Latest New York Headlines
All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. City Traffic Deaths Drop 23%
Jun 24 2004 // Traffic deaths in New York City declined 23 percent in the first five months of 2004 compared with the same period last year, according to police statistics. From January through June 6, 115 pedestrians, bicyclists and...
N.Y. Passes AIA-Backed Scoring Bill
Jun 24 2004 // The New York State Legislature has approved a bill (S.5618D/A.4754D) that will regulate the use of credit-based insurance scores in a fair and reasonable manner, according to the American Insurance...
N.Y. Assembly Prepares to Close Today with Budget, Fair Plan, Other Insurance Issues Unresolved
Jun 22 2004 // The Legislature in Albany is scheduled to adjourn today and barring last-minute action will do so without passing a state budget and without addressing a slew of insurance and other key issues. Political observers,...
N.Y. to Hear 29% WC Rate Bid Next Week
Jun 22 2004 // The New York State Insurance Department has scheduled public hearings to consider the application of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) for a workers’ compensation insurance increase of 29.3...
People and Places
Jun 21 2004 // Anthony Kubera Anthony A. Kubera has joined Russell Bond & Co. Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y., as director of business development. He brings with him over 30 years of experience in underwriting, management and marketing....
N.Y. State Compensation Fund Steadies the Market
Jun 16 2004 // Since its founding in 1914, the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has been focused on providing a workers’ compensation market for small to medium sized accounts. NYSIF has not been involved with big corporate...
Collins Associates Adds Johnson in N.Y. Office
Jun 15 2004 // John B. Collins Associates Inc., an reinsurance intermediary, announced that Frank Johnson has joined the firm as a vice president in their New York office. In his new role, Johnson will be responsible for establishing new...
AWAC Opens New York Branch
Jun 10 2004 // Allied World Assurance Company (U.S.) Inc., a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Holdings, Ltd., announced the formation of a branch office in New York City. Initially, the new office will focus on...
People and Places
Jun 7 2004 // Alan Crater Cynthia Young The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Alan Crater has been named regional president of their downstate New York and New Jersey commercial lines divisions and Cynthia H. Young...
Sen. Clinton, Bipartisan Coalition Ask USDA to Improve Apple Crop Insurance
Jun 3 2004 // New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined with her Senate colleagues in a bipartisan campaign to improve crop insurance coverage for all apple growers in New York and across the country. In a letter to Agriculture...
New Surveillance Technology Unveiled to Fight No-Fault Auto Fraud in New York City
Jun 1 2004 // The latest tools in surveillance technology – “Joey and “Whisper” – are joining the fight against no-fault insurance fraud in New York City, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau...
Former N.Y. WC Chair Snashall Affilates with CRM
May 26 2004 // Compensation Risk Managers (CRM) in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. has formed an affiliation with Snashall Associates, a consulting firm led by former N.Y. State Workers’ Compensation Board Chairman Robert R. Snashall that...
N.Y. Murder-for-Profit Suspect Charged Again
May 26 2004 // A Guyanese immigrant has been charged in the killings of two men whom prosecutors call the victims of a murder-for-profit and insurance fraud scheme that may have claimed the lives of at least 10 other people. Ronald...
N.Y. Businesses ‘Stunned’ by 29% Comp Rate Hike Bid
May 21 2004 // A recommendation from the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (CIRB) to increase employers’ average workers’ compensation premiums by 29 percent is “stunning and frightening,” according to...
N.Y. Assembly Committee Forced to Vote on ‘Scaffold Law’ Reform Sought by Employers and Insurers
May 21 2004 // Chances there will be a vote on a key New York tort reform bill have improved after the Democratic sponsor of the bill has made a procedural move that will prompt the Assembly Labor Committee to consider his bill to reform...
Chubb Latest to Face N.Y. Probe of Compensation Pacts
May 18 2004 // The Chubb Corporation in Warren, N.J. has received a subpoena seeking information regarding certain compensation agreements between insurance brokers and Chubb’s insurance companies from the New York Attorney General...
Excess Line Association of N.Y. Elects Directors
May 17 2004 // The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) announced the results of it recent board elections at its annual members meeting on May 6, 2004 in Pearl River, New York. The newly elected directors are Kurt C. Bingeman of...
N.Y. CAR LEASING TAKES TO AIRWAVES:
May 17 2004 // An auto industry group, The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, has launched a radio advertising campaign directed at the Democratic-controlled New York Assembly trying to prod the lawmakers into revoking the...
N.Y. Proposes Safety Rules for Kids’ Camps
May 17 2004 // New York State is considering tightening safety rules for children’s summer camps, proposing lifeguards at least 18 years old supervise wilderness swimming and that guardrails be installed on camp bunk beds. The...
N.Y. FAIR Plan Operations Suspended; Lawmakers Fail to Pass Legislation
May 16 2004 // Operations of the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, or FAIR Plan, have once again been suspended due to the failure of lawmakers to pass legislation renewing the program. More than 50,000 businesses and...
