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New York Agents Appealing Compensation Disclosure Ruling
Jun 6 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) says it is moving forward with a legal appeal of a court ruling that allowed the state to require agents to reveal their commissions to clients. The...
Hiscox Launches Small Business Coverage in Ariz., Calif., N.Y.
Jun 2 2011 // Hiscox has introduced their business owners policy (BOP) offering in Arizona, California and New York, with coverage in additional states planned for later this year. The business owner’s insurance package (BOP)...
Halvorsen Joins Lockton in New York
Jun 2 2011 // Marianne Halvorsen Lockton has hired Marianne Halvorsen as vice president and producer. Halvorsen, who will be based in New York, previously served as a vice president and client advocate with Willis. She is also an...
New York City Settles Inmate Death Lawsuit
May 31 2011 // New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed a man died in jail when his alcohol withdrawal went untreated. The New York Times says the settlement was announced in Manhattan federal court...
Lawsky Confirmed as Head of New York Regulatory Agency
May 25 2011 // The New York Senate has confirmed Benjamin M. Lawsky as superintendent of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), the combined agency overseeing insurance, financial services and related industries in the Empire...
Hotels Weigh Staff Safety Issues After IMF Chief’s Case
May 25 2011 // Hotels could arm employees with panic buttons but are unlikely to put security cameras in hotel rooms following the alleged sexual assault of a maid by former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, industry...
N.Y. Agents Appealing Compensation Disclosure Ruling
May 20 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) says it is moving forward with a legal appeal of a court ruling that forced agents in the state to reveal their commissions to clients. The group plans to...
New York Bill Takes Aim at Boating While Intoxicated
May 19 2011 // New York’s Senate wants everyone convicted of boating while intoxicated to earn a safety certificate before they could operate a boat again. The bill approved Monday by the Senate would require completion of a...
Lawsky, Wrynn to Lead New York’s Reshuffled Regulatory Arm
May 18 2011 // Benjamin M. Lawsky has been nominated as superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, the combined regulator of insurance, banking and related businesses in the Empire State. The new department —...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Suit vs Citigroup Execs Over Mortgages
May 18 2011 // Citigroup Inc. officials, including Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of turning a blind eye to the increased mortgage risks the bank was assuming in 2007. U.S....
Brassard Elected Chair of IIABNY
May 16 2011 // Insurance agent Christopher A. Brassard has been elected president of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. (IIABNY), heading a new slate of officers for the state trade group. Brassard — who...
Health Insurance Exchange Hearings Begin in New York
May 16 2011 // Officials are staging a series of public hearings around New York on designing the state’s health insurance exchange as part of federal health care reform. The exchanges are intended to create a market for small...
Sex, Lies and the Reckless Choices of the Powerful
May 16 2011 // Sex and power are no strangers. History is littered with tales of the powerful and privileged felled by sex scandals. But make no mistake. If IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found guilty as charged of attempting to...
New York Senators Push to Toughen Texting at Wheel Law
May 16 2011 // New York’s Senate Republicans promise to push legislation that would allow police to stop and ticket motorists for texting while driving. Using a portable electronic device while at the wheel of a moving vehicle in...
Judge Tosses New York Mets Fan’s Broken-Bat Lawsuit
May 16 2011 // A judge has thrown out a New York Mets fan’s lawsuit against the team and Major League Baseball over a bat that broke and flew into his face in the former Shea Stadium’s stands. A judge dismissed the case...
New York Court Reinstates Restaurant Worker’s Product Liability Suit
May 13 2011 // New York’s top court this week reinstated a Manhattan restaurant worker’s product liability lawsuit over a lye-crystal drain cleaner, concluding that the companies behind it have to do more than simply state...
Safety Officials Wants to See New York Theaters’ Emergency Plans
May 12 2011 // The federal agency that governs workplace safety has sent a letter to 63 New York City theaters saying future inspections of the venues will include reviews of their emergency action plans. The letter from the U.S....
Investigators Probe Fatal New York Plane Collision
May 11 2011 // Federal aviation safety investigators are in a densely wooded area in upstate New York where two small planes collided and crashed after taking off from a local airport, killing both pilots. State police Capt. Joseph...
Bus, Taxi Drivers Targeted in Ongoing New York Crackdown
May 11 2011 // The latest and broadest sting in a crackdown on commercial drivers that has ensnared 173 of them since a deadly March tour bus crash has netted nearly four dozen more arrests of drivers of tour buses, New York City buses,...
Chevron, Ecuadoreans Spar over Halted Damage Award
May 11 2011 // Lawyers for Ecuadorean villagers who sued Chevron Corp over pollution in the Amazon rain forest asked a U.S. appeals panel Tuesday to modify a court order that halted enforcement of an $8.6 billion award against the oil...
