All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 11 2015 // U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co. and generated hundreds...
Nov 11 2015 // New York state authorities say they are taking additional steps meant to protect people covered by Health Republic Insurance as it shuts down.The New York State Department of Financial Services and Department of Health say...
Nov 10 2015 // Mayors of some of upstate New York’s largest cities have joined together to support Uber’s proposal to expand throughout the state.Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, Binghamton Mayor Richard David and Syracuse...
Nov 10 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in New Jersey...
Nov 5 2015 // Financial services company KeyCorp, which recently announced its plan to acquire First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, New York, said the company would leverage and grow First Niagara’s insurance brokerage...
Nov 5 2015 // Dual Commercial LLC, a specialty program administrator based in Naples, Florida, has hired John Broomfield as senior underwriter for the firm’s the Environmental Division. He is based in New York City. Broomfield has...
Nov 5 2015 // Results from recent child car seat inspections in New York indicate that parents need to do a better job of buckling up their little ones.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office says 931 car seats were inspected at a...
Nov 4 2015 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock dismissed activist investor Carl Icahn’s proposal to split the company into three insurers, saying a division would limit earnings diversity and...
Nov 3 2015 // New York conservation officials are proposing regulations for establishing official state projections of rising sea levels.The Department of Environmental Conservation says the projections will reflect the best science...
Nov 3 2015 // NSM Insurance Group, a program administrator based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, has hired Dan Mogelnicki as director of the Northeast region. He is based in New York City.In his role, Mogelnicki will be responsible for...
Nov 3 2015 // New York’s taxi industry says Uber’s proposal to expand outside of the New York City area threatens the jobs of dispatchers and others who work behind the scenes for cab companies around the state.The Committee...
Nov 3 2015 // Teri Pereira Brownyard Group, an insurance program administrator based in Bay Shore, New York, has promoted Teri Pereira to account manager of the Foundation program. The Foundation program provides specialized liability...
Nov 2 2015 // American International Group Inc., the insurer facing pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn for a breakup, posted a third-quarter loss as investment results deteriorated. The company plans to cut as many as 400...
Nov 2 2015 // New York State and federal authorities say the shutdown of Health Republic Insurance of New York should accelerate after they found it is in worse financial shape than they knew when it was ordered to stop writing new...
Oct 30 2015 // Superstorm Sandy in late October 2013 was Ohio’s sixth costliest natural disaster in recent history from an insured loss standpoint, an insurance trade group says.Moving inland after devastating parts of the East...
Oct 28 2015 // U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, is announcing legislation to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be more accountable to property owners who file claims.Gillibrand says many New Yorkers whose homes...
Oct 27 2015 // The acting head of New York’s Department of Financial Services will step down before the end of the year, giving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a run at reshaping a regulator that has levied billions of dollars of...
Oct 23 2015 // New York’s governor says he’s in favor of a statewide licensing system for Uber and Lyft as the two app-based car services look to expand throughout the state.Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Wednesday that a...
Oct 22 2015 // Uber wants to expand throughout New York state into cities like Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse and Rochester where the ride-hailing service is now prohibited from operating. A company executive on Tuesday called on state...
Oct 22 2015 // A group of carwash owners have filed a lawsuit against New York City charging a new law illegally favors unionized carwashes.The Association of Car Wash Owners lawsuit centers on rules that require owners of nonunionized...