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Digital Insurer Lemonade Says No License Needed by Adopters of Its API Sales Platform
Dec 11 2017 // Digital insurer Lemonade says companies that integrate its insurance sales platform, or API, into their own apps and web sites “generally speaking do not have to be licensed as insurance agents or brokers.” At...
New York’s Distinguished Acquires American Hole ‘n One
Dec 8 2017 // Distinguished LLC, a New York, N.Y.-based group of entrepreneurial businesses serving the insurance industry, has acquired American Hole ‘n One (AHNO), a global hole-in-one and event promotions company. In tandem...
N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit
Dec 7 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who...
New York’s The Iroquois Group Announces Regional Realignment
Dec 7 2017 // The Iroquois Group, an Allegany, N.Y.-based service provider for independent property and casualty insurance agencies, has announced changes to its regional structure to better align Iroquois regions with those of their...
Senator Wants Tougher Rules for Double-Decker Tour Buses in New York City
Dec 6 2017 // A lawmaker is raising concerns about double-decker sightseeing buses in New York City, saying Monday that tougher regulations are needed to protect tourists, pedestrians and motorists on the busy streets of the...
Former Chubb Chairman, CEO O’Hare Passes Away at 75
Dec 5 2017 // Chubb Limited announced today the passing of Dean R. O’Hare, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Chubb Corp. who served the company for almost 40 years before retiring in 2002. He was 75. O’Hare...
MAPFRE USA to Exit 5, Focus on 11 States; Sell New York and Life Units in Reorganization
Dec 5 2017 // Insurer MAPFRE USA, which now writes in 19 states, is narrowing its focus by concentrating on 11 key states, exiting five states including selling its New York subsidiary, and selling its life insurance unit. MAPFRE USA...
House Republicans Advance Bill Making It Easier to Carry Guns Across State Lines
Dec 1 2017 // The National Rifle Association has called the concealed carry bill, which would make it easier for gun owners to keep their firearms hidden when crossing state lines, its “highest legislative priority in...
Cook Maran Acquires New York’s McDermott & Thomas Associates
Dec 1 2017 // Cook Maran & Associates (Cook Maran), a New York and New Jersey insurance broker and the New York metropolitan area platform for Prime Risk Partners (PRP), has acquired McDermott & Thomas Associates LLC (M&T),...
Cargill Accountant in New York Sentenced to Five Years for $3.1M Theft
Nov 30 2017 // An accountant who admitted to stealing $3.1 million from agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. has been sentenced to five years in prison. Diane Backis was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Albany to mail fraud and filing a...
New York Logging Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for $83K Theft
Nov 30 2017 // The former owner of an upstate New York logging company who stole more than $80,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to up to three years in prison. Fifty-six-year-old David Sigl, of Auburn, N.Y.,...
Index Shows Where People Are Moving in Next Few Months
Nov 30 2017 // It’s possible to know where in the country more homebuyers will be moving over the next 30 to 90 days, thanks to what’s called a “pre-mover” index. It turns out that the U.S. markets with the...
100 Passengers Rescued from New York Ferry that Ran Aground Near Pier
Nov 29 2017 // More than 100 passengers have been rescued from a ferry that ran aground in New York’s East River. Police say it happened Monday evening just off a pier near the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan. The U.S....
Uber Paid Hackers to Hide Breach of 50 Million Customer, Driver Records
Nov 22 2017 // Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security...
A Family Environment at New York’s Seely & Durland Insurance
Nov 22 2017 // As a fourth generation, family-run organization, Warwick, N.Y.-based Seely & Durland Insurance understands the importance of creating a welcoming, family environment in the workplace, according to President Garrett...
Probe Underway Into Fatal Blasts, Fire at New York Cosmetics Factory
Nov 22 2017 // State and local authorities are trying to determine what triggered explosions and a fire at a cosmetics factory in New York’s Hudson Valley that killed one employee and injure nearly three dozen other workers and...
New York’s Mackoul & Associates is a Business About People
Nov 20 2017 // Working toward joining the Minor Leagues as an umpire to becoming the CEO of an insurance agency may seem like a big career change, but for Ed Mackoul, CEO and president of Mackoul & Associates Inc. in Island Park,...
Key Metrics of New York Workers’ Comp System Tracked in New WCRI Study
Nov 20 2017 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released a tool for policymakers and system stakeholders to track New York workers’ compensation system performance. Originally established to monitor the system...
American Arbitration Association Opens Office in Upstate New York
Nov 17 2017 // The American Arbitration Association (AAA), a provider of conflict management and dispute resolution services, has opened a new office in Buffalo, N.Y., offering local arbitration support in a region that has experienced...
House Passes Tax Cut Package; Debate Moves to Senate
Nov 17 2017 // Congressional Republicans took an important step on Thursday toward the biggest U.S. tax-code overhaul since the 1980s as the House of Representatives approved a broad package of tax cuts sought by senior lawmakers and...
