March 20, 2013
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s Department of Financial Services announced the “bottom 10” banks with the worst statistics for paying out insurance claims to Superstorm Sandy victims. Officials said they have notified these banks to speed up …
March 12, 2013
New Jersey’s top insurance regulator this week commended the actions of New Jersey community banks, national banks and servicers — including Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and CitiMortgage. The regulator said these financial institutions continue to pursue …
March 4, 2013
The New York Department of Financial Services says five of the state’s largest banks and mortgage services will have representatives available this week to help homeowners cash insurance settlement checks from Superstorm Sandy. Lender representatives will be at Disaster Assistance …
December 13, 2012
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that major banks and mortgage servicers will take action to expedite insurance payments to New York homeowners in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Currently, insurance claim checks must be endorsed by the banks …
November 2, 2012
When the National Hurricane Center declared Sandy a “post-tropical storm” just before it made landfall, a lot of homeowners across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Maryland may have saved a lot of money. The governors of these states have …
May 20, 2012
Premiums for so-called force-placed insurance have more than tripled since 2004, producing enormous profits for insurers and the banks that take out policies when a homeowner fails to maintain coverage required by the mortgage, according to New York regulators. In …
April 26, 2012
New York’s financial regulators will hold hearings on the so-called force-placed insurance next month. These hearings will be open to the public and will also be webcast over the Internet. Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial …
April 24, 2012
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week that a regulatory investigation into how insurers tracked life insurance policyholders resulted in 32,715 payments to consumers nationwide. The overall amount paid by insurers is $262.2 million, including 7,525 payments totaling $95.9 …
February 10, 2012
New York State Financial Services Department’s deputy superintendent James Wrynn will leave his post to join a law firm early next month. Wrynn will become a senior partner at Goldberg Segalla L.L.P. for its global insurance services practice group, beginning …
February 8, 2012
New York regulators urged Citigroup Inc.’s mortgage unit on Wednesday to stop resisting and comply with a subpoena related to an investigation of the force-placed insurance industry. In January, the New York Department of Financial Services issued subpoenas to roughly …