All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2016 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to stop the potential spread of asbestos at the former Arkell and Smiths Sack Co. facility in Canajoharie, N.Y. Exposure to asbestos can lead to lung cancer and...
Sep 22 2016 // NSI Insurance Group, a Miami Lakes, Florida, based privately held insurance agency, has acquired KMH Insurance Services, a New York based specialty insurance broker focused on serving marine and equine customers. Terms of...
Sep 21 2016 // Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade is open for business in New York, nine months after the startup’s debut and initial venture funding announcement.The New York-based company, which its founders promise will...
Sep 21 2016 // On September 23, 109 individuals from 19 different insurance companies in the tri-state area are participating in the Sleep Out (Re)insurance Edition to support homeless youth served by Covenant House, a New York...
Sep 20 2016 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has identified the incident where a bomb went off from inside a dumpster in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people, as an act of terrorism.“I said yesterday I...
Sep 20 2016 // Evergreen Insurance & Risk Management, a Monsey, New York, based insurance brokerage for investment real estate, has acquired the assets of Sheridan & Company Group LLC and T.J. Sheridan & Co. Inc. Terms of the...
Sep 19 2016 // A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a bomb that went off from inside a dumpster in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people.Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth, New Jersey, said Ahmad...
Sep 19 2016 // In the seven years since an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, there’s been enough time to write a book and make a movie, but apparently not enough to carry out...
Sep 19 2016 // New York has increasingly asserted that unauthorized insurance companies — including surplus lines insurance companies — are subject to New York insurance franchise tax. However, there are several arguments...
Sep 19 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based insurance broker, has hired Daniel W. Grealish as a consultant in its commercial lines division and an LPL registered representative in its retirement division.In his new...
Sep 16 2016 // New York’s Department of Financial Services has issued an emergency regulation intended to help the state’s health insurers deal with a federal requirement that puts some under sharp financial stress. The...
Sep 15 2016 // Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY), a trade association representing professional, independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees throughout the state of New York, elected John C....
Sep 15 2016 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies that aims to protect New York state’s financial services industry from an increasing...
Sep 14 2016 // New York state is providing $5 million in grants to improve safety conditions in low-wage industries. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the program Saturday after participating in a Labor Day parade in New York City. The...
Sep 14 2016 // Property and casualty insurance company Chubb has promoted Raimund Navakas to executive vice president of its Overseas General Insurance division based in New York. In this role, Navakas will continue to lead the...
Sep 14 2016 // It’s a day of reckoning — or the moment of truth — for former American International Group Inc. head Maurice “Hank” Greenberg.More than 11 years after he was sued by former New York Attorney...
Sep 13 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) last week installed new officers who have begun serving their terms.Connecticut independent agent Spencer Houldin was inaugurated as the...
Sep 12 2016 // New York City-based Breakaway Courier Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for an alleged illegal scheme to steal workers’ compensation premiums.A complaint against Berkshire...
Sep 12 2016 // XL Catlin has hired Ronnell Agatep as global head of underwriting in its newly launched global retail accident and health insurance business.The firm’s new business aims to help corporate clients safeguard their...
Sep 11 2016 // The iconic American flag three New York City firefighters raised above World Trade Center rubble on 9/11 that later disappeared has been recovered and donated to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, 9/11...