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A Decade After Superstorm Sandy, 2 Major Flood Control Projects Begin in New Jersey
Oct 30 2023 // A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two of the largest flood control projects designed to protect the densely populated cities of New Jersey that lie just...
Courts Find ‘How Many Apartment Units Are There?’ Is an Ambiguous Question
Oct 27 2023 // Because its application question about how many apartments were in a New York building was considered ambiguous, an insurer has lost its bid to deny a commercial property insurance claim and rescind the policy. The Second...
RMS Brokerage Acquires Clancy & Clancy in New York
Oct 26 2023 // RMS Insurance Brokerage, LLC announced that it has acquired Garden City, New York-based Clancy & Clancy Brokerage LTD (C&C). An independent insurance agency founded in 1956 by the late Maureen and Cummin Clancy,...
New York Fed to Present Research on Impact of Extreme Weather Events
Oct 26 2023 // The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced it will release a nine-part blog series on the economic and financial impacts of extreme weather events in the Federal Reserve’s Second District. Starting November 8,...
New York Roofing Contractor Ordered to Provide Fall Protection for Workers
Oct 26 2023 // The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent injunction ordering a Rockland County roofing contractor and its principal to provide employees with fall protection equipment and make sure it’s used at all...
Two New York Hospitals Resume Admitting Emergency Patients After Cyberattack
Oct 25 2023 // Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their computer systems to investigate, hospital officials said. The ambulance diversion ended Saturday...
New York Requires Kids’ Camps to Search National Sex Offender Database Before Hiring
Oct 24 2023 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation to give families sending their kids to camps added peace of mind about the camps’ hiring practices. The legislation (S.6063/A.4117) directs the New York...
Gallagher Acquires New York’s Rosenzweig Agency
Oct 24 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Mineola, New York-based Rosenzweig Insurance Agency, Inc. Rosenzweig Insurance Agency is an insurance broker with pharmacy expertise serving small and medium-sized...
Cyberattack on 2 New York Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions
Oct 23 2023 // Two hospitals in New York were hit with a cyberattack and had to divert patients to other facilities, hospital officials said Friday. The cyberattack affected computer systems at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston along...
Communities Can’t Recycle or Trash E-Cigarettes. So What Happens to Them?
Oct 20 2023 // With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous...
Pfizer to Pay $2M to Settle Alleged Gender Bias in Compensation at New York City Office
Oct 20 2023 // Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve alleged compensation discrimination affecting female employees at the federal contractor’s New York City headquarters. The U.S. Department of...
New York’s Lawley Acquires Connecticut’s Shoff Darby Agency
Oct 20 2023 // Buffalo-based independent agency Lawley has acquired Connecticut-based Shoff Darby Companies, Inc., in what Lawley says is it largest acquisition to date. Lawley will add four locations and 75 employees in Connecticut, as...
New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Firms Gemini, DCG, Genesis for Alleged Fraud
Oct 19 2023 // bankruptcybakruptNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global, its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Gemini for allegedly “defrauding” investors of...
Uber Driver Must Face Injury Claim for Picking Up Passenger 2 Feet From Curb
Oct 19 2023 // Uber and one of its New York drivers who failed to pull within a foot of the curb when picking up a passenger must face a negligence lawsuit after all. A lower court had dismissed the negligence suit against Uber and the...
Markets/Coverages: Howden Launches Climate Parametrics Practice to Help Clients Derisk Net-Zero Climate Transition
Oct 17 2023 // Howden, the London-based insurance group, announced the creation of Howden Climate Parametrics, a global practice that brings together re/insurance, climate, and data expertise to focus parametric risk transfer solutions...
New York Plant Transfers Spent Nuclear Fuel to Dry Cask Storage
Oct 17 2023 // The Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, New York, has transferred all spent nuclear fuel to dry cask storage in a move towards decommissioning the plant, the New York State Department of Public Service and Indian...
People & Places
Oct 16 2023 // National The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed Michigan’s Mike McBride, president of Mason-McBride in Troy, as the 2023-2024 chairman at the recent Big...
New York to Require Flood Disclosures in Home Sales
Oct 16 2023 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding. The new law comes as inland areas in the state have...
Flooded Clinics, Embryo Mix-ups: The Risk Management of In Vitro Fertilization
Oct 13 2023 // (Bloomberg) — In March, a 39-year-old woman and her husband sat in a fertility clinic near Atlanta, and waited. The woman was there to have an embryo implanted in her uterus, the final stage of a grueling in vitro...
New York Bills Seek to Protect Kids From Social Media’s Mental Health Harms
Oct 12 2023 // Citing research showing increased rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and self-harm associated with children and young adults’ social media use, officials in New York are proposing legislation to protect...
