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Study: Top Priorities for New York Job Seekers and Businesses
Sep 15 2023 // Flexibility in their job is the number one priority for employees, while attracting new employees and retaining current workers remain the top challenges for businesses, according to the results of the 2023 New York...
Art Dealer to Rich and Famous Faces Millions in Fraud Claims
Sep 14 2023 // A high-profile New York art adviser with outposts in Tribeca and London is accused of withholding millions of dollars worth of artwork and cash from her clients, leaving collectors and galleries to line up in a court case...
New York Ups Workers’ Compensation Benefits; Targets Wage Theft, ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings
Sep 11 2023 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed three bills into law that affect workers, including one raising the minimum disability benefit under workers’ compensation over three years. The second new law prohibits...
Return-to-Office Is $1.3 Trillion Problem Few Have Figured Out
Sep 5 2023 // In the emerging post-pandemic era, most aspects of life have returned to normal. Moviegoers are flocking to cinemas, vacationers jammed airports for summer travel and kids are returning to classrooms. The one thing that...
Raising Customer Awareness of Cybersecurity
Sep 4 2023 // Cyber threats are more pervasive than ever and growing. Check Point Software’s Cyber Attack Trends: 2022 Mid-Year Report noted that cyberattacks intensified by 42% in the first half of 2022. Cybercrimes in the United...
New York AG: Trump Should Be Found Liable For Bank, Insurance Fraud, Even Before Trial
Aug 31 2023 // New York’s attorney general on Wednesday asked a state judge to declare, even before the start of a trial, that Donald Trump committed fraud by submitting false statements to bankers and insurers and overstating his...
New York Knicks Sue Toronto Raptors Alleging Stolen Scouting Reports
Aug 22 2023 // The New York Knicks sued the Toronto Raptors, claiming a former Knicks employee stole scouting reports and other proprietary information after getting a job offer at the rival National Basketball Association team. The...
Business Moves
Aug 21 2023 // National Marsh McLennan Agency, Graham Co. Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, acquired Graham Company, a risk management consultancy and independent insurance and employee benefits broker. Founded in 1960,...
People & Places
Aug 21 2023 // National Miller, an independent specialist re/insurance broker, expanded its U.S. Casualty team, appointing Galen Brislane and Danielle Thorsteinson as account executives. Brislane is based in Bermuda and Thorsteinson is...
My New Markets
Aug 21 2023 // Commercial Marine Risks Market Detail: Charter Lakes Marine Insurance Agency offers specialty programs for a variety of commercial marine risks. Experienced account executives understand the marine insurance marketplace...
Buffalo Shooting Lawsuits Claim Social Media, Gun Firms, Parents Enabled Killer
Aug 18 2023 // YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits...
Umpire Hernandez Loses Again in Lawsuit Versus MLB
Aug 16 2023 // Umpire Ángel Hernández lost again in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his case on Tuesday. The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a...
New York City Pension Plans Seek to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Fossil Fuel Stakes
Aug 16 2023 // New York City pension funds filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed in May that alleged the plans breached their fiduciary duties by selling billions of dollars of fossil fuel assets. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiffs...
New York Workers’ Compensation Fund Returned $585 Million to Employers
Aug 15 2023 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF), the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, allocated $585 million to New York employers last year through its dividends and return-of-premium programs. Every...
Jury Awards $35M to Family of New York Man Who Died After Being Beaten by Police
Aug 14 2023 // The family of a Long Island, New York, man who died after being beaten by police with flashlights and fists during a 2008 traffic stop was awarded $35 million in damages by a federal jury last Thursday. Frederick K....
Judge Tosses Lawsuits Filed Over NYC’s Strict Rules on Short-Term Rentals
Aug 10 2023 // A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits filed by Airbnb and three hosts over New York City`s rules for short-term rentals, saying the restrictions are “entirely rational.” In a 14-page ruling, Supreme...
Connecticut, Other States’ Lawmakers Have a Lot of Questions About AI
Aug 9 2023 // As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they`re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector. Legislators are...
MOVEit Cyber Hack Spawned Around 600 Breaches but Isn’t Done Yet
Aug 8 2023 // A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at about 600 organizations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated by Reuters. But more than two months after the...
Commercial Property Loans Are So Unappealing Banks Trying to Dump Them
Aug 8 2023 // Banks seeking to sell commercial-property loans are encountering a dried-up market with few options for an easy exit. Lenders including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have been trying to sell debt...
NY Lawmakers Vow to Block Property Insurers from Asking About Subsidized Tenants
Aug 7 2023 // Three New York legislators said they plan on pushing bills next year that would bar property insurers from requesting information about subsidized housing, a practice that discriminates, an NYC news outlet reported. The...
