Latest New York Headlines
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Ex-EPA Chief Whitman Defends Ground Zero Health Statements
Jun 27 2007 // Come clean, one lawmaker demanded of ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman. Tell us the truth about the health dangers in the air around ground zero, said another. Yet for three hours at a congressional hearing Monday — and for...
32 N.Y. Businessowners Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 25 2007 // The owners of 32 businesses have been accused of lying about their employees to avoid paying into the workers’ compensation fund, state regulators said. The Westchester businesses, mostly small restaurants and delis,...
Mass. Sues N.Y. Web Site Owner for Selling Free Registry Forms
Jun 25 2007 // Massachusetts officials are suing a New York man who allegedly operated a Web site that mimicked the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicle site and misled consumers into paying a fee to download forms they could obtain...
AIG Among Winners in Blackstone Group’s Giant IPO
Jun 25 2007 // Blackstone Group LP’s shares jumped more than 13 percent last Friday on the New York Stock Exchange, after the buyout powerhouse raised $4.1 billion in its initial public offering. The highly-anticipated IPO, which...
10 N.Y. business protest ‘scaffold law’ as session nears end
Jun 18 2007 // Coalition urges Gov. Spitzer, lawmakers to end strict liability now 10 Maine insurer caught up in nationwide scam Scammers have latched onto an insurer’s name and logo – without permission 10 Storms of...
MarshMac blasts N.Y. Post over ad photography criticism
Jun 18 2007 // Marsh & McLennan Companies has vigorously defended its use of photographs in a recent ad campaign against the suggestion in a New York newspaper article that they contain images of the Twin Towers of the World Trade...
N.Y. vows to revamp regulation to remain financial capital
Jun 18 2007 // New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has created a commission to identify ways for New York to enhance its status as a world financial capital by modernizing its regulatory scheme and perhaps merging state regulation of insurance,...
People
Jun 18 2007 // Gregg Effner has joined The Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner will be based at the headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, senior vice president...
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // Businesses protest N.Y.’s ‘scaffold law’ as session nears end With the New York Legislature set to adjourn on June 21, business associations and groups representing the state’s agriculture and...
People
Jun 18 2007 // Countrywide Insurance Group named Steve Cardinal president and chief operating officer of Countrywide Insurance Services. As a member of Countrywide Insurance Group’s executive team, Cardinal will oversee all aspects...
FBI Breaks Up Large East Coast Auto Theft Ring
Jun 14 2007 // The FBI said it has broken up an East Coast auto theft ring that retagged and sold hundreds of stolen vehicles. The ring had been operating since 1999, stealing vehicles and creating phony certificates of title to match...
N.Y. City Urged to be Ready for Major Hurricane
Jun 13 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has warned that America’s largest city needs to be prepared for a hurricane powerful enough to cause serious flooding in lower Manhattan and elsewhere. “It’s...
Ratings Roundup: NY Marine (NYMAGIC); Sooner
Jun 13 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of New York Marine Group and its members, New York Marine And General...
Marsh & McLennan Blasts N.Y. Post Criticism of Ad Photos
Jun 12 2007 // Marsh & McLennan Companies has vigorously defended its use of photographs in a recent ad campaign against the suggestion by a New York newspaper that they contain images of the Twin Towers of the World Trade...
N.Y. State, Towns Plan Insurance Fraud Prevention Day for June 27
Jun 12 2007 // New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg along with more than 30 mayors and town supervisors throughout the state have proclaimed June 27 as Insurance Fraud Prevention Day in support of the...
First Cardinal Reports Hirings, Promotions at N.Y. Headquarters
Jun 11 2007 // Workers compensation administrator First Cardinal LLC announced the hiring and promotion of several employees at its Latham, N.Y. headquarters. Christine D. Bentsen has joined the accounting department as a senior...
N.Y. Businesses Renew Call for Reform of ‘Scaffold Law’
Jun 8 2007 // Business associations and groups representing New York’s agriculture sector and construction industry have again urged Governor Eliot Spitzer and state legislators to reform New York’s so-called “scaffold...
N.Y. Boat Safety Bill Advances
Jun 8 2007 // The New York State Senate has passed legislation its backers promise will strengthen New York’s navigation laws to improve public boating safety. The measure, (S.4242), sponsored by Senator Betty Little...
N.Y. Paralegal Accused of Practicing Insurance Law Without License
Jun 7 2007 // A former paralegal at a New York law firm has been indicted on charges of posing as a licensed attorney and stealing more than $284,000 from his employer. Brian Valery practiced law at Anderson Kill & Olick for about...
Prosecutors Say New York Insurer Falsely Billed for Brain Surgeries
Jun 5 2007 // Four New Yorkers defrauded a health insurance company by making false claims for brain operations, sometimes for the same person on multiple occasions, authorities said. One 36-year-old Manhattan man even claimed nine...
