Latest New York Headlines
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NYC Marathon Organizers Likely to Get Millions From Event Insurance
Dec 5 2012 // The New York Road Runners — a non-profit community running group and the organizer of the annual New York City Marathon — could get millions of dollars in insurance proceeds thanks to its event cancellation...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer: Officials in Intense Lobbying Effort for Federal Sandy Aid
Dec 3 2012 // New York Sen. Charles Schumer says New York expects to get tens of billions of dollars in federal money to cover damages from Superstorm Sandy.Sen. Schumer, second from right, surveying Sandy damages at NYU Langone Medical...
N.Y. Liberty Island, Home of Statue of Liberty, Still Closed Post-Sandy
Dec 3 2012 // The Statue of Liberty survived Superstorm Sandy with every crown spike in place, but its surrounding island was so badly damaged that the National Park Service doesn’t know when the beloved tourist attraction will...
Rising Cost of Sandy Damages
Dec 3 2012 // It’s been a month since Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc along the East Coast, devastating coastal towns and bringing a record storm surge and flooding and prolonged power outages. And the cost keeps rising. On Nov....
Cold, Mold Loom as Hazards in Sandy Disaster Zones
Dec 2 2012 // A month after Sandy’s floodwaters swept up his block, punched a hole in his foundation and drowned his furnace, John Frawley still has no electricity or heat in his dilapidated home on the Rockaway seashore in...
Heffernan’s N.Y. Branch Names Director of Commercial Lines & Marketing
Nov 30 2012 // California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Jason C. Cavallo to join its New York office as director of commercial lines and marketing, focusing on new business development and management of commercial...
N.Y. Law Firm Nelson Levine Hires 2 Attorneys From Harleysville, MetLife
Nov 30 2012 // Targeting strategic expansion, Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton, a New York-headquartered national law firm serving the insurance industry, announced that Louis H. Kozloff has joined as a partner in the Insurance...
N.Y. High Court Says Affair Is Medical Malpractice
Nov 30 2012 // New York’s highest court says it was medical malpractice for a Long Island family doctor to have an affair with a married patient he treated for anxiety and depression but also ruled she shares fault since they both...
New York Gov. Cuomo Orders Insurers to Speed Up Sandy Claims
Nov 30 2012 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday imposed emergency regulations on insurers to speed the processing of claims from hundreds of thousands of state residents whose properties were damaged or destroyed when...
NYSIF Announces Payment Extension for Policyholders Affected by Sandy
Nov 29 2012 // New York State Insurance Fund, New York’s largest workers’ compensation and disability benefits carrier, announced Wednesday that it is extending payment deadlines for all policyholders directly affected by...
Assurant Appoints Senior VP of Corporate Development in New York
Nov 29 2012 // Assurant Inc., a provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, appointed Larry N. Port to the position of senior vice president, corporate development. He is based in Assurant’s...
New York Gov. Cuomo Proposes $9B for Storm Damage Prevention
Nov 29 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers in commercial buildings hauled to upper floors and wants the ability to shutter key tunnels, airports and subways from floodwaters as part of a $9 billion plan...
White House Request for Sandy Aid Expected to Include Flood Insurance Funds
Nov 28 2012 // The White House is expected in the coming days to send Congress a multibillion dollar request to fund recovery from Superstorm Sandy, which caused an estimated $71 billion in damages in New York and New...
High-Security Driver’s License Runs Into Opposition in States
Nov 27 2012 // It was a popular idea five years ago: make sure every state had high-security driver’s licenses to thwart terrorism at airports. But the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Real ID system faces opposition...
New York, New Jersey Put $71 Billion Price Tag on Sandy
Nov 26 2012 // New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy and prevent similar damage from future storms, according to their latest estimates. The total, which...
Attorneys Discuss Importance of Event Cancellation Insurance
Nov 26 2012 // The cancellation of the 2012 New York City Marathon was disappointing to the approximately 47,000 runners who dedicated months to training for the race, many of whom had already spent a significant amount of time and money...
China’s Ping An Considers Legal Action vs. NY Times after Family Wealth Exposé
Nov 26 2012 // China’s second-biggest insurance company has threatened to take legal action against the New York Times for reports that Premier Wen Jiabao’s relatives had accumulated massive wealth, largely through holdings...
New York Sues Credit Suisse Over Mortgage Securities
Nov 21 2012 // New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Credit Suisse Group AG of deceiving investors in mortgage-backed securities. Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-largest bank,...
AIR Worldwide Survey Team Describes Sandy Losses in N.J., N.Y.
Nov 21 2012 // AIR Worldwide recently concluded damage survey of areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall on Oct. 29, five miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey. On November 11, 2012, AIR teams were deployed to...
After Sandy, Uncertainty About Real Estate Market, Mortgages, Insurance
Nov 21 2012 // “Reduced for Quick Sale!” reads Mike Montalbano’s Craigslist ad for the three-bedroom home he needs to sell before he can relocate for a new job. The drywall is new, as are the appliances. The only...
