Latest New York Headlines
All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Gov. Issues Consumer Alert on Potential Home Repair Scams
Aug 20 2014 // New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo issued a consumer alert warning homeowners to protect themselves against home repair scams, which may arise in wake of the recent flooding that occurred on Long Island. “Unfortunately,...
New York Public Hospital Gets $117M in Sandy Aid
Aug 18 2014 // The city’s public hospital system will receive more than $117 million in federal aid for repairs to Bellevue Hospital Center for damage related to Superstorm Sandy, the state’s two U.S. senators said on August...
MEMIC Hires 2 Senior Underwriters in New York
Aug 15 2014 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer in Portland, Maine, hired Steven Crobar and Margaret Templeton as senior production underwriters to serve its agents in the state of New York. Together, Crobar and...
Other Social Media Back Facebook in New York Privacy Case
Aug 13 2014 // Facebook’s fight against prosecutors over nearly 400 search warrants for users’ postings and other data is drawing support from other social media companies and civil libertarians. Lawyers for Foursquare,...
NYC Doesn’t Track Sightseeing Bus Accidents
Aug 12 2014 // Companies that run New York City’s growing armada of double-decker sightseeing buses, like the ones involved in last week’s Times Square crash, have no legal obligation to report accidents to the city agency...
NYS Comp Board Vice Chair’s Laptop, Phones Seized: Report
Aug 12 2014 // Agents from the office of New York Attorney General and the FBI last week seized documents, a laptop and cell phones belonging to Frances Libous, vice chair of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and wife...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Cowles & Connell in N.Y.
Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Cowles & Connell based in Brewster, New York and Meriden, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1892, Cowles &...
N.Y. Uber Drivers Flock to Hamptons for Summer ‘Pop-Up’ Market
Aug 11 2014 // Like many New York City dwellers, Adam Cosentino’s summer ritual includes making the 100-mile trek to the beach towns of the Hamptons every weekend. The 43-year-old isn’t making the journey to play with the...
Marsh Exec Joins BB&T’s Premium Finance Subsidiaries in N.Y.
Aug 7 2014 // Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T Corp.’s three insurance premium finance subsidiaries — AFCO and Prime Rate Premium Finance Companies in the U.S., and CAFO in Canada — appointed James D. Williamson as...
New York’s Breezy Point Dune Plan Passes First Review
Aug 6 2014 // A multimillion-dollar request to the federal government for a grant to build a dune system and other coastal protections for a Queens, New York, neighborhood that lost 355 homes to fire and flooding during Superstorm Sandy...
Confie Seguros Acquires Brokerages in New York, Texas, South Carolina
Aug 6 2014 // Confie Seguros, a Huntington Beach, California-based national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired three insurance brokerages. Among these additions is Bower Insurance, an agency in Lockport, New York,...
Obama Administration Weighing Options to Curb Corporate Inversions
Aug 6 2014 // The U.S. Treasury Department is examining unilateral actions to curb corporate inversions, reversing its position that only Congress has the authority to stop or slow the deals. About three weeks after Secretary Jacob J....
New York Man Awarded $2.3M in Med Mal Lawsuit
Aug 5 2014 // A jury has awarded $2.3 million to a Rockland County, New York, man who said the head of Nyack Hospital’s orthopedic surgery left a serious infection untreated. The Journal News says the jury found Dr. Jason Fond...
New York Investigates Mortgage Firm Ocwen’s Insurance Deal
Aug 4 2014 // New York’s banking regulator asked Ocwen Financial Corp. for information about an insurance agreement that it says may be designed to funnel fees to an affiliate for minimal work. Benjamin Lawsky, the superintendent...
Wholesale Trading Co-Op Hires Casualty Broker in New York
Aug 4 2014 // Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services (WTCI) has hired Jennifer Terra as vice president/casualty broker. Terra joins WTCI from Partners Specialty Group, where she specialized in the analysis and placement of complex...
Cook Maran in New York Announces 4 Promotions
Aug 4 2014 // Cook Maran & Associates, an independent agency based in East Hampton, N.Y., promoted four staff members to vice president. Named vice presidents are Neil Falkenhan, Josh Helfand, John Humann, and Jiyun Yuh. Together...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer Calls for Federal Rules on Private Drones
Aug 4 2014 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) says privately operated drone aircraft are posing a threat to safety and privacy and should be regulated by the federal government. The Democrat says New York has become “the wild...
22.8M New Yorkers’ Personal Records Exposed
Aug 4 2014 // Nearly 23 million private records of New Yorkers have been exposed in data security breaches reported by more than 3,000 businesses, nonprofits and governments over the past eight years, New York’s attorney general...
Former New York Cop Sentenced for Inflating Auto Claim
Aug 1 2014 // A retired Buffalo, New York, police officer will avoid jail but must pay back $6,400 after inflating a car insurance claim. U.S. Attorney William Hochul says 49-year-old Johnnie Fritz was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months...
Heffernan’s New York Branch Hires Associate VP
Jul 30 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Patrick Rohan to join its New York office as an associate vice president. Rohan will focus on building the nonprofits and municipalities niche practices for Heffernan. Rohan is a...
