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Corporations Warned Not to Hack Back
Dec 31 2014 // The hacked are itching to hack back. So say a dozen security specialists and former law enforcement officials who described an intensifying and largely unspoken sense of unease inside many companies after the recent breach...
Integro Re Hires Leotta as Principal in New York
Dec 30 2014 // Integro Re, the reinsurance division of insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Ltd., has hired Joseph Leotta as a principal in New York. Leotta joins Integro Re from Falvey Insurance Group, where he served as...
Caution: Pulling Plug on Traffic Cameras Leaves Municipalities in the Red
Dec 30 2014 // Municipalities that installed traffic cameras to boost revenue are scraping for cash to fill budget gaps after complaints by irate drivers forced them to cancel their use. Nassau County on Long Island ended its program...
Insurers Dogged by Claims of Slanted Sandy Reports
Dec 28 2014 // When Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast, flood insurance companies working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency dispatched an army of structural engineers to do some detective work. Their assignment: Find out how...
Florida Appeals Court Ruling Opens Door for Cruise Line Malpractice Suits
Dec 24 2014 // Pasquale Vaglio, a retired New York City policeman and Korean War veteran, was on the cruise of a lifetime with 18 family members in the summer of 2001 aboard Royal Caribbean’s “Explorer of the Seas.”...
Obama Signs Disaster Declaration for 9 N.Y. Counties in Wake of Nov. Storm
Dec 24 2014 // President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in upstate New York. That means Washington will chip in to help state, local and tribal governments pay to clean up and rebuild after a blockbuster storm buried the...
New York City Sees 25% Drop in Tickets to Bicyclists
Dec 23 2014 // New York City bicyclists are getting fewer tickets. The drop comes as biking safety is in a spotlight. The New York Post reported Monday that about 32,500 tickets have been issued to cyclists from Jan. 1 through Nov. 30....
New York DFS Requires Ocwen Reforms, $150M Homeowner Help
Dec 23 2014 // New York financial regulators have reached a settlement with Ocwen Financial Corp. requiring the nation’s largest subprime mortgage servicer to reform its practices and provide $150 million to help struggling New...
NYC Fire Department on Pace to Have Its Busiest Year on Record
Dec 22 2014 // The Fire Department of the City of New York is on pace to have its busiest year on record, according to city officials. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said last week that the...
MetLife Considers Appeal of Systemic Risk Label
Dec 19 2014 // MetLife Inc., the biggest U.S. life insurer by assets, was labeled a systemically important financial institution by a council of regulators and said it will consider whether to sue the government over the decision. The...
New York Will Move to Prohibit Fracking
Dec 18 2014 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration will move to prevent fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas-drilling technique. New York Environmental...
Integro Acquires Ventura Insurance Brokerage in New York
Dec 18 2014 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced its acquisition of Ventura Insurance Brokerage in New York City. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Ventura Insurance Brokerage is an...
NICB: Vehicle Thefts in New York Down 92% From Peak in 1990
Dec 17 2014 // From its peak auto theft year in 1990 when 187,591 vehicles were stolen, New York has experienced a significant decline ending 2013 with 15,482 thefts. That’s a reduction of 92 percent since 1990, according to the...
Beecher Carlson Hires Aon Exec Martin as Managing Director in New York
Dec 16 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a specialized large account insurance brokerage in Atlanta, has hired Allyson Martin as managing director. She is based in Beecher Carlson’s New York office. Martin most...
Brownyard Group in New York Announces New Hire, Promotions
Dec 16 2014 // Brownyard Group, a Bay Shore, New York-based program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, announced two promotions and the hiring of a new client service specialist. Maggie...
New York Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Red-Light Cameras
Dec 16 2014 // New York City won dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its red-light cameras, the first in the U.S., the day before New Jersey is scheduled to shut down its program. Drivers fined for running traffic lights sued the city in...
SBA Loans Impacting Grant Money for Sandy Victims
Dec 15 2014 // When Superstorm Sandy left Denise Erickson’s home with a collapsed foundation, a loan from the Small Business Administration looked like the best deal in town. She got more than $150,000 from the SBA to help fix her...
Getting Local with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
Dec 15 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), established in 1994, helps communities by uniting the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. Since its inception, IICF...
New York A.G. Announces Aid for Snowstorm Victims
Dec 15 2014 // New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced several resources for New Yorkers hit by last month’s historic Buffalo snowstorm, including free help for navigating storm-related issues that could...
People – East
Dec 15 2014 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi has stepped down from his post to join a New York-based global investment banking advisory firm. Leonardi, who led the Connecticut Insurance Department for nearly four...
