Latest New York Headlines
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$40M Assessments Irk New York Insurers
Apr 7 2008 // The New York Insurance Association is criticizing the state legislature’s passage of the portion of the 2008 budget which hikes assessments on insurers by $40 million – a 20 percent increase over last year, the...
Cranes Looming Over Manhattan Pose Constant Risk
Apr 7 2008 // They are part of New York’s skyline: hundreds of spindly construction cranes like the one that toppled over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, pulverizing parts of a city block below and killing seven people. As...
Consumer Groups Blast N.Y. Medical Malpractice Plan
Apr 7 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 that would cover medical expenses for injured patients. Although no plan to create...
People
Apr 7 2008 // Gov. John Baldacci recently swore in Mila Kofman as superintendent of the Maine Insurance Bureau, Kofman has been an associate research professor at the Georgetown University, where she led health-related research projects...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Long Island Agent Wins Award from National Trade Group
Apr 4 2008 // Vincent A. Alba, vice president of MRW Group Inc. in Huntington, New York, has been given the Barney Burns Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. The award recognizes the insurance agent or...
Manhattan Crane Collapse Exposes Lack of Renters Insurance
Apr 3 2008 // The New York Insurance Department said only two of the 32 renters it surveyed following last month’s crane collapse in Manhattan had tenants insurance – a trend that underscores the lack of coverage for...
New York Says Marsh And Willis Complying with Settlement
Apr 1 2008 // Insurance brokers Marsh and Willis are complying with the terms of their 2005 bid-steering settlements reached with the New York Insurance Department, according to an auditor’s report released by the state. “To...
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
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
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...
