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Disbarred New York Attorney Pleads Guilty to Stealing 9/11 Victim Compensation Funds
Nov 2 2020 // A disbarred attorney based in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., has pled guilty in White Plains federal court to stealing government funds. Gustavo L. Vila’s plea results from his theft of approximately $1 million that the...
Sompo International Names New York’s Gundersen Head of Asian Risk Solutions
Oct 29 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Sara Gundersen as executive vice president and Asian Risk Solutions segment leader...
New York City Sued Over Clashes with Floyd Protesters
Oct 28 2020 // Two civil rights organizations are suing New York City on behalf of protesters who say they were assaulted and abused by police officers because they expressed anti-police views during nightly demonstrations in the spring...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Hires Yozzi to its New York Office
Oct 28 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has hired Renee Yozzi to lead Customer & Broker Engagement for the Eastern U.S. Region. Yozzi brings nearly 20 years of experience to BHSI. She most recently held the title...
Judge Rules New York City Crosswalks Fail to Protect Blind Pedestrians
Oct 23 2020 // Most crosswalks in New York City violate laws protecting people with disabilities by failing to properly protect blind and low-vision pedestrians, a judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in Manhattan...
Target to Enhance Safety at 200 Northeast U.S. Stores in Department of Labor Settlement
Oct 21 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor has executed a region wide corporate settlement agreement with Target Corp. to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety at about 200 of the retailer’s stores in...
Insurtech Vouch Insurance Expands Coverage to New York
Oct 21 2020 // Vouch Insurance, a business insurance platform for startups, has expanded its coverage into New York. The expansion is an effort to bring risk mitigation to local startups as they scale their technologies, according to a...
Declarations
Oct 19 2020 // Urge to Swerve “While the urge to swerve is instinctual, it could cause you to lose control of your vehicle or drive into oncoming traffic, increasing the severity of a crash.” — Illinois Transportation...
New York’s NFP Hires Pendergast to P&C Division as Senior Vice President
Oct 16 2020 // NFP, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered insurance broker and consultant that provides property and casualty (P&C), corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has hired Andrew Pendergast to its P&C...
Twitter Security Failure Prompts Call for Regulating Internet Giants as Systemic Risks
Oct 14 2020 // Twitter Inc. suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a “simple” hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world’s most famous people in July, according...
altumAI Appoints Foley to Group Insurance Officer Based in New York City
Oct 14 2020 // altumAI, a worker health and safety software and analytics firm, has appointed insurance industry veteran Peter. H. Foley to Group Insurance officer. Based in New York City, Foley has joined the altumAI executive...
New York City Coronavirus Rule Violations Net $150K in Fines
Oct 13 2020 // New York City handed out 62 tickets amounting to more than $150,000 in fines during a weekend crackdown on violators of newly imposed restrictions in coronavirus hot spots, the city government Twitter account said...
InsurTech NY Announces Its 2020 Accelerator Cohort
Oct 13 2020 // InsurTech NY, an InsurTech community in the New York metro area, has announced its growth-stage InsurTech accelerator cohort. The 22 startups were selected to participate in its insurance carrier and broker sponsored...
Calls for Reform Revived Over More Than A Century Old New York Law
Oct 8 2020 // A coalition of business advocacy and local government groups have renewed calls for reform to a New York law that has been on the books since the late 1800s. New York State Labor Law sections 240/241, known as the Scaffold...
NTSB Urged to Send Investigator to Scene of Fatal Plane Crash
Oct 8 2020 // Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an investigator to the scene of a small plane crash that killed a prominent attorney and his...
Seaplane Crashes Into New York City Pier, Killing One and Injuring Two
Oct 7 2020 // A single-engine seaplane skipped twice on the water of Long Island Sound while landing and crashed on top of a concrete pier in Queens, killing a passenger and sending the pilot and another passenger to the hospital with...
Feds Fault Operator, Regulators in New York Limo Crash That Killed 20
Oct 6 2020 // State regulators repeatedly failed to properly oversee a poorly maintained stretch limousine with corroded brakes that hurtled down a hill at more than 100 mph and crashed in a ravine, killing 20 people, federal...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New York’s Paul Global Benefits
Oct 6 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Paul Global Benefits Inc. (PGB) of Syosset, N.Y., on September 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PGB is an employee benefits consulting firm...
Declarations
Oct 5 2020 // Utah Fires “I guess the only positive thing is next year there won’t be anything left to burn.” — Rep. Brad Last, R-Hurricane, commenting on Utah’s wildfire season, which has broken records...
Distinguished Programs Hires Guerrero as Regional Sales Executive in New York
Oct 1 2020 // Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has hired Brando Guerrero as a regional sales executive in New York. In this role, Guerrero will oversee growth/broker partners in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley...
