Latest New York Headlines
All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Agents to Honor Harleysville’s Browne as CEO of Year
Dec 6 2005 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present Michael L. Browne, president and chief executive officer of Harleysville Insurance, with its Company Executive of the Year award at the 12th annual...
Judge Allows N.Y. City’s Suit Against Gun Industry to Proceed
Dec 5 2005 // Federal District Court Judge Jack Weinstein on Dec. 2 ruled that New York City’s landmark lawsuit against the gun industry can proceed, despite a federal law that limits the legal liability of gun manufacturers and...
N.Y. Court Confirms Agent Not Liable Where Client Fails to Disclose
Dec 5 2005 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Nassau, has reversed a lower court decision that found an insurance agent could potentially be held responsible for misrepresentations in a life insurance...
People & Places
Dec 5 2005 // Edward Troy GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies. Brandon Hickey Before joining GAB...
SEPT. 11 AID LOST:
Dec 5 2005 // Congressional budget negotiators have decided to take back $125 million in Sept. 11 aid from New York, which had fought to keep the money to treat sick and injured ground zero workers. New York’s elected officials...
$100 BILLION HURRICANE:
Dec 5 2005 // A major hurricane making landfall in the New York City metropolitan area would result in approximately $50 billion of insured losses with total economic losses exceeding $100 billion, according to an expert. That scenario...
Preparing for Worst, Cat Modelers Say More Destruction Ahead
Dec 5 2005 // Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists who spoke at the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit in Burlingame,...
Preparing for Worse
Dec 5 2005 // Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists who spoke at the recent National Catastrophe Insurance Summit. It’s just a...
Insurance Commissioners Announce Framework for National Cat Program
Dec 5 2005 // Insurance regulators from California, Florida, Illinois and New York, on the heels of the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit held in November, are peddling the framework for a national catastrophe insurance program that...
Luxury Condos and Co-ops
Dec 5 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has rolled out insurance packages for the owners of luxury condo and co-op apartments in New York. The policies address coverage gaps created by building...
Editor’s Note: Preparing for Worse
Dec 4 2005 // Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists who spoke at the recent National Catastrophe Insurance Summit. It’s just a...
New Markets
Dec 4 2005 // Non-Franchised Auto Dealers Nuts & Bolts: DMI Insurance Services Inc. ha expanded the range of markets it supplies to producers serving non-franchised auto dealers and automotive specialty shops. The new markets will...
Preparing for Worst, Cat Modelers Say More Destruction Ahead
Dec 4 2005 // Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists who spoke at the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit in Burlingame,...
Insurance Commissioners Announce Framework for National Cat Program
Dec 4 2005 // Insurance regulators from California, Florida, Illinois and New York, on the heels of the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit held in November, are peddling the framework for a national catastrophe insurance program that...
Business Moves
Dec 4 2005 // TD Banknorth, Boothby & Bartlett TD Banknorth Inc. is expanding its insurance presence in central Maine by purchasing Boothby & Bartlett Company, a community insurance agency in Waterville, Maine. The acquisition...
People
Dec 4 2005 // GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies. Before joining GAB Robins, Troy served as...
News Briefs
Dec 4 2005 // CONNECTICUT Work-Related Deaths: The number of deaths in Connecticut due to work-related injuries increased by 50 percent last year, rising from 36 to 54, according to a state report. Connecticut is one of 27 states to...
Investors Turn Up Heat on Insurers to Disclose Risk from Climate Change
Dec 1 2005 // Citing the risks that they say insurance companies face from losses and financial risks associated with climate change, 20 U.S. investors led by several state treasurers urged 30 of the largest publicly-held insurance...
Zacharopoulos to Lead Intergo’s Southeast Management Risk Practice
Nov 29 2005 // Thomas Zacharopoulos has joined Integro’s newly established Atlanta office as managing principal and will lead the management the risk practice for Integro’s Southeast operations and also lead of...
Insurer Seeks Guidance on Splitting Damages for Mo. Bus Crash 40 Ways
Nov 28 2005 // A Missouri bus company’s insurance company has asked a federal judge to determine how $5 million in potential damages would be distributed to more than 40 possible people or groups involved in crash of a bush...
