All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2016 // New York’s insurance regulator has conditionally approved Aetna Inc.’s $37 billion takeover of Humana Inc., one of the last state sign-offs needed for the deal, people familiar with the matter said.The...
Jul 11 2016 // The New York State Senate has confirmed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s pick to become the state’s top financial regulator. The confirmation vote for Maria Vullo, Cuomo’s nominee for superintendent of the New...
Jul 11 2016 // The Hudson River may still become a major corridor for the shipment of thick, tar sands oil from Canada despite moves last year by New York officials that attempted to halt those efforts.At issue is a key air permit needed...
Jul 8 2016 // Hulk Hogan, stymied by the bankruptcy filing of Gawker Media in the midst of a legal battle over a sex tape, is fighting back using the tools of Chapter 11 law.Hogan, unable to collect a $140 million jury verdict against...
Jul 7 2016 // National insurance distribution firm Confie has acquired two insurance brokerages in New York State – Lloyd D. Sprague & Son Inc. and J.N. Mason Agency Inc.Confie, a portfolio company of ABRY Partner, has completed...
Jul 7 2016 // New York state’s top financial regulator, Maria Vullo, agreed to adopt new industry-supported reserve requirements for life insurers, departing from a predecessor who derided the shift as ” unwise.”The...
Jul 6 2016 // Katja Zigerlig has joined Hub Northeast as senior vice president, Fine Arts and Special Risks Group, responsible for developing business with collectors, museums, dealers and estates. Zigerlig will be based in the New York...
Jun 30 2016 // New York’s highest court has upheld court judgments against a steam valve manufacturer, citing its failure to warn of the dangers of using its valves with gaskets and packing that contain asbestos.The Court of...
Jun 24 2016 // Eighteen immigrant car wash employees in New York and New Jersey received more than $91,000 each as part of a federal court settlement for unpaid wages, making it the biggest per-worker recovery in the car wash industry,...
Jun 21 2016 // The Hudson River may still become a major corridor for the shipment of thick, tar sands oil from Canada despite moves last year by New York officials that many thought stopped those efforts.At issue is a key air permit...
Jun 20 2016 // Erie Indemnity, the managing company for Erie Insurance, has named Timothy G. NeCastro as Erie Insurance’s president and CEO-designate effective June 1.NeCastro is a 20-year veteran of the company. He will succeed...
Jun 20 2016 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pick to serve as the state’s top financial regulator on June 8 signaled she would take a more business-friendly approach than her predecessor, who was known for his pursuit of big...
Jun 17 2016 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced that it has acquired Total Program Management LLC in Ronkonkoma, New York, for cash. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2005, Total Program Management is a...
Jun 16 2016 // The New York State on Wednesday confirmed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s pick to become the state’s top financial regulator.The confirmation vote for Maria Vullo, Cuomo’s nominee for superintendent of the New...
Jun 16 2016 // Citigroup Inc. sued AT&T Inc. on Friday, saying the phone company’s use of “thanks” and “AT&T thanks” in a new customer loyalty program infringed its trademark rights to the phrase...
Jun 14 2016 // Ironshore International has announced its global Mergers & Acquisitions unit will establish an office for transactions in the North and Latin American regions. The Americas team will be led by Navine K. Aggarwal,...
Jun 13 2016 // Limited opioid prescriptions, greater funding for addiction treatment and more support for people trying to stay clean: those are some of the proposals for attacking New York’s heroin and opioid problem released by...
Jun 13 2016 // New York’s highest court ruled on June 9 that Bank of America must disclose to an insurer communications it had with Countrywide Financial six months before the bank bought the mortgage lending company in 2008. The...
Jun 13 2016 // A successful chief financial officer needs to be collegial, cooperative, highly visible and a strategic thinker who has the ability to view corporate risks holistically, according to Jonathan Reiss, CFO of Bermuda-based...
Jun 10 2016 // A New York doctor is headed to prison for three years for his role in a long-running bribes-for-test-referrals scheme involving a New Jersey lab company.Federal prosecutors say Bret Ostrager received a 37-month sentence...