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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...
Judge Allows Lawsuits Against Bank of America Executives Over Merrill Deal
Aug 30 2010 // A Manhattan federal judge refused to dismiss shareholder lawsuits against Bank of America Corp and various executives and directors over the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. during the 2008 financial crisis and...
Manulife, Ace among Bidders for NY Life Asia – Sources
Aug 27 2010 // Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Corp and Switzerland’s Ace Ltd are among bidders for New York Life Insurance Co’s Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korean assets, sources said, in a deal valued between $800...
BP Settlements May Shield Top Defendants, New York Times Reports
Aug 20 2010 // Those seeking a settlement from the BP $20 billion compensation fund may have to waive their rights to sue all major defendants involved with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, not just BP, the New York Times reported on...
New York to License Self-Storers, Open Up Car Rental Coverage
Aug 18 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 by Gov. David Paterson. The law allows the state’s Department of...
New York City to Get Hundreds of Countdown Clock Crosswalks
Aug 18 2010 // From Park Avenue to Queens Boulevard, some 1,500 New York City intersections are getting countdown crosswalk signals to help millions of pedestrians know how much time they have to cross streets. Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
Cuomo and New York Regulators Respond to Producer Comp Lawsuit
Aug 16 2010 // In a series of court filings, the New York Attorney General’s Office and State Insurance Department argue that new rules requiring agents to disclose their pay to clients are needed to penetrate a “cloak of...
2010 Education & Training Directory
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
Arson Blamed for Fire at New York Elementary School
Aug 12 2010 // New York arson investigators have determined that a blaze at a Long Island elementary school was intentionally set. Police say witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion and saw several people running from the George...
New York Uses Technology in DMV to Snag Thieves, Hit Man
Aug 12 2010 // New York’s face-recognition technology has led to 100 arrests over six months, ranging from people trying to defraud insurance companies to a mob hit man who sought a new identity a day after he was released from...
Spain $1 Billion Lawsuit Over Sunk Tanker Dismissed
Aug 5 2010 // A U.S. federal judge dismissed Tuesday Spain’s $1 billion lawsuit against an organization that declared seaworthy a tanker whose 2002 sinking created one of the world’s biggest oil spills. U.S. District Judge...
New York Raises Property Damage Threshold for Insurance Surcharges
Aug 3 2010 // Good news for New York drivers: They can now damage their cars a little bit more before an insurer can surcharge their policies, thanks to a law change signed this weekend by Governor David Paterson. The law raises to...
New York City Settles 50-Bullet Cop Lawsuit for $7M
Jul 30 2010 // The city of New York has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from the fatal 50-bullet police shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day. The settlement filed in Brooklyn federal court...
