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New York Looks to Reform Coastal Homeowners Insurance Market
Sep 23 2010 // New York insurance regulators are proposing a new set of consumer protection measures as part of a package of rules aimed at improving the availability and pricing of homeowners insurance in high-risk areas along the...
Guard Adds Two Field Reps in New Jersey and New York
Sep 23 2010 // Pennsylvania-based GUARD Insurance Group has bolstered its sales staff focusing on the New Jersey and New York. Gary May has been named senior field representative for New Jersey and southern New York. May brings over 25...
Bank Bailout Fraud On the Rise, Probes Continuing, Says TARP Cop
Sep 22 2010 // The top U.S. bailout cop said evidence of fraud among banks that sought taxpayer funds was on the rise, and some of his investigations involve amounts exceeding $550 million. Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general...
New York Insurance Exchange Plan Hinges on Industry Support
Sep 22 2010 // New York regulators say the plan to re-launch a Lloyd’s-style exchange in the city is forging ahead, but they’re looking to hand the reins to the insurance industry to take the lead in building it. The plan for...
New York Giants Sued by Woman Claiming Injury at ’09 Game
Sep 20 2010 // The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim she was attacked by fans during a New York Jets game played at Giants Stadium last year. Michelle Munoz says she attended the Sept. 20, 2009 game...
Suit Settled over Shock Therapy at Massachusetts School
Sep 17 2010 // The family of a former Massachusetts student who received electric shocks at a special needs school has agreed to receive $65,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming the treatment was inhumane and violated the student’s...
Griffey, Messier to Speak at Insurance Charitable Foundation Dinner
Sep 17 2010 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) revealed that its 2010 benefit dinner will feature presentations by two famous sports figures: Major League Baseball great Ken Griffey Jr. and hockey legend Mark...
New York Group Says No-Fault Fraud Problem Growing
Sep 16 2010 // A coalition of New York insurers says blaming medical mills are driving up the cost of auto insurance, a trend that amounts to a “no-fault automobile insurance fraud crisis” in the state. The New York Alliance...
US to Host Major Economies Climate Forum in New York
Sep 15 2010 // The United States will host a meeting of the world’s biggest economies in New York to discuss climate change on Monday and Tuesday [next week], the U.S. State Department said. The Major Economies Forum will bring...
Illinois Oil Pipeline Leak Stopped; Cleanup Under Way
Sep 15 2010 // Crews have removed a 12-foot section of pipe at the site of an oil spill outside Chicago that led to a spike in regional gasoline prices, but it could take weeks to clean up the contamination, federal officials...
New York Senator Proposes Bill Targeting Recalled Food
Sep 14 2010 // Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is proposing a federal law that would force grocery stores to notify shoppers about food recalls. Gillibrand said Sunday that under her bill, stores that sell recalled food would be...
New York Indicts Seven for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 10 2010 // New York investigators have arrested seven people for workers’ comp fraud as part of a three-county sweep in Upstate New York. In one instance, the investigators used surveillance video to record a Poughkeepsie man,...
Low Levels of Oxygen Detected in Deadly New York Manhole
Sep 9 2010 // Oxygen levels were dangerously low in a Tarrytown, New York manhole where a sewer worker collapsed and died and a firefighter died trying to save him, a fire department official said. Autopsies were planned in hopes of...
New York Excess Lines Brokers Advised to Renew Licenses Soon
Sep 9 2010 // New York excess line brokers must soon renew their business entity licenses if they want to avoid possible licensing delays later this year, the Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) said. All business entity...
New York Giants Sued by Woman Claiming Injury at ’09 Game
Sep 8 2010 // The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim she was attacked by fans during a New York Jets game played at Giants Stadium last year. Michelle Munoz says she attended the Sept. 20 game against...
New York Seeks 30% Hike for Some Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 7 2010 // The New York Workers’ Compensation Board is proposing to raise portions of the medical fees schedule by 30 percent. The fee would apply to the evaluation and management codes of the board’s medical fee...
New York to License Self-Storers, Open Up Car Rental Coverage Options
Sep 6 2010 // Self-storage company operators in New York will be allowed to obtain insurance licenses to sell contents coverage to their clients, under a law signed recently by Gov. David Paterson. The law allows the state’s...
Earl Weakens, Pounds North Carolina Islands, Heads for Massachusetts
Sep 3 2010 // Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s coast with rain, winds and waves Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm. The impact of the...
FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl
Sep 2 2010 // As Hurricane Earl prepares to approach North Carolina tonight, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it is preparing for the storm and supporting state and local officials along the East Coast as they work to...
Financial Reforms Will Help Curb Systemic Risk, Regulators Tell Panel
Sep 1 2010 // New powers from the financial reform law will help avoid a repeat of 2008’s frenzied sale of Wachovia and the wreckage that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers, U.S. regulators said Wednesday. A commission...
