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New York Could Add Menthol to Flavor Ban as Vaping Groups Sue
Oct 1 2019 // New York officials want to add menthol to the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes as the vaping industry seeks to block it, according to the governor’s office. Democratic...
New York Files Suit Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches
Oct 1 2019 // Dunkin’ Donuts violated state law by not notifying almost 20,000 customers, including more than 2,000 in New York, about cyberattacks on their accounts in 2015 and inadequately warning more than 300,000 customers in...
New York Court Denies Industry Request to Delay E-Cigarette Ban
Sep 30 2019 // A state judge has denied the vaping industry’s request to delay a New York emergency ban on flavored e-cigarette sales. Acting state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Connolly on Friday refused to issue a temporary...
Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Bedrick-Kaitz Agency
Sep 30 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Bedrick-Kaitz Agency Inc. (BKA), a New York City-based firm focused on helping high-net-worth individuals and...
Tractor Trailer Crash Forces Mandatory Evacuations in Upstate New York
Sep 26 2019 // About 80 homes were evacuated after a tractor trailer carrying compressed natural gas overturned on an upstate New York highway. Governor Andrew Cuomo says one person died after the trailer crashed north of Binghamton on...
One Dead After Underground Tank Explodes at New York Gas Station
Sep 25 2019 // Authorities are investigating an explosion in an underground tank at an upstate New York gas station that killed a worker. State police say the explosion happened Friday afternoon at a Speedway station in the town of...
Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Pro Safety Services
Sep 25 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Pro Safety Services LLC, a provider of safety and loss control services to construction companies, builders and a range...
U.K. PM Johnson Vows to Exit EU (With or Without a Deal) After Historic Court Defeat
Sep 24 2019 // A defiant Boris Johnson hit back at the U.K.’s top judges and vowed to take the country out of the European Union next month, despite suffering an unprecedented legal defeat over his Brexit strategy in the highest...
Police Investigate $350K in Jewelry Thefts at Manhattan’s Trump Tower
Sep 24 2019 // Detectives are investigating the alleged thefts of about $350,000 worth of jewelry from residents in Manhattan’s Trump Tower. Police say the jewelry was stolen from inside two apartments in the building where U.S....
Hub International Acquires New York’s EPIC Retirement Services Consulting
Sep 20 2019 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of EPIC Retirement Services Consulting LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in New York, N.Y., EPIC is an independent...
Alliant Insurance Services Hires Riley as Vice President in New York
Sep 20 2019 // John Riley has joined Alliant as vice president within the firm’s White Plains, N.Y., office. As part of the firm’s growing Northeast property and casualty team, Riley will service a diverse portfolio of...
New York Moves to Enact Statewide Flavored E-Cigarette Ban
Sep 18 2019 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat announced Sunday that...
Hub International Acquires Assets of New York’s StoneStreet Pearl River
Sep 18 2019 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global employee benefit and insurance brokerage firm, has acquired the assets of StoneStreet Pearl River LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Pearl River, N.Y., and...
Massachusetts, New York Signal Purdue Faces Stiff Court Fight
Sep 17 2019 // The attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York gave Purdue Pharma LP a preview of the opposition it’s facing in bankruptcy court as the embattled maker of the OxyContin painkiller seeks approval of a roughly $10...
Alliant Insurance Services Forms Alliant Mergers & Acquisitions in New York City
Sep 16 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services has formed a new brokerage service vertical, Alliant Mergers & Acquisitions. Falling under the Alliant Specialty retail umbrella, Alliant Mergers & Acquisitions will provide expertise to...
Sentinel Marine Underwriters Hires Chung in New York City, Klein in Baltimore
Sep 16 2019 // Sentinel Marine Underwriters (SMU), a specialty managing general agency that is part of AmWINS Underwriting and is dedicated to providing cargo-in-transit and cargo stock-throughput insurance for a variety of insureds in...
New York Finds $1B in Hidden Transfers by Purdue Pharma’s Sackler Family
Sep 16 2019 // The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves, New York’s attorney general contends in court papers filed Friday. New York – asking...
Facing Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits, Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Sep 16 2019 // OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday night, succumbing to pressure from more than 2,600 lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic. Purdue’s board met...
TigerRisk Partners Appoints Gupta as Chief Operating Officer in New York
Sep 13 2019 // TigerRisk Partners LLC, a risk, capital and strategic advisor to the global insurance and reinsurance industries, has appointed Manoj Gupta as chief operating officer. Prior to joining TigerRisk, Gupta was president of...
Professional Insurance Agents of New York Names Tomassi as President
Sep 13 2019 // John R. Tomassi was named president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY), at a meeting of the association’s board of directors today at PIANY headquarters in Glenmont, N.Y. Tomassi is a partner in...
