All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2016 // VALE Insurance Partners, a New York based managing general agency focused on writing specialty property/casualty insurance, has hired Lidore Alexandra DeRose as vice president and underwriter. In her new role, DeRose will...
Aug 12 2016 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc., an insurance producer trade organization based in Syracuse, N.Y., has promoted Julie MacConnell from director of marketing and communications to assistant vice...
Aug 11 2016 // GEICO is planning to expand its regional operations office in Western N.Y. in a move that it expects will bring more than 600 new jobs to the region, the company announced. The firm is set to open an additional facility in...
Aug 11 2016 // A.M. Best has revised its outlook from stable to negative for New York-based Lancer Insurance Co. and Lancer Indemnity Co..The move comes as Lancer Insurance’s underwriting performance declined in the past several...
Aug 11 2016 // Chevron wasn’t the only winner in Monday’s ruling by a federal appeals court over its long-running Ecuadorian pollution litigation. The victory, in which the court affirmed that a lawyer for victims engaged in...
Aug 10 2016 // A 61-year-old New York woman has been sentenced to prison time for stealing nearly half a million dollars from her longtime employer. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Bernadette Szymanski of...
Aug 10 2016 // Authorities are warning N.Y. drivers against taking selfies, citing a national review suggesting they are among the most likely to do it. It’s generally illegal except in an emergency to use a handheld mobile device...
Aug 10 2016 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock said he’s more focused on boosting returns than worrying about the government’s classification of his company as too big to fail.“Of...
Aug 8 2016 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), a maritime insurance provider headquartered in Louisiana, together with its subsidiary, Continental Underwriters Ltd., has hired John Kirchhofer as vice president of its marine...
Aug 8 2016 // World Insurance Associates, AIV GroupWorld Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, N.J., has acquired AIV Group, an insurance agency serving the Asian community. AIV Group, in...
Aug 8 2016 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has appointed Michael Pieciak as the commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), replacing Susan Donegan. Pieciak was previously deputy commissioner of DFR’s securities...
Aug 8 2016 // New York will require $1 million coverage for life-threatening brain injuries and other new health insurance for both professional boxers and its first group of licensed mixed martial artists under regulations slated to...
Aug 8 2016 // New York has approved a 9.3 percent average hike in workers’ compensation loss costs effective Oct. 1.New York businesses, while not pleased, see the hike as necessary in order to keep the insurance market stable...
Aug 4 2016 // New York’s insurance regulator has “significant concerns” about Anthem Inc.’s proposed $48 billion acquisition of rival health insurer Cigna Corp. and will hold a hearing to address them before...
Aug 2 2016 // New York City has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 14-year-old autistic boy who was found dead after leaving his school in Queens. The Daily News reported the...
Aug 2 2016 // New York authorities charged a Long Island engineering firm and one of its former executives with forging damage reports for homes swamped by Hurricane Sandy, altering the documents in such a way that owners’ flood...
Aug 1 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. can’t require a Connecticut customer accusing the company of price-fixing to resolve the fight in arbitration, a federal judge ruled in one of several cases challenging the ride-hailing...
Jul 29 2016 // New York’s attorney general has reached a settlement with Zipcar Inc. over vehicle damage fees charged to 5,000 members from 2011 through 2015.New York law requires giving consumers an opportunity to dispute damage...
Jul 29 2016 // Regulatory representatives from the U.S. and China met this week to discuss issues facing their respective insurance markets. The meeting was held at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) New York...
Jul 28 2016 // The New York and Massachusetts attorneys general are refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas seeking records about their investigations into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors about man-made climate change.In an...