Latest New York Headlines
All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Penniless N.Y. Man Unaware of Alleged Insurance Plot to Kill Him
May 17 2007 // A Harlem vagrant ravaged by a lifetime of hard drinking testified this week that he was clueless about a purported plot by an insurance agent to take out more than $500,000 in fraudulent policies on his life before trying...
N.Y. Big ‘I’ Celebrates 125th Year; Zogby Installed as President
May 16 2007 // The newly elected chair of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. believes the same standards that first established IIABNY 125 years ago are still evident today. Advancing business interests...
Resident Sues N.Y. Yankee Cory Lidle’s Estate Over Plane Crash
May 14 2007 // Stephane Sparta was at home in his 31st floor apartment when New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle’s small plane crashed into the floor below. The plane didn’t hit Sparta, “but it gave him quite a...
Prosecutor: Insurance Motive in N.Y. Plot That Claimed 4 Lives
May 11 2007 // Ronald Mallay doesn’t deny that in the 1990s he tried to make money by investing in life insurance policies taken out on fellow Guyanese immigrants in Queens, some of them his relatives. His lawyer, Kenneth Kaplan,...
Survey: Geico, NY Life Rank High in Brand Loyalty
May 10 2007 // Among insurance companies, NY Life and Geico rank highest in brand loyalty, according to the 2007 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index. The index, which examines customer relationships with 362 brands in 55...
Magaril to Head Insurer Group’s N.Y. Office in Albany
May 9 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has appointed Paul Magaril as regional manager and counsel of its New York office in Albany. Magaril will assist PCI members and handle state legislative and...
Rose Joins SAN Group as Eastern N.Y. VP
May 9 2007 // SAN Group, Inc. announced the addition of Larry Rose as regional vice president of Eastern New York. Rose’s insurance career began in 1986 in eastern New York and he has held positions with Travelers, OneBeacon,...
N.Y. City Alleged Murder-for-Insurance Case Nears Trial
May 8 2007 // When Basdeo Somaipersaud turned up dead in his favorite park in New York City in 1998, his family assumed he must have cracked his head during one of his drinking binges. Then the autopsy came back with a curious result:...
NEIGHBORS SEEK TO DRAIN N.Y. CITY’S WATER RESEVOIRS TO STEM FUTURE FLOODING
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
N.Y. City puts foot down on pedicabs
May 7 2007 // New York City’s hordes of unregulated bicycle taxis will have to meet licensing, insurance and safety standards, and only 325 will be allowed to operate at one time, thanks to a City Council’s recent override...
People and Places
May 7 2007 // Steve Taylor has been promoted to regional sales director for Encompass Insurance in New York and New Jersey. Taylor joined Allstate in 1978 as an underwriter trainee. He was promoted to various management positions in...
N.Y. Senate confirms Dinallo as insurance superintendent
May 7 2007 // The New York State Senate has confirmed Governor Eliot Spitzer’s nomination of Eric Dinallo as the new superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department. He has been serving as acting superintendent since...
N.Y. City puts foot down on pedicabs
May 7 2007 // New York City’s hordes of unregulated bicycle taxis will have to meet licensing, insurance and safety standards, and only 325 will be allowed to operate at one time, thanks to a City Council’s recent override...
People
May 7 2007 // Steve Taylor has been promoted to regional sales director for Encompass Insurance in New York and New Jersey. Taylor joined Allstate in 1978 as an underwriter trainee. He was promoted to various management positions in...
Neighbors seek to drain N.Y. City’s waterreservoirs to stem future flooding
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
N.Y. Family Sues Mine, Claiming Deaths Caused by Talc Exposure
May 2 2007 // Relatives of a 67-year-old man from upstate New York have filed a lawsuit against a mining company after he became the third family member to die from a rare cancer he allegedly contracted from exposure to asbestos-tainted...
N.Y. Insurance Department Activates Disaster Recovery Centers
Apr 30 2007 // New York State Insurance Department personnel have been deployed at multiple locations in Westchester County to assist residents of communities struck by severe flooding. Department personnel will be available to answer...
N.Y. City Puts Foot Down on Unregulated Pedicab Industry
Apr 24 2007 // New York City’s hordes of unregulated bicycle taxis will have to meet licensing, insurance and safety standards, and only 325 will be allowed to operate at one time, thanks to a City Council override of a mayoral...
Business Moves
Apr 23 2007 // AXIS Capital, Media/Pro AXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing...
N.Y. bar owner charged in drunk employee fatal crash
Apr 23 2007 // A Putnam County, New York bar owner has been charged with allowing an off-duty bartender to drink and drive, resulting in a head-on crash that killed her and another woman. Sandra Longchamps, a bar manager at The Paddock...
