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Wall Street May Create UK-Like Registry of Misbehaving Bankers, Traders
Dec 29 2015 // Bankers’ misdeeds would be cataloged, by name, on a private registry for hiring managers under a proposal that’s gaining traction as Wall Street firms struggle to restore reputations damaged by the financial...
Cab Drivers Fight Back as Uber Looks to Expand to Upstate New York
Dec 28 2015 // New York State lawmakers returning to Albany for the usual debates over taxes and spending will also take on an issue even more basic to many New Yorkers — the options for getting home from the train station, the...
N.Y. Court: Doc May Owe 3rd Party for Not Warning Patient About Driving on Meds
Dec 21 2015 // New York’s highest court has reinstated a medical malpractice suit against a Long Island hospital and the doctor and physician’s assistant who gave painkillers to a woman who subsequently crashed her car. The...
People – East
Dec 21 2015 // Markel Corp. in Richmond, Virginia, reported that Thomas S. Gayner, president and chief investment officer, and Richard R. Whitt III, president and co-chief operating officer, will serve as co-chief executive officers of...
Wells Fargo Insurance Reports Hiring Spree
Dec 18 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance said it has hired more than 100 professionals in recent months as it seeks to grow and improve customer service. “Continuing to invest in talent is critical to the success of our business and...
IICF Northeast Benefit Dinner Raises $1.26M for Regional Charities
Dec 16 2015 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s (IICF) 9th annual Northeast Benefit Dinner, held on Dec. 9 at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, raised more than $1.26 million for regional charities. More...
Preferred Mutual Hires Kellerman as Human Resources Director in New York
Dec 16 2015 // Dana Kellerman Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, has hired Dana Kellerman as director of Human Resources. Kellerman previously worked at General Electric for 15 years leading Global Service...
Jury Finds Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Skelos, Son Guilty in Corruption Trial
Dec 13 2015 // The former New York State Senate leader and his son were convicted on Dec. 11 of federal extortion charges, the second time in a month that one of New York’s most powerful politicians was run out of office by a...
Great American Insurance Launches M&A Liability Division in New York
Dec 11 2015 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has launched a new Mergers & Acquisitions Liability Division. This unit, which is based in New York, will offer primary and excess representations and...
N.Y., N.J., Conn. Team Up to Boost Security During Busy Holiday Season
Dec 10 2015 // Law enforcement agencies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are working together to boost security on New York’s public transportation network during the holidays. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive...
Northeasterners Are Beginning to Wonder: Where’s Winter?
Dec 10 2015 // Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. In Maine, an outdoor...
Associates of Glens Falls Insurance Acquires Loomis & LaPann in New York
Dec 9 2015 // Associates of Glens Falls Insurance, an independent agency in Glens Falls, New York, announced that it has acquired Loomis & LaPann Inc., an insurance brokerage unit of regional commercial bank Glens Falls National...
JLT Specialty Hires Brown as SVP of Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie Practice in N.Y.
Dec 8 2015 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has hired Nikki Brown as senior vice president of the Fine Art, Jewelry and Specie practice. She is based in New York...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer Calls for Increased Federal Funding for Fire Departments
Dec 8 2015 // Federal funding for fire departments looking to buy new equipment or train new firefighters is down, putting pressure on local departments to do more with less. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says less than one in four...
Prosecutors Plan to Retry Former Dewey & LeBoeuf Executives
Dec 7 2015 // Three former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP are likely to face another jury after prosecutors said they plan to retry them on charges tied to the largest law-firm bankruptcy in history. The government intends...
People – East
Dec 7 2015 // CNA Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Dino E. Robusto as its chairman and chief executive officer, effective on or about Dec. 1, 2016. Robusto will succeed Thomas F. Motamed who has decided to retire at...
New York Says Robust Cybersecurity Regs Needed for Insurers
Dec 7 2015 // New York regulators are considering a host of cybersecurity requirements for banks and insurers and urged other state and federal authorities to collaborate on establishing a framework of defenses for the financial...
N.Y. State Police Issued 14K Tickets During Thanksgiving Weekend
Dec 4 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the New York State Police issued more than 14,000 tickets as a result of increased enforcement efforts this Thanksgiving weekend. The enforcement period kicked off on...
Rodrigues Joins Markel Global Excess Liability Team in New York
Dec 3 2015 // Markel Global Insurance announced that Alan Rodrigues has joined the Excess Liability team based in New York. He will assume the title of managing director and assume responsibility for developing a middle-to-upper-middle...
Conviction of Former Assembly Speaker Silver Brings Turmoil to N.Y. Politics
Dec 2 2015 // The conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has shaken New York politics down to the granite foundations of the state Capitol, provoking fresh calls to overhaul a system that has stubbornly...
