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New York to Require Disclosure of LLC Ownership for Law Enforcement, Regulators

Dec 29 2023 // Law enforcement and regulatory officials in New York will soon have access to information on the ownership behind limited liability corporations (LLCs).Governor Kathy Hochul called the LLC Transparency Act (S.995B/A.3484)...

New York Governor Vetoes Bill Seeking to Make It Easier to Challenge Convictions

Dec 28 2023 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice...

New York Hospital to Pay $300K for Sharing Website Visitors’ Health Data

Dec 28 2023 // The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) will pay $300,000 for disclosing the health information of individuals who visited its website, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced.James said an investigation by her...

Microsoft, OpenAI Sued by New York Times for Copyright Infringement

Dec 27 2023 // The New York Times Co. sued Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI Inc. for the use of content to help develop artificial intelligence services, in a sign of the increasingly fraught relationship between the media and a technology...

Tennessee Officials Sue BlackRock for ‘Misleading’ ESG Strategy

Dec 27 2023 // (Bloomberg) — The state of Tennessee sued BlackRock Inc. for allegedly breaching consumer protection laws by making “misleading” statements about its ESG investment strategy.State Attorney General...

New York Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Noncompete Agreements

Dec 27 2023 // New York`s governor vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers` ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business.Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she...

People Moves: Parkinson Joins Signers National; Baynes to Succeed Crawford at New York Municipal Reciprocal

Dec 22 2023 // Signers National, a specialty insurance agency group focused on commercial real estate, nonprofits and human service organizations, headquartered in New York, N.Y., hired Chris Parkinson as chief information officer...

Wegman’s Has Right to Question Injured Worker’s Doctor, Rules New York’s High Court

Dec 22 2023 // Wegman’s Food Markets was wrongly denied an opportunity to cross-examine an injured employee’s doctor, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning rulings by a workers’ compensation law judge,...

Northeastern Storm Causes Power Outages, Flooded Roads, Fallen Trees, Travel Delays

Dec 20 2023 // A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures.More than 5 inches (13...

Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Robert Alan Agency

Dec 19 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Robert Alan Agency, a New York-based retail insurance agency.Established in 1980 by Bob Carlucci, the Robert Alan Agency is headquartered in New...

Man Pleads Guilty to One of New York’s Biggest No-Fault Insurance Frauds Ever

Dec 19 2023 // A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $60-$70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York.U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter, New Jersey,...

Parts of South Carolina and Florida Recovering after Flooding, Winds

Dec 19 2023 // GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — An intense late-year storm barreled up the East Coast on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds that shattered rainfall records, forced water rescues from flooded streets and washed out...

Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits

Dec 19 2023 // A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover the Archdiocese of New York parishes and schools as they contend with thousands of sex abuse...

Mission Accomplished: Allstate Announces Calif., NY, NJ Rate Approvals

Dec 18 2023 // The departments of insurance in California, New York and New Jersey approved double-digit auto rate increases for Allstate in the three states that the carrier considered exiting in the absence of approvals, the...

New York Fund Receives $7.75 Million After Workers’ Compensation Fraud Prosecution

Dec 18 2023 // Law enforcement officials announced the final sentencing in their prosecution of an $18 million workers’ compensation fraud case and the return of $7.75 million to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF).Manhattan...

Cannabis Insurance Specialists See Optimism in 2024 Data, Planning for Growth and More Capacity

Dec 15 2023 // From a broad view, data from the cannabis industry fails to paint an informative picture of what lies ahead for the business in 2024 or what the year holds for insurance professionals specializing in servicing the...

Man Sues New York City After 27 Years in Prison Before Being Cleared in Killing

Dec 15 2023 // A man who was recently cleared in the gruesome, fiery 1995 killing of a subway token booth clerk sued New York City and two detectives on Monday, saying that “a wanton and reckless” law enforcement culture...

Trump Again Denied Presidential Immunity Defense in Carroll Defamation Case

Dec 14 2023 // A federal appeals court panel has rejected former President Donald Trump’s attempt to shield himself from a defamation suit by claiming presidential immunity.The three-judge Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel...

New York Law Bars Subrogation by Lloyd’s in LaGuardia Project, Appeals Court Affirms

Dec 13 2023 // A federal appeals court has declared that New York law prevents Lloyd’s from recovering some loss payments from Zurich American because Zurich’s insured was also an insured of Lloyd’s in a case involving...

GEICO Charges New York Pharmacy, Medical Clinics With $3.7M in Prescription Fraud

Dec 12 2023 // Insurance company GEICO has filed suit against a New York pharmacy and five medical clinics and their owners alleging they perpetrated a fraudulent scheme under the New York no-fault auto insurance system by submitting...