All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2016 // Haylor, Freyer & Coon Inc., an independent agency based in Syracuse, New York, announced the addition of three new managers for its newly launched Private Client Division. The agency hired Craig Van Epps as operations...
Jan 22 2016 // A dangerous winter storm will bring snow by the foot to the U.S. mid-Atlantic, including Washington, threatening at least 50 million people in its path while canceling thousands of flights and closing schools and...
Jan 21 2016 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo today nominated Maria Vullo, an attorney and former staffer, as superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The nomination comes eight months after the May 2015...
Jan 20 2016 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, says New York City could get $176 million in federal money for a proposed storm protection system.The Democrat says funding would be awarded via a national contest created by the...
Jan 19 2016 // Counting every raindrop or measuring every gust of wind is impossible, but New York is getting closer with a uniquely extensive statewide system of automated weather stations that should paint a dramatically clearer...
Jan 15 2016 // General Star has expanded its admitted architects and engineers professional liability coverage to Maryland and Virginia. Entering the eighth year of the A&E program, Maryland and Virginia join New York, New Jersey,...
Jan 13 2016 // After General Electric Co. began selling finance operations to exit too-big-to-fail status, American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock said it wasn’t clear that escaping the government...
Jan 13 2016 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced that it has acquired the business of Archer A. Associates Insurance, an independent agency based in Franklin Square on Long Island, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The...
Jan 12 2016 // SMP Consulting Group, a premium audit consulting firm based in Holbrook, New York, has appointed Edward Ragan as executive vice president of its aggregation/wholesale division, Specialty Markets Plus.Ragan has 35 years of...
Jan 12 2016 // New York authorities have charged a Niagara Falls man with larceny and insurance fraud, accusing him of collecting $82,000 from workers compensation over 13 years while self-employed. Inspector General Catherine Leahy...
Jan 11 2016 // Walsh Duffield Companies Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Buffalo, New York, announced that it has acquired Barry York Inc., an independent agency in Pittsford, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York....
Jan 11 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, announced that it has acquired Fair Price Insurance Inc., a specialty auto insurance agency based in the Bronx, New York City. Terms of the...
Jan 11 2016 // JLT Specialty USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has hired Brad Kotlewski as senior vice president. Kotlewski will be based in the New York City office.Kotlewski will join JLT’s...
Jan 11 2016 // Qualifying Life Event“This legislation will help expectant mothers get access to essential prenatal care and help build a stronger and healthier New York.” —New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a new law that...
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Jan 8 2016 // Hospitals and doctors told New York senators Wednesday they’ve got $200 million or more in unpaid bills because of last year’s financial failure of the insurance cooperative Health Republic, and they want the...
Jan 8 2016 // The New York Department of Motor Vehicles is warning drivers of the risk of identity theft from posting images of their newly-obtained permits and driver licenses on social media, particularly popular among young...
Jan 7 2016 // New York authorities announced that a Rochester, New York, couple has been charged with defrauding their Rochester insurance agency clients.Gary Gubiotti and Bonnie Gubiotti, both 67, are accused of stealing more than...
Jan 6 2016 // Canopius Group AG, a Zurich-based global specialty lines platform of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, has hired Ivan Breen as senior vice president of its U.S. Direct Property team.Breen is based in New York and will...
Jan 5 2016 // A former partner at consulting firm McKinsey & Co has been arrested on charges that he engaged in a scheme to submit fraudulent invoices and expenses to the company and clients, including State Farm, for more than...