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Hub Northeast Hires Willis Towers Watson’s Collins in New York
May 19 2017 // Hub International Northeast (Hub Northeast), a subsidiary of Hub International Limited (Hub), has hired Paul Collins as president and CEO. Based in Manhattan, Collins will be responsible for overseeing all retail and...
New York County Sues Purdue, J&J Over Opioid Marketing
May 18 2017 // A county in New York state has sued Purdue Pharma LP, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers, accusing them of engaging in fraudulent marketing that played down the risks of prescription opioid painkillers, leading to...
New York Woman Whose Car Damaged by Target Red Ball Files $100K Suit
May 18 2017 // A New York woman has sued the Target corporation after one of its two-ton red balls rolled into her driver’s side door. Eileen Grady claims in her lawsuit that the company “knew or should have known” the...
New York Looks to Limit Auto Insurance Rating Factors
May 18 2017 // New York state is moving to restrict the ability of auto insurers to use a customer’s job or education to set premiums. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the proposed regulation Tuesday. The Democrat says it’s...
New York Board Proposes 4.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease
May 16 2017 // New York businesses could soon see some slight relief in workers’ compensation premiums, according to an announcement from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The governor’s office released a statement Monday saying that the...
Autonomous Vehicle Testing to Begin in New York State
May 15 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that New York is now accepting applications from companies interested in testing or demonstrating autonomous vehicles on public roads. Included in the fiscal year 2018...
NY Appeals Court OK’s Permanent License Suspension of Repeat Drunk Drivers
May 12 2017 // New York’s Court of Appeals has upheld a state law that allows for permanent suspension of drivers licenses for repeat drunk drivers. A unanimous opinion from five of the state’s highest court judges Tuesday...
‘Poaching’ Suits Like Aon v. Alliant: Nothing Personal, Just Routine Business
May 11 2017 // An ongoing legal battle between two large national insurance brokerage firms over employee poaching is a byproduct of a hazard faced in the financial services industries where relationships and knowledge of business...
Greenberg’s Starr to Appeal AIG Bailout Case to Supreme Court
May 10 2017 // A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc. during the 2008 financial crisis, in a defeat for former chief executive officer Maurice...
Court Denies Shareholder Claim Against AIG Bailout Case Led by Starr’s Greenberg
May 9 2017 // A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc. during the 2008 financial crisis, in a defeat for former chief executive officer Maurice...
Crashes on Popular New York Lake Prompt New Rules for Boat Rentals
May 5 2017 // People planning to rent boats on a popular upstate New York lake will be required to watch a safety video before being allowed to take a rental vessel onto the water. The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports the Lake George...
Ames & Gough Appoints Marshall to Lead Newly Established New York Operations
May 4 2017 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service organizations, has appointed Wayne T....
Proposed New York Regulations Crack Down on Title Insurance Industry
May 2 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced two new proposed regulations to protect New Yorkers and crack down on unscrupulous practices in the title insurance industry. These new protections were drafted following an...
New York’s Brady Risk Management Names Harris to Brady Risk Program Managers
Apr 28 2017 // John Harris has joined Sean Brady and Huntington, New York-based Brady Risk Management as managing director of the newly formed Brady Risk Program Managers. Harris has served as the chief underwriting officer for a number...
Fire Guts New York Mill Owned by Cooperstown Baseball Bat Maker
Apr 27 2017 // A fire has heavily damaged the upstate New York mill owned by a Cooperstown-based wood baseball bat company. Emergency officials in Otsego County say the fire was reported around 6 p.m. Monday at Cooperstown Bat...
New York Teen Gets Probation, Psychiatric Care in Friend’s Fire Death
Apr 27 2017 // A teenager who has been in and out of the hospital with mental health problems since the death of a friend in a massive fire the boys started was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation. A Family Court judge also ordered...
Generali Expands in U.S. with Chicago, San Francisco Offices and 3 Hires
Apr 26 2017 // Generali is expanding its U.S. global corporate and commercial operations with the opening of offices in Chicago and San Francisco in a bid to grab more business from U.S. multinational companies. The Italian...
Willis Towers Watson Names 6 to Global FINEX Senior Leadership Team
Apr 25 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant Willis Towers Watson has made six senior appointments across its Global FINEX business, the company’s financial, executive and professional risk specialty group. Jeremy Wall has been...
New York City House Fire Kills 5, Including Children
Apr 25 2017 // Investigators are scouring for clues about what sparked a fast-moving New York City house fire that killed five people, including two young boys and two teenage girls. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon, on a street full...
Schumer Calls for Better Communication After New York Penn Station Stampede
Apr 25 2017 // Sen. Charles Schumer says the stampede that injured 16 people at New York’s Penn Station just over a week ago shows a need for better coordination between law enforcement agencies at transportation hubs. The stampede...
