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Opioid Makers, Distributors Could Face U.S. Criminal Charges
Nov 27 2019 // Federal prosecutors are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers that contributed to a healthcare crisis, according to...
Uber’s London License Ban Marks Global Regulatory Backlash for Ride-Hailing Firms
Nov 27 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and its rivals disrupted global transport, riding on a lack of regulation to drive exponential growth. Now, regulators are closing in. London’s transport authority banned Uber for a second time...
Florida Investigating Attorney Charged with Lawsuit Fraud
Nov 26 2019 // The Florida Bar has opened an investigation of a New York lawyer who it says may have been practicing in Florida without a license. The Bar’s investigation of Stuart Finkelstein stems from federal charges this week...
Sexual Abuse Victims Claim Catholic Church Pressured Them Into Unfair Settlements
Nov 25 2019 // Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that Catholic officials pressured them into signing settlements that paid them...
My Chi To Named Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance in New York
Nov 21 2019 // New York Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell has appointed My Chi To as executive deputy superintendent of the Insurance Division at the Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates more than...
Hub International Acquires Assets Of New York-Based JW Retirement Group
Nov 20 2019 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired a brokerage services and investment advisory book of business from William Peragine III and John Biondo, previously dba together as The JW Retirement...
New York’s Distinguished Programs Elevates Two Senior Executives
Nov 20 2019 // Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager headquartered in New York, N.Y., has promoted Mark Kissick to chief sales officer. Kissick, who will now oversee all sales and marketing activities for the...
Juul Sued by New York State Over Marketing Vape Products to Kids
Nov 20 2019 // Juul Labs Inc. is being sued by New York for allegedly trampling state marketing laws by targeting teenagers in advertisements for e-cigarettes and misleading statements about nicotine content in vaping products, among...
Epstein Estate Vows Compensation for Accusers Who Drop Damage Lawsuits
Nov 18 2019 // The estate of Jeffrey Epstein wants to set up a fund using the late financier’s fortune to compensate women willing to forgo a spate of lawsuits seeking damages for sexual abuse, according to a court document filed...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Hires Campbell
Nov 14 2019 // Sean P. Campbell recently joined Union Mutual of Vermont Companies as assistant vice president of Personal Lines Underwriting and Business Development, President and CEO Michael Nobles announced. Campbell will be based in...
Risk Strategies Appoints Grant as Employee Benefits Practice Leader in New York
Nov 14 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed 25-year industry veteran Michael S. Grant as employee benefits practice leader for the firm’s Greater New York...
NYPD Employees Charged in Car Insurance Scam
Nov 12 2019 // A uniformed New York Police Department officer and five dispatchers are among those charged in a car insurance scam that authorities say compromised the personal information of 60,000 vehicle accident victims and tried to...
New York’s Cook Maran Hires Anzelone as a Client Advisor
Nov 8 2019 // Cook Maran, headquartered in Melville, N.Y., has hired 18-year insurance veteran Chris Anzelone as a client advisor. He will operate out of the Cook Maran location in Melville. Anzelone previously served as director of...
UPS Liable for Shipping Contraband Cigarettes in New York, Damages Reduced
Nov 8 2019 // A federal appeals court found United Parcel Service Inc liable to New York state and New York City for shipping hundreds of thousands of cartons of untaxed cigarettes, but reduced its payout for damages and unpaid taxes to...
SEC Enforcement Activity Up From Last Year; One Case Affected 8,400 Investors
Nov 7 2019 // Enforcement activity by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in fiscal 2019 resulted in $4.3 billion in fines and disgorgements, up from $3.9 billion a year earlier, the regulator said on Wednesday. Those fines and...
States’ Climate Change Litigation Could Be Useful Tool Against Big Oil: Opinion
Nov 5 2019 // A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco or opioid litigation. In principle, that seems like a truly terrible idea. Such lawsuits will likely do...
New York Man Charged with Insurance Fraud After False Stolen Vehicle Claim
Nov 5 2019 // A 36-year-old Queens, N.Y., man has been charged with insurance fraud, attempted grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly claiming his McLaren sports car had been stolen and filing a false insurance claim in an attempt...
Vaping Firm Juul Disregarded Early Signs It Was Hooking Young Users: Reuters
Nov 5 2019 // The San Francisco startup that invented the groundbreaking Juul e-cigarette had a central goal during its development: captivating users with the first hit. The company had concluded that consumers had largely rejected...
Beazley Makes Two New Underwriting Appointments to Its New York Team
Nov 1 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Matthew Westhoff as head of U.S. large commercial property based in New York. Reporting to Beazley’s global head of commercial property, Simon Jackson, Westhoff will manage...
The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Avanti Associates
Oct 31 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Avanti Associates Ltd., comprised of Associated Insurance Agency of Westchester Inc., Comprehensive Insurance Brokerage Inc. and Bruce Farnham Associates Ltd. The...
