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Jan 11 2009 // Jim Johnstone has joined Westbrook, Conn.-based The Gowrie Group of Cos. as a producer in the Boat/Yacht department. Jim brings deep marine and sailing industry expertise that will enable Gowrie to broaden its reach into...
FBI Launches Investigation of Bankrupt Brooke Corp.
Jan 11 2009 // Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the finances of bankrupt Brooke Corp. The court-appointed special master for the Overland Park-based banking and insurance services provider, Albert Riederer, told...
Lifelines in the Storm: Pro-Policyholder Developments in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // In light of the enormous losses and cascading failures triggered by the financial crisis, companies across the full spectrum of U.S. industry will be looking to their insurance policies for loss mitigation. Fortunately,...
Lifelines in the Storm: Pro-Policyholder Developments in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // In light of the enormous losses and cascading failures triggered by the financial crisis, companies across the United States will be looking to their insurance policies for loss mitigation. However, recent developments in...
FBI Launches Investigation of Bankrupt Brooke Corp.
Jan 11 2009 // Federal authorities are investigating the finances of bankrupt Kansas-based Brooke Corp. The court-appointed special master for the banking and insurance services provider, Albert Riederer, told the Kansas City Star that...
Lifelines in the Storm: Pro-Policyholder Developments in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // In light of the enormous losses and failures triggered by the financial crisis, companies across the full spectrum of U.S. industry will be looking to their insurance policies for loss mitigation. Fortunately, developments...
Merchants Offers New Personal Auto Policy in New York
Jan 9 2009 // Buffalo, New York-based insurer, Merchants Insurance Group, has launched a new personal auto product in New York. The product, called Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, features significant rate reductions along with new...
Lawsuit over Escaped 450-Pound Tiger Settled in New York
Jan 8 2009 // Apollo the circus tiger has cost his owner more than a fancy feast for escaping onto a New York City parkway and startling motorists into a five-car pileup. Court papers filed in a Brooklyn court show that trainer Josip...
New York City Cabs Could Get Cameras in Accident-Curbing Plan
Jan 6 2009 // New York City plans to install digital cameras on the outside of cabs in an effort to detect reckless driving and deter auto accidents. But a taxi drivers’ advocacy group says the technology would invade...
New York Giant Burress Fumbles Insurance on $140K Mercedes
Dec 29 2008 // Add this to the growing list of Plaxico Burress’ problems: getting in a car crash and not having insurance on his nearly $140,000 Mercedes-Benz. The suspended New York Giants wide receiver was sued last week in...
Deluge of Lawsuits by Angry Madoff Investors Expected
Dec 23 2008 // There has been no rush to the courthouse yet by Bernard Madoff’s angry investors, but a wave of legal action could be on the way as their lawyers spearhead private investigations into the suspected fraud. A little...
Former NASCAR Inspector Pleased with $225 Million Bias Settlement
Dec 22 2008 // The former official who filed a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against NASCAR is very pleased with her settlement and looking forward to moving on, her attorney said Friday. Mauricia Grant...
Tower and CastlePoint Set Shareholder Meetings to Approve Merger
Dec 22 2008 // The New York-based insurer Tower Group, Inc. and Bermuda-based CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. have both fixed a record date and a date for their respective special general meeting for shareholders to consider and vote on the...
New York’s Top Court Rejects Liability Claim against Tobacco Firms
Dec 17 2008 // New York’s top court has rejected a product liability claim against tobacco companies for selling regular cigarettes when they could have used lower levels of tar and nicotine. The Court of Appeals ruled that lawyers...
Insurance Tax Increase among New York Governor’s Budget Proposals
Dec 16 2008 // After opposing higher taxes for months as counterproductive, New York Gov. David Paterson reportedly plans to increase taxes on insurance policies, on non-diet sodas under an “obesity tax,” reviving the state...
Lockton Combines Connecticut and New York Teams
Dec 16 2008 // Privately held insurance broker Lockton Cos. said it has combined its Manhattan and Connecticut offices into a single team that will focus its efforts on the entire Northeast region. Lockton said its newly combined...
Seven Sentenced in New York for $1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 16 2008 // Four insurance adjusters and three contractors were ordered to forfeit $248,000 after pleading guilty to kickbacks made possible by inflating insurance claims on properties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten...
FBI Launches Investigation of Bankrupt Brooke Corp.
Dec 15 2008 // Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the finances of bankrupt Brooke Corp. The court-appointed special master for the Overland Park-based banking and insurance services provider, Albert Riederer, told...
New York City Construction Worker Injured by Concrete
Dec 12 2008 // A construction worker is in critical condition after concrete fell on him as he worked in a pit at New York City’s Times Square. The worker was taken to Jacobi Hospital after the early accident Thursday morning in...
New York’s Seward to Head Insurance Legislators Group
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