All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2016 // The New York Health Exchange says more than 2.8 million people have signed up for Medicaid and low-cost insurance through its 2016 open enrollment that ended Jan. 31.According to state health officials, federal data show...
Feb 24 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced that it has acquired PriMed Consulting, an independent agency in Ocean Township, New Jersey. The deal represents The Hilb...
Feb 24 2016 // Utica Mutual Insurance Company in New Hartford, New York, said Richard P. Creedon officially began his tenure as chief executive officer of the company with the retirement of J. Douglas Robinson as CEO. Utica Mutual first...
Feb 24 2016 // Oscar Health Insurance Corp. CEO Mario Schlosser has found the strategy he says will build his startup into a million-customer player in the health insurance industry: use tight, exclusive networks with hospitals to sell...
Feb 23 2016 // Authorities said a former New York City police officer has been sentenced to two to six years in state prison for a scheme to defraud auto insurance companies.New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the...
Feb 22 2016 // Hub International Limited has hired Ross Albert as assistant vice president of Organizational Resilience and security risk management specialist for the Risk Services division. In this role, Albert will be responsible for...
Feb 22 2016 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016-17 fiscal year budget plan includes a proposal to expand the ability of some government entities to use owner-controlled insurance programs, also known as wrap-ups, for public works...
Feb 22 2016 // Holborn, an independent reinsurance broker based in New York City, has hired Stephanie Gould Rabin as senior vice president.In this role, Gould Rabin will be responsible for working closely with the firm’s analytics...
Feb 22 2016 // E-Cigarette Marketing“The health of New York City kids is not for sale.” —New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer on the need to investigate and regulate marketing of e-cigarettes. Stringer hosted a rally...
Feb 19 2016 // U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) wrote to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the federal agency to expand crop insurance for barley in all counties in New York where production is...
Feb 18 2016 // A conceivable diminishment in my pancake experience is what I’ll take away from the last two weeks of weird headlines tied to the topic of climate change.However, it was the rancor over the death of Supreme Court...
Feb 16 2016 // John L. Guadagno U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has hired John L. Guadagno as executive vice president of Binding Operations for its affiliate company, U.S. Risk Underwriters. At U.S. Risk, Guadagno’s focus will...
Feb 12 2016 // A U.S.-based insurer to the global shipping industry said it got government authorization to cover non-American companies transporting oil from Iran, potentially helping the Persian Gulf country to revive exports of crude...
Feb 11 2016 // Allyson Martin Hub International Northeast, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Allyson Martin as senior vice president and strategic real estate advisor. In this role, Martin will oversee the development...
Feb 11 2016 // Knoedler & Co, which before closing in 2011 was New York City’s oldest art gallery, has agreed to settle a lawsuit over an $8.3 million sale of a fake Rothko painting, just as its ex-president was preparing to...
Feb 10 2016 // When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150 industry leaders at a workshop on agent/broker mergers and acquisitions (M&A) recently, the mood was upbeat, since brokers are enjoying their best...
Feb 10 2016 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016-17 fiscal year budget plan includes a proposal to expand the ability of certain governmental entities to use wrap-ups for public works projects — but an insurance...
Feb 9 2016 // Holborn, an independent reinsurance broker based in New York City, has hired Stephanie Gould Rabin as senior vice president. In this role, Gould Rabin will be responsible for working closely with the firm’s analytics...
Feb 9 2016 // Andrew Forstenzer Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, has hired Andrew Forstenzer as general counsel. Throughout his professional career, Forstenzer has served in multiple leadership roles. Most...
Feb 9 2016 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) announced that its Board of Governors has unanimously elected Jeremy Attie as NYCIRB’s next president after a recommendation from a Search Committee made up...