Latest New York Headlines
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N.Y. Lawmaker Says Safety Device is Harming Firefighters
Oct 10 2007 // A New York lawmaker is urging rigorous federal testing of a safety device linked to firefighter deaths and injuries. Sen. Charles Schumer said that the device, called a Personal Alert Safety System, or PASS, was used by a...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Oct 8 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s...
Fired-up over safer cigarettes
Oct 8 2007 // Now 21 states require cigarettes to be self-extinguishing Cigarettes sold in 21 states will be self-extinguishing after a strikingly high 15 states passed new laws this year to combat smoking-related blazes, the No. 1...
N.Y. to issue driving licenses for illegal immigrants
Oct 8 2007 // New York State officials say a plan to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants with valid foreign passports will enhance security by creating records of their identities. But critics say those records could...
News Currents
Oct 8 2007 // N.Y. to issue driving licenses for illegal immigrants New York State officials say a plan to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants with valid foreign passports will enhance security by creating records of...
Fired-up over safer cigarettes
Oct 8 2007 // Cigarettes sold in 21 states will be self-extinguishing after a strikingly high 15 states passed new laws this year to combat smoking-related blazes, the No. 1 cause of home-fire deaths. “Fire-safe” cigarettes,...
Death Penalty Possible in N.Y. Life Insurance Killings
Oct 5 2007 // A New York federal jury is deciding whether two defendants will get the death penalty for a series of life insurance killings. Former postal worker Ronald Mallay and former insurance agent Richard James were convicted in...
N.Y. Proposes ‘Rainy Day’ Catastrophe Insurance Fund With Eventual Tax Break
Oct 5 2007 // Insurance companies providing homeowners, business and other property insurance in New York State would be required to create a catastrophe reserve fund to help pay claims caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters...
Jury Finds N.Y. Knicks’ Coach Harrassed Former Exec
Oct 4 2007 // A federal jury decided Madison Square Garden (MSG) and its chairman must pay $11.6 million in damages to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders in her sexual harassment lawsuit. The jury also found Knicks...
States Sue Bush Over Limits on Children’s Health Insurance
Oct 3 2007 // Several states say they will challenge the Bush administration in federal court over its new rules that block the expansion of a health insurance program for children from low-income families. Arizona, California,...
Court Suggests N.Y. City Could be Liable for 9/11 Workers’ Health
Oct 3 2007 // A federal appeals court panel suggested this week that New York City is not immune from liability in 8,000 cases accusing it and others of failing to properly protect workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after...
N.Y. City Police Camera Scans License Plates Near Ground Zero
Oct 3 2007 // The New York City Police Department has been operating a camera that scans the license plates of cars passing just blocks from ground zero, a newspaper reported this week. The camera is an example of the kind of technology...
Canada’s TD Banknorth to Buy N.J.’s Commerce Bank; Sell Insurance Unit
Oct 2 2007 // Canada’s TD Bank Financial Group reports that it will acquire the Mid-Atlantic regional bank Commerce Bancorp Inc. in a 25 percent cash and 75 percent stock deal valued at $8.5 billion. If approved, the purchase...
N.Y. Judge Dismisses Suit over Gauguin Painting Appraisal
Oct 1 2007 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a small landscape painting by Paul Gauguin which a buyer said was appraised at millions of dollars above its value by a well-known dealer who had “an ownership interest” in...
Memos Called for Safety Help at N.Y. Bank Tower Before Fatal Fire
Sep 28 2007 // In memos written months before a fire at a condemned ground zero skyscraper killed two firefighters, a former construction chief urged the state owners to add staff and funding to the project to ensure it was safe. The...
State Farm Honors Wis. Resident at Women Awards Presentation
Sep 25 2007 // Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm Insurance recently honored exceptional women across the country during the Embrace Life Awards luncheon held in New York City. Each year the Awards recognize five remarkable women who...
U.S. excess and surplus lines market attracts international attention
Sep 24 2007 // The United States excess and surplus lines market presents opportunities that are not lost on the rest of the world. Lloyd’s is the second largest U.S. surplus lines writer with a 14 percent market share. Direct...
The CHANGING FACE of Surplus Lines Brokers
Sep 24 2007 // The surplus lines industry is never boring, never plain and certainly never black and white. Often dubbed as the innovator of new insurance products, the industry could even be considered colorful when it comes to the...
Allstate to comply with N.Y. anti-tying rule
Sep 24 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. and its affiliates have agreed to comply fully with a directive by the New York State Insurance Department that insurance companies may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on...
People and Places
Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...
