All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2016 // The number of drivers issued a ticket for talking on a hand-held cellphone is dropping in New York state — though more people than ever are being caught texting while behind the wheel.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said...
Apr 8 2016 // Uber and Lyft are gearing up for a campaign to expand their ride-hailing operations into upstate New York to include Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany.New Yorkers for Ridesharing, a coalition of more than 50 groups...
Apr 8 2016 // A New York health insurer’s study shows 10 common conditions like sinus infections and sprains represented more than 2 million visits to hospital emergency rooms statewide and cost about $1.3 billion in 2013.The...
Apr 7 2016 // An insurance scam that involved selling bogus liability policies — including one to the operator of the New York tour boat Ethan Allen before it sank in 2005 — has gotten a mention in the data leak dubbed...
Apr 6 2016 // Anbang Insurance Group Co., which walked away from a bid to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. last week, has agreed to buy Allianz SE’s operations in South Korea.The Chinese insurer will purchase...
Apr 5 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Maggs & Associates in Schenectady, New York. Terms of the...
Apr 5 2016 // Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, a wholesale brokerage based in New York City, recently announced that its assets will be acquired by private-equity giant Carlyle Group. Terms of the transaction were not...
Apr 4 2016 // An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, killing two people and sending more than 30 others to hospitals, authorities said.Train 89 was heading...
Apr 4 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., an insurance holding company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is continuing its expansion into the Northeast.The company announced in March that its subsidiary Universal Property &...
Apr 1 2016 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders reached a deal on Thursday to raise New York state’s minimum wage towards $15 per hour, but fell short of a uniform state-wide increase.The deal outlines a...
Apr 1 2016 // A federal judge on Thursday reduced by more than two-thirds the maximum sum a Swedish woman can recover after having prevailed in a jury trial against a New York financier she accused of sexual harassment and...
Mar 30 2016 // MetLife Inc. beat back a U.S. attempt to label it too big to fail, which would’ve put America’s biggest life insurer under tougher government scrutiny and forced it to put more money in reserves.A federal judge...
Mar 29 2016 // Celeste Koeleveld has been appointed general counsel at the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS).Koeleveld will lead DFS’s Office of General Counsel and be responsible for all legal matters in the...
Mar 29 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc, the retail property/casualty brokerage operation of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced the acquisition of Continuum Solutions Ltd. in New York City. Terms of the...
Mar 28 2016 // Pioneer Bank, based in Troy, New York, announced that it will acquire Anchor Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency in Albany, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1960, Anchor Agency...
Mar 25 2016 // New York’s Assembly voted 113-25 on March 22 to legalize mixed martial arts, clearing the way for fights late this year and expanding the combat sport into the last state to still prohibit it.New York Gov. Andrew...
Mar 25 2016 // New York’s former Senate leader and his son, who were convicted alongside one another on charges that the once-powerful Republican used his office to extort about $300,000 in salary and other benefits for the son,...
Mar 24 2016 // More than 100,000 New York state residents are now trained in how to help out during a natural or man-made disaster. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Citizen Preparedness Corps reached the milestone on March 21. The...
Mar 24 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., an insurance holding company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that its subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC) has been approved by the New...
Mar 24 2016 // R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC in Chicago, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Hartan Brokerage, a wholesale insurance...