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N.Y. Gov. Cuomo: New Yorkers Won’t Have to Pay Hurricane Deductible for Sandy
Nov 1 2012 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that New York homeowners will not have to pay potentially large hurricane deductibles on insurance claims stemming from damage caused by Sandy. New York joins other...
New York, New Jersey Want Washington to Pay More Storm Costs
Nov 1 2012 // New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City. Governor...
Sandy Costing New York City $200 Million a Day
Nov 1 2012 // The aftermath of super storm Sandy is costing New York City up to $200 million a day in permanently lost economic activity, including everything from the sale of pizza slices to corporate mergers and other Wall Street...
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Says Long Island Hit Hardest by Sandy Power Outages
Oct 31 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said yesterday that 90 percent of Long Island utility customers were without electricity after Sandy ravaged the New York City metropolitan area. He also says hundreds of lives were saved by New...
Manhattan Power Outages to Continue for Days: ConEd
Oct 31 2012 // Residents of lower Manhattan faced up to four days without power on Tuesday as Consolidated Edison, New York City’s power provider, scrambled to repair the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy. Almost every street below...
Insured Losses From Hurricane Sandy $7-$15 Billion: AIR Worldwide
Oct 31 2012 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimated Tuesday evening that insured losses from Hurricane Sandy to onshore properties in the U.S. would be in the range of $7 billion to $15 billion. AIR’s insured loss...
Stock Markets Remain Closed Tuesday; Expected to Reopen Wednesday Month End
Oct 30 2012 // Superstorm Sandy Closes Stock Exchange (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Hurricane Sandy will close U.S. stock markets for a second day on Tuesday, as Wall Street turned its attention to whether markets would be able to resume...
‘Hurricrane’ Warning: Manhattan Construction Crane Left Dangling in Sandy’s Winds
Oct 30 2012 // New York City evacuated neighbors of a nearly completed, 90-story luxury apartment building on Monday after the top of a construction crane collapsed in high winds, prompting fears the crane’s boom could crash to the...
Hurricane Sandy Expected Ashore Monday Night; Could Be Biggest to Hit U.S. Mainland
Oct 29 2012 // • Hurricane expected ashore Monday evening in New Jersey • Could be biggest to hit U.S. mainland • New York, Philadelphia and Washington in its path • New York Stock Exchange closed Monday and Tuesday • Early...
Stock Markets Expected to Remain Closed Tuesday
Oct 29 2012 // U.S. stock market executives, regulators and brokers have agreed to close the U.S. stock markets on Tuesday because of Hurricane Sandy, with an official announcement coming shortly, said people who were on an industry-wide...
Update: Sandy Strengthens; Thousands Evacuate; Wall Street Closes
Oct 29 2012 // Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the U.S. East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the U.S. stock market suffered its first...
Hurricane Sandy Forces Evacuations, Shutdowns on East Coast
Oct 28 2012 // Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy...
Wall Street Makes Plans to Open Monday Despite Sandy
Oct 28 2012 // U.S. stock exchanges and Wall Street banks are sending employees into Manhattan on Sunday to stay in hotels and coworkers’ homes, as markets prepare to open for business on Monday even as Hurricane Sandy brings...
Insurers Prepare for Hurricane Sandy
Oct 28 2012 // Insurers say they are making the usual preparations for a hurricane – activating claims teams, staging adjusters near the locations most likely to be affected and generally getting ready to pay for a potentially huge...
Update: Hurricane Sandy Could Affect 50 Million People on East Coast
Oct 28 2012 // Authorities shut transit systems and ordered some evacuations as tens of millions of people on the East Coast braced on Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, a gigantic storm forecast to deliver battering winds, dangerous flooding...
Update: Hurricane Sandy Death Toll at 41; ‘Super Storm’ Eyes East Coast
Oct 26 2012 // Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the U.S. East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean. Forecasters...
New York City Settles Lawsuit in Hot Playground Case
Oct 26 2012 // New York City has agreed to pay $17,500 to a Brooklyn family of a toddler scorched by playground equipment. The family of Paula Spolar had charged that irresponsible design at the Brooklyn Bridge Park resulted in their...
Businesses Call for Controls on Litigation Funding Firms
Oct 26 2012 // A business lobby group has called on the U.S. Congress to regulate companies that provide financing for commercial lawsuits, describing the practice as “coercive enterprise.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
N.Y. Auto Repair Shop’s Lawsuit Against Progressive Allowed to Proceed
Oct 24 2012 // A New York-based auto body shop has been allowed to move forward with its lawsuit that accuses Progressive Insurance Group Company and its affiliates of deceptive acts and practices. The ruling last week by the Appellate...
Allstate’s Usage-Based Auto Insurance Expands to New York, New Jersey
Oct 23 2012 // Allstate announced this month that it has expanded its usage-based auto insurance product, Drive Wise, to four additional states including New York and New Jersey. “Drive Wise rolled out in Colorado, Michigan, New...
