Latest New York Headlines

All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.

People and Places

Dec 11 2006 // The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to...

Zurich agrees to terms to close multi-state bid-rigging probe

Dec 11 2006 // In separate but related move, N.Y., Conn., Ill. tell four insurers contingent commissions no longer an option Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing...

Zurich agrees to terms to close multi-state bid-rigging probe

Dec 10 2006 // News Currents Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing their probe into the insurer’s involvement in alleged bid-rigging and unfair compensation...

Calif.’s Strongwood Buys N.Y.-Based Northeast Agencies Network

Dec 7 2006 // California-based Strongwood Insurance Holdings Corp., owner of Networked Insurance Agents in the western states, has acquired Northeast Agencies Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y.-based aggregator of commercial and personal lines for...

N.Y. Man Sentenced for Fraud in Dairy Barn Fire

Dec 1 2006 // Peter Mravlja of Decatur, N.Y., was officially sentenced subsequent to his plea of guilty to felony insurance fraud following a joint investigation into a suspicious fire at his dairy barn on April 20, 2003, according to...

N.Y. City Comptroller Hits Auto Insurers’ Profits; Insurers Hit Back

Nov 30 2006 // Auto insurance companies are profiting at unprecedented levels from New York drivers who are spending more on insurance premiums while the industry pays out less in claims, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson,...

PartnerRe Redeems Securities

Nov 22 2006 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd’s.investment vehicle, PartnerRe Capital Trust I, will call for the redemption of all of its outstanding 7.90 percent Capital Trust I Preferred Securities on December 21, 2006. The...

Power shift in the political landscape

Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...

N.Y. agents protest reported incidents as ‘red flags’ for rating

Nov 20 2006 // New York agents want insurers to stop and think before penalizing small businesses that report incidents where no paid claims result. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. has sent a letter to 26...

It Figures

Nov 20 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...

People and Places

Nov 20 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in...

News Currents

Nov 20 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...

N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns

Nov 20 2006 // N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns The inadequate rates that many of New York’s workers’ compensation self-insured trusts charge may increase effective Jan. 1, 2007 due to...

Power shift in the political landscape

Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...

People and Places

Nov 20 2006 // Tony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was agency owner...

Power shift in the political landscape

Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...

Power shift in the political landscape

Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...

People and Places

Nov 20 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and CEO of THOMCO, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thompson joined THOMCO in 1979, after two years...

Power shift in the political landscape

Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...

Figures

Nov 19 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...