Latest New York Headlines
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Maine Doctor to Pay $1.9M for Botched Surgery in New York
Mar 28 2008 // A Lewiston, Maine neurosurgeon has been found liable for a surgery that left a man in a wheelchair before the doctor came to Maine. Dr. Victor T. Ho agreed to pay $1.9 million under a settlement and won’t appeal the...
New York Playland Stresses Safety after Deadly Accidents
Mar 28 2008 // A landmark amusement park in Rye, New York plans to step up safety messages for visitors after three people died on its rides within three years. Staffers will greet visitors at Playland’s entrance with brochures...
New York Governor Reveals Past Marijuana And Cocaine Use
Mar 26 2008 // New York’s new governor, who disclosed last week that he and his wife both committed adultery several years ago, said that he used cocaine in his 20s and smoked marijuana when he was younger. In reference to cocaine,...
New York Consumer Groups Criticize Medical Malpractice Plan
Mar 25 2008 // Consumer and health advocacy groups in New York are criticizing a yet-to-be-made public plan to create a medical malpractice indemnity pool which would cover medical expenses for injured patients. Although no plan to...
People
Mar 24 2008 // Kenneth A. Bowles as been named the 2008 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Bowles was honored for his work on behalf of professional insurance agents,...
Dinallo Says N.Y. Needs Better Workers Comp Data
Mar 24 2008 // New York State should centralize its workers’ compensation data in an information bank that could be used to analyze and improve the system, Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo says. The information bank would...
N.Y. City Targets Elevator Slumlords
Mar 24 2008 // New York City officials want safer and more reliable elevators – and plan to shame those landlords whose elevators are most in need of repair. The buildings department plans to publish on its Web site a list of 10...
A Slow Return to Normalcy at New York Crane Accident Site
Mar 24 2008 // The boom of debris landing in metal trash bins echoed down the street, startling pedestrians in a neighborhood still scarred by the crane accident that upended life in this stretch of midtown Manhattan. Workers are...
New York Man Blames Speeding on Oreo Cookie
Mar 24 2008 // Police say a New York man’s excuse for speeding through a small Connecticut town takes the cake — or, at least, the cookie. A state trooper who stopped the 1993 BMW last fall says its driver, 28-year-old Justin...
New Markets
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Perjury Charge Leads to Review of New York Construction Sites
Mar 24 2008 // Officials in New York City are reviewing more than two dozen construction projects approved by a structural engineer accused of lying about inspecting a Bronx building that later collapsed and killed two...
N.Y. Agents Applaud Insurance Fines Defeat
Mar 24 2008 // Significant fine increases for violating New York insurance law — proposed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer — have been rejected by the Legislature, a move that one New York agents’ group called a major victory for...
Declarations
Mar 24 2008 // Long-Term Vision Needed “The nation needs to develop a new long-term vision for its highway system that would include improving conditions and safety and reducing traffic congestion.” —William M. Wilkins,...
N.Y. Insurance Chief Dinallo Keeps Putting Out Fires
Mar 24 2008 // A hard-charging former prosecutor tries to set Wall Street right from his perch as a state official. His activist agenda brings populist praise, but also concerns he might overreach. Eliot Spitzer as New York attorney...
It Figures
Mar 24 2008 // $1.9 Million New York-based aviation fueling company Allied Aviation Services Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to settle a racial...
Pacific Underwriters Adopts (I-Bind)® For Private Company and Non-Profit Risks
Mar 20 2008 // New York, NY- March 20, 2008: Pacific Underwriters announced that it has partnered with Darwin Professional Underwriters to place management liability insurance for private company and not-for-profit risks utilizing...
Hundreds of Cranes Loom Over Dense New York City, Pose Constant Risk
Mar 19 2008 // They are part of New York’s skyline: hundreds of spindly construction cranes like the one that toppled over the weekend, pulverizing parts of a city block below and killing seven people. As the machines work...
Clarke Appointed EVP of Willis of New York
Mar 19 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Timothy Clarke as regional growth leader for the New York region and executive vice president of Willis of New York Inc. Clarke’s responsibilities include leading client retention...
New York Regulators Urge Homeowners to Buy Flood Insurance
Mar 19 2008 // The Insurance Department of New York is telling property owners they “should act now” to buy flood insurance, as saturated ground conditions could worsen with heavy spring rains and increase the potential for...
New York Rescuers Search for 3 Still Missing after Crane Collapse
Mar 18 2008 // Three people remained missing more than a day after a construction crane crashed down on a Manhattan neighborhood, killing at least four workers, injuring dozens and damaging six buildings. “There’s no sign of...
