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IICF Announces 11th Annual Benefit Dinner in New York to Honor Ryan Specialty Group
Nov 6 2017 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) will host its 11th annual Northeast Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. The dinner is expected to draw the attendance...
New York Car Dealer to Get Prison Time for Fraud, Theft and Forgery
Nov 3 2017 // A 63-year-old man faces prison time for fraud, forgery and other illegal activities at the two car dealerships he operated in western New York. Richard Giza, of Lancaster, has pleaded guilty in Erie County Court to grand...
Safety National Re Hires Wilmot and Wizner in New York
Nov 2 2017 // Safety National Re has hired Lydia Wilmot as vice president and Stephanie Wizner as assistant vice president. Wilmot and Wizner will be based out of New York. With more than 15 years of combined industry-related insurance...
Man Charged with Torching New York Thousand Islands Motel in September
Nov 1 2017 // The husband of a former manager of a motel in New York’s Thousand Islands region has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed most of the business in September. State police say they’ve charged...
Key Metrics of New York Workers’ Comp System Tracked in New WCRI Study
Oct 31 2017 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released a new tool for policymakers and system stakeholders to track the performance of the New York workers’ compensation system. “Originally established to...
New York’s Lawley Hires Overhoff as Loss Control Manager
Oct 30 2017 // Lawley, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based, independent insurance broker, has hired loss control veteran Bob Overhoff Jr. as loss control manager. Previously the director of corporate safety at LPCiminelli, Overhoff Jr. will work out...
AIG, Insurer for Disney/ABC, Balks at Paying Part of ‘Pink Slime’ Settlement
Oct 27 2017 // American International Group Inc. on Thursday sued Walt Disney Co. to avoid having to reimburse the parent of ABC News for part of a settlement of a meat producer’s defamation lawsuit over a product that critics call...
Prime Risk Partners Acquires New York’s Gunn, Steers & Company
Oct 27 2017 // Prime Risk Partners Inc. (PRP) has acquired Gunn, Steers & Company (Gunn Steers), a Manhattan-based insurance broker with a specialized practice for financial institutions and asset management companies. Gunn Steers...
U.S. Cities Ranked Most Vulnerable to Coastal Floods Due to Climate Change
Oct 26 2017 // This week is the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, which developed in late October and moved over the East Coast starting on Oct. 29, 2012, causing more than $70 billion in damage and killing 280 people. To mark that...
Widow of Worker Killed by Street Sweeper in New York Awarded $41.5M
Oct 26 2017 // The widow of a New York City Department of Sanitation worker killed by an out-of-control street sweeper won a $41.5 million negligence lawsuit. The New York Post reports that a Queens jury granted the sum to Bina Frosch on...
New York’s Frenkel & Company Joins Forces with EPIC
Oct 26 2017 // Frenkel & Company, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered, full-service independent insurance broker, and EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm,...
New York’s Michael Adam Insurance Agency Joins SAN Group Inc.
Oct 19 2017 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN) announced that Michael Adam Insurance Agency of Dansville, N.Y., has joined the alliance. By joining SAN Group, Michael Adam Insurance Agency will have access to additional markets...
New York Marine & General Insured Las Vegas Festival Targeted by Shooter
Oct 18 2017 // A Live National Entertainment Inc. Las Vegas country musical festival that was targeted Oct. 1 in the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was insured by New York Marine & General Insurance Co., according to a...
New York Finalizes Regulations to Crack Down on Title Insurance Industry
Oct 18 2017 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has finalized two new regulations to protect New Yorkers and crack down on unscrupulous practices in the title insurance industry. These regulations, which are the...
Specter of Corporate Exodus Leaves Connecticut Budget in Crisis
Oct 17 2017 // Thirty years ago, so many companies flocked to Connecticut that Stamford, a waterfront enclave of about 100,000 residents, became the third-largest center of corporate headquarters in the U.S., behind only New York City...
Universal Insurance Holdings Expands to New York with Launch of Universal Direct
Oct 17 2017 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC), has written its first homeowners policy in New York. The company also announced...
Freeborn & Peters Hires Keely to New York Office
Oct 16 2017 // Freeborn & Peters LLP has hired Sean Thomas Keely to the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Industry Team. The addition of Keely...
Trump Defends Killing Off Obamacare Subsidies; 18 States Sue in Uphill Battle
Oct 15 2017 // Eighteen U.S. states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop him from scrapping a key component of Obamacare, subsidies to insurers that help millions of low-income people pay medical expenses,...
DFS Finalizes Regulation to Strengthen New York No-Fault Insurance Law
Oct 13 2017 // A new regulation issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) aims to curb costs and abuses of New York’s no-fault insurance law while leveling the playing field for New York insurers,...
Man Sues Chicago Clubs, MLB; Says Foul Ball Blinded Him in 1 Eye
Oct 10 2017 // A man who was left blind in one eye — at least temporarily — and may ultimately lose the eye after a foul ball struck him in the face at Wrigley Field this summer has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Cubs and Major...
