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Deep Vector Closes $1.5M Round Co-Led by Aperture and InsurTech NY

Jan 8 2025 // Deep Vector, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for analyzing underwriting documents, closed its seed round of $1.5 million, co-led by Aperture Venture Capital and InsurTech NY.Deep Vector helps insurers and brokers...

JetBlue Stowaway Deaths Probed After Florida Flight From New York

Jan 8 2025 // Local law enforcement officials in Fort Lauderdale are investigating the deaths of two individuals found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue Airways Corp. plane after it arrived at the Florida airport on Monday.A...

People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna in New York; Leadership Changes at Falvey Insurance

Jan 6 2025 // XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna to Regional Leader of New YorkXS Brokers, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, promoted Peter Buccinna to vice president and regional leader of New York. Buccinna has over 26 years of...

New York Employers Must Offer Paid Medical Leave During Pregnancy

Jan 6 2025 // Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law that took effect Wednesday.Gov. Kathy Hochul said the policy makes New York the first state in...

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires New York’s Acumen Solutions

Jan 2 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) announced the acquisition of Acumen Solutions Group LLC, a Melville, New York-based insurance agency.Founded in 2012, Acumen provides personal insurance and customized commercial insurance...

New York State Government to Monitor Its AI Use

Dec 30 2024 // New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial intelligence software, under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.Hochul, a Democrat,...

New York to Fine Fossil Fuel Companies $75 Billion Over 25 Years for Climate Damage

Dec 27 2024 // New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on Thursday.The law is intended to...

US Bans Drones Over Infrastructure Sites in New York, New Jersey

Dec 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York.A frenzy of concern about drones in New Jersey and...

Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Case Settled in New York

Dec 19 2024 // US authorities have reached a settlement to resolve a whistleblower case alleging that a New York state health insurer systematically defrauded the federal Medicare program by exaggerating how sick members were in order to...

Troubled New York Taxi Insurer Sues 180 Providers in Huge No-Fault Fraud Case

Dec 17 2024 // New York’s largest taxi insurer that is facing serious financial and regulatory challenges has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $450 million against medical providers it alleges have been part of a huge fraud scheme...

Suburban New York Police Force Cited for Illegal Arrests, Strip Searches

Dec 16 2024 // A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice...

New York in State of Emergency As It Faces Another Major ‘Lake Effect’ Snowstorm

Dec 13 2024 // New York State declared a state of emergency for portions of Western New York, Finger Lakes, Central New York and North Country regions as forecasts call for those areas to receive multiple feet of lake effect snow.Areas...

New York Court Rules NRA Must Undertake Reforms, Former Execs Must Pay Damages

Dec 13 2024 // The National Rifle Association (NRA) must reform its operations to conform with New York’s not-for-profit law and two of its former executives must pay the NRA $6.35 million in damages plus interest.That is the...

New York Considers Making Property Insurers Cover Taxi Claims Losses

Dec 12 2024 // New York is considering asking property and casualty insurers to cover the claims of insolvent taxi insurer American Transit Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the plans.That measure is one of several options...

Contractors on New York Public and Certain Private Projects Must Register With State

Dec 11 2024 // New York has a new law on the books requiring contractors and subcontractors who submit bids or perform construction work on public projects or certain private projects to register with the state.The New York State...

New York Expands Workers’ Compensation For Mental Health to All Workers

Dec 9 2024 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises.The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2025, allows any...

Parts of New York, Pennsylvania Buried by Up to 4 Feet of ‘Lake-Effect’ Snow

Dec 2 2024 // The governors of New York and Pennsylvania have declared disaster emergencies in areas hit with as much as three and four feet of “lake-effect” snow from a fierce winter storm.New York Governor Hochul declared...

New York High Court Upholds Uber Arbitration Mandate For Previously-Filed Injury Case

Nov 26 2024 // In a 5-2 decision, New York State’s high court this week upheld Uber’s “clickwrap” agreement requiring arbitration of all disputes in a case of a passenger who was injured by another vehicle after...

New York Fines GEICO $9.75M, Travelers $1.5M Over Auto Insurance Cyber Breaches

Nov 25 2024 // Two auto insurers will pay fines totaling $11.3 million for data breaches of online insurance quoting systems that New York officials say compromised personal information of an estimated 120,000 customers in total.New York...

NFP Acquires AnchorGroup in Upstate New York

Nov 22 2024 // Global insurance broker NFP announced it has acquired certain assets of EBA Services LLC, which does business as AnchorGroup, an employee benefits brokerage and consultancy located in Skaneateles, New...