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New York-Based SterlingRisk Insurance Hires JLNY Group’s Bocanegra
Apr 4 2019 // SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based, independently owned insurance brokerage, has hired Angelina M. Bocanegra as alternative market program director. In this role, Bocanegra will manage strategic growth within...
New York Judge Dismisses Some of Levine’s Claims Against Met Opera
Apr 3 2019 // A New York judge last week dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine against the company last year. Levine was the Met’s music or artistic director from 1976-2016,...
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Apr 1 2019 // National Ironshore Specialty Casualty has appointed Casey Hartley as senior vice president and head of programs. She will oversee the development, marketing and distribution of programs lines, working with programs...
Purdue Pharma Owners Sued by New York Over Opioid Addiction Epidemic
Mar 29 2019 // The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP were sued by New York state for allegedly triggering a U.S. addiction epidemic with their marketing of the Oxycontin painkiller, just two days after the company agreed to pay $270...
Alliant Hires Rossi Capital Partners’ Rossi as Vice President in New York
Mar 29 2019 // Alliant has hired Francis Rossi as vice president. In this new role, the New York-based property and casualty insurance veteran will deploy his experience in finance, insurance and risk management to a portfolio of...
Alera Group Acquires New York City’s Phalanx Healthcare Solutions
Mar 28 2019 // Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Phalanx Healthcare Solutions LLC, effective March 1, 2019. Located in New York City, Phalanx is an insurance and reinsurance broker of medical malpractice insurance for...
N.Y. Cyber Reg: A Third-Party Service Provider Compliance Framework
Mar 27 2019 // This writing presents a framework that if adopted by insurance agencies and carriers could simplify and minimize the cost of complying with the New York Department of Finance Regulation 23 NYCRR Section 500.11...
New York’s SterlingRisk Insurance Hires McLaughlin as Program Sales Executive
Mar 22 2019 // SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based independently owned insurance brokerage, has hired Debbie McLaughlin as program sales executive. In this position, McLaughlin will conduct market outreach on behalf of...
New York Man Arrested for Alleged Car Dealership Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 22 2019 // A Bronx County, N.Y., man has been arrested and arraigned on a felony complaint for an alleged insurance fraud scheme. Barrington Mayne, who is not an insurance broker, allegedly used his position and contacts at various...
Union Claims Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Employee
Mar 21 2019 // A union organizing Amazon.com Inc. employees in New York has filed a complaint accusing the company of illegally firing one of the labor group’s most prominent supporters. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis
Mar 21 2019 // The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused by local governments in a new lawsuit of causing the nationwide public-health crisis involving pain-killing medicines that has left hundreds...
Judge Grants NRA Bid to Question N.Y. Ex-Official Over Insurance Inquiry
Mar 21 2019 // The National Rifle Association won permission from a judge to question a former New York regulatory official under oath in a lawsuit claiming the state illegally discouraged banks and insurers from doing business with the...
Nevada Mulling ‘Textalyzer’ Tech That Scans Cellphones After Crashes
Mar 18 2019 // Most states ban texting behind the wheel, but a legislative proposal could make Nevada one of the first states to allow police to use a contentious technology to find out if a person was using a cellphone during a car...
In Fatberg Fight, New York Goes to War Against Flushable Wipes
Mar 18 2019 // One of humanity’s most private and pervasive hygiene habits is changing. And Sal Scapelito’s job is a sign that the trend may not be sustainable. Every two minutes, the 31-year-old sewage treatment worker...
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Mar 18 2019 // National Nashville-based auto insurer The General has appointed veteran insurance executive Tony DeSantis to president and CEO, joining Chief Operating Officer Steve Tjugum as the company’s top leaders. Elicia Azali...
NYC Mayor Proposes $10B Plan to Flood-Proof Manhattan as Climate Risk Grows
Mar 15 2019 // New York Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $10 billion plan to push out the lower Manhattan coastline as much as 500 feet, or two city blocks, to protect from flooding that’s expected to become more frequent as global...
Risk Strategies Acquires New York City’s Krauter & Company
Mar 14 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Krauter & Company LLC, a specialty firm focused on the risk and insurance needs of private equity firms and their...
Lawyers Blame Act of God, Lack of Seatbelts for New York Limo Crash
Mar 7 2019 // Lawyers for the operators of a limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York say the deaths could have been caused by an act of God or the passengers’ failure to wear seat belts. The Times Union...
The Time Donald Trump Filed Huge Insurance Claim: O’Brien
Mar 7 2019 // A series of hurricanes tore through Florida in 2005, and Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s business and residence in Palm Beach, was apparently very beaten up because Trump collected about $18.3 million in...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Sames in New York
Mar 6 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired John Sames to its Northeast region leadership team as director of operations and...
