Latest New York Headlines
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Fire Guts Historic Church Home to New York’s Liberty Bell
Dec 10 2020 // A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York’s Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city’s earliest days was gutted by a massive fire that sent flames shooting through the roof. The...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Cool Insuring Agency
Dec 10 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Queensbury, N.Y.-based Cool Insuring Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1857, Cool Insuring Agency provides commercial, personal, life and health...
Former Verizon N.Y. Employee Lied About Injuries, Collected $19K in Workers’ Comp
Dec 8 2020 // A former Verizon New York employee who allegedly lied to doctors about arm injuries to obtain more than $19,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been arrested. This comes after surveillance videos showed her...
Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York
Dec 7 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic...
Millennials, Women ‘Sandwiched’ as COVID-19 Shifts Caregiving Responsibilities
Dec 4 2020 // The demographics of the Sandwich Generation – those who care for both their children and aging parents – as well the financial responsibilities they face as a result of COVID-19— are changing. The Sandwich Generation...
Car-Sharing Firm Turo Plans Partial Return to New York After 7-Year Insurance Dispute
Dec 4 2020 // Car-sharing startup Turo Inc. is returning to New York, seven years after leaving the state that was once its biggest market over a dispute with regulators about insurance rules. Turo, which allows vehicle owners to put...
Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice
Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...
Johnson & Johnson to Pay $120 Million in NY Baby Powder Case
Nov 23 2020 // Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company’s baby...
New York Fines NRA $2.5M, Halts Its Insurance Business in the State for Five Years
Nov 19 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has entered into a settlement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to resolve alleged violations of New York insurance law. The settlement includes a monetary...
N.Y. Woman Sentenced for Stealing More Than $3K in Workers’ Comp Benefits
Nov 19 2020 // A New York woman who stole $3,065.28 in workers’ compensation benefits by forging her late father’s name in order to cash the checks has been sentenced to one year in jail. Bonnie S. Slater of Randolph, N.Y.,...
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Hires Mancebo as a Partner in New York City
Nov 17 2020 // Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a national law firm serving the business and insurance communities and headquartered in Woodbury, N.Y., has hired John Mancebo as a partner in its New York City office. Mancebo, who...
People & Places
Nov 16 2020 // National Dean Klisura Brokers Guy Carpenter and Marsh, two business units of Marsh & McLennan, announced the appointment of Dean Klisura as president of Guy Carpenter, effective October 1, 2020. In this newly-created...
Ex-Employee Who Protested Safety Sues Amazon Alleging Bias in His Firing
Nov 13 2020 // A former Amazon.com Inc. worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing it of discrimination for firing him and for putting Black and Hispanic workers at...
New York Sues Sotheby’s for Helping Client Escape Sales Taxes on Artwork
Nov 10 2020 // Sotheby’s was sued on Friday by New York’s attorney general, who accused the auction house of defrauding the state by helping an important client avoid millions of dollars of sales taxes on art he...
Johnstone Partners Hires Friedman as an Adjuster in New York
Nov 9 2020 // Johnstone Partners has expanded its national risk management and claims adjusting practices with the hire of Andrew Friedman in New York. Friedman joins Johnstone Partners as an adjuster with six years of claims...
N.Y. Man Charged with Insurance Fraud for Tow Yard Arson Causing $100K in Damages
Nov 9 2020 // A New York man has been charged with arson and other crimes after allegedly setting fire to vehicles in a tow yard and filing an insurance claim to collect the cash. Egor Spiridonov, of Broad Channel, Queens, has been...
Applied Underwriters Announces Formation of Applied Specialty Underwriters, Names Christopher Day President of the New Company
Nov 5 2020 // Applied Specialty Underwriters will concentrate on Casualty E&S markets nationwide, initially focusing on New York construction risks. Omaha, NE, November 5, 2020 — Steve Menzies, CEO of Applied Underwriters,...
Eight Years Later, Sandy Still Costing Transit Systems Billions
Nov 4 2020 // Once a gleaming symbol of early 20th-century ambition and prosperity, Hoboken’s grand rail terminal now sits as a somber reminder of the daunting challenges facing mass transit in the New York region. Eight years ago...
Robinson+Cole Expands New York Office with Eight Member Financial Lines Team
Nov 3 2020 // Robinson+Cole has expanded its New York office with the addition of two partners, John F. McCarrick and Erica J. Kerstein, as well as two counsel, Phyllis A. Ingram and Sedgwick M. Jeanite, and four associates, Meryl E....
Federal Judge Dismisses Amazon N.Y. Warehouse Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit
Nov 3 2020 // A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers’ lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic should have been brought to the Occupational...
