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Quantemplate Hires Fagg, Perry to New York Sales and Solutions Teams
Apr 6 2020 // Quantemplate, a provider of self-service, cloud-based automated data solutions for the (re)insurance industry, has hired Simon Fagg and Shannon Perry to its New York-based team. The new hires have joined both the sales and...
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Apr 6 2020 // Truckers Physical Damage Market Detail: Rocklake Insurance Group (www.rocklakeig.com) offers multiple carriers for physical damage needs. It offers broad and limited forms with flexible options to choose which coverage...
Insurance Is Not A Company’s Primary Line of Defense in a Crisis
Apr 6 2020 // Imagine your company having a Halloween party: Employees show up wearing costumes mocking your customers, says the chief executive of a New York commercial insurance brokerage we recently interviewed. “Now imagine...
Skarzynski Marick Announces New Attorneys and Expansion of Cyber Practice
Apr 2 2020 // New York, NY, April 2, 2020 – Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP continues to grow and is excited to announce the addition of partners Samantha Riley, Jessica Cavallo and Suzanne Whitehead; the promotion of Rebecca...
Coronavirus Infections on Rise in Already-Strained Urban Police Departments
Mar 31 2020 // When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus. Similar scenes play out all over the city daily: officers...
New York City Subway Driver Killed in Fire Being Investigated as Crime
Mar 30 2020 // A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime, officials said. Fires were reported at three other stations nearby at...
Home Health Providers at ‘Breaking Point’ as Coronavirus Ups Demand, Saps Supplies
Mar 27 2020 // Home healthcare providers, the lifelines to 12 million vulnerable Americans, are scrambling to decide how to serve patients who show symptoms of coronavirus — and how to ensure that the providers themselves neither...
New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits
Mar 27 2020 // Drivers for the online food delivery service Postmates Inc. are employees who are eligible for state unemployment insurance, New York’s top court has ruled. The ruling upsets the “gig” business model of...
Kirkland & Ellis Hires Hassouri in New York as Partner in Corporate Practice Group
Mar 25 2020 // Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired Parimah Hassouri to its New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Her appointment follows the recent addition of Rajab Abbassi as a partner in New York and bolsters...
How East Insurance Regulators Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Mar 25 2020 // As insurers continue to monitor the spread and impact of COVID-19, insurance regulators across the East region of the U.S. are issuing guidance on how the industry can respond. “There is almost no aspect of the...
What State Insurance Regulators Have Asked of P/C Insurers to Address Coronavirus
Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements. David A....
‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads
Mar 23 2020 // Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. The insurance companies offering this...
NY Regs Ask Insurers for Details of Business Interruption Policies in Wake of COVID-19
Mar 20 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has instructed insurers to submit details of business interruption policies that have been provided to insureds, as well as the coverage each policy offers...
New York OTDA Employee Arrested For Nearly $12K Sick-Leave Fraud
Mar 18 2020 // A New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) employee has been arrested after allegedly submitted 13 forged doctors’ notes over the course of six months to obtain 75 days of paid sick leave,...
New York Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Workers’ Comp System of More Than $5K
Mar 16 2020 // New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro has announced the sentencing of a Rochester, N.Y., woman who defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage...
Worldwide Facilities Hires Curry as Senior Vice President in New York Office
Mar 13 2020 // Worldwide Facilities, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has hired John Curry as senior vice president in its New York, N.Y., office location. Curry’s recent...
New York’s Fullerton Beck Taps Pedro to Manage Newly Opened New Jersey Office
Mar 10 2020 // New York-based law firm Fullerton Beck LLP has opened its first New Jersey office in Red Bank. The firm also has an office in White Plains, N.Y. New Jersey insurance coverage attorney Verne Pedro, who started with the firm...
Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 100 Coronavirus Cases in New York State
Mar 10 2020 // The number of coronavirus cases in New York state rose Sunday to more than 100, an expected increase Gov. Andrew Cuomo predicts will continue as more testing is done. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that the...
‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads
Mar 9 2020 // Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state after Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday confirmed 11 additional cases of COVID-19,...
New York-Area Financial Firms, Insurers Implement Travel Policies for Coronavirus
Mar 5 2020 // Financial firms in New York City were testing remote-work capabilities, implementing new travel restrictions and canceling or modifying upcoming events as the coronavirus outbreak – already on the finance...
