, Using Social Media
Mar 11 2024 // The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating. Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real...
$7.8M Court Order Blocks Ghost Gun Retailer From Selling Certain Parts in New York
Mar 8 2024 // A federal judge on Wednesday permanently banned a Florida gun retailer from selling or delivering certain gun parts in New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background...
People Moves: AXIS Taps SCOR’s Dejung as Global Cyber & Technology CUO; SiriusPoint Names 3 Key Leaders in Global Underwriting
Mar 5 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings and SiriusPoint. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS appoints Dejung as Global Cyber & Technology...
New Jersey City That Limited Street Parking Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in 7 Years
Mar 5 2024 // Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities. For seven years now, the city of nearly...
Jury Awards $72.5M to Woman Paralyzed When Struck by New York City Bus
Mar 5 2024 // A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed has been awarded $72.5 million in her lawsuit against the city’s transit agency. A city jury found in favor of...
AI Firms Face Growing List of Lawsuits. Here’s What to Watch
Mar 4 2024 // Artificial intelligence firms are facing increasing pressure from some of the world’s most formidable names in technology and media, as new tools spark fresh questions over the risks posed by chatbots that threaten...
