All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added new leadership to its Executive & Professional Lines as part of the company’s expansion of its dedicated underwriting capabilities in the U.S. According to...
Oct 21 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, today announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in...
Oct 20 2015 // Risk Strategies Company, a Boston-Based insurance and benefits brokerage, and Kelso & Company, a New York City-based private equity firm, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Kelso will...
Oct 20 2015 // Three former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP avoided potential prison terms after a Manhattan jury failed to agree on whether they lied to investors in the run-up to the largest law-firm bankruptcy in history.The...
Oct 19 2015 // Zurich announced that Paul Horgan, previously head of Group Reinsurance, has been appointed CEO of Zurich’s Global Corporate in North America (GCiNA) business.As CEO, Horgan is now accountable for the direction,...
Oct 19 2015 // New York State authorities have ordered Health Republic Insurance of New York, a nonprofit insurance cooperative, to stop writing new policies and wind down business after existing policies expire, citing the likelihood...
Oct 19 2015 // A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts increased greatly after industrialization, and major storms that once might have occurred every 500 years could...
Oct 16 2015 // It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to...
Oct 16 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Oct. 14 new measures to support a statewide task force to combat worker exploitation. The measures include a new $700,000 funding to coordinate outreach and education with workers...
Oct 15 2015 // A New York woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers...
Oct 14 2015 // Amtrak is getting $275 million of reinsurance protection from the capital markets for its wholly owned captive, covering storm surge, wind and earthquake perils, according to GC Securities.GC Securities, the capital...
Oct 13 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Oct. 8 joined government leaders worldwide in signing an agreement to help combat global warming and keep the Earth’s average temperature from rising dangerously.The Under Two MOU, a...
Oct 13 2015 // A Manhattan jury on Tuesday acquitted three former executives of bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf of several criminal charges but remained deadlocked on most of the charges, including the most serious, grand...
Oct 12 2015 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced that the New York-based Freedom Specialty Insurance Company is taking on the Nationwide name, effective Oct. 8.Freedom Specialty’s rebranding aims to leverage...
Oct 12 2015 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired the operations of Oxford Coverage in Brooklyn, New York. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Oxford Coverage is a brokerage...
Oct 9 2015 // Bailey Place Insurance, an independent agency with offices in Cortland, Dryden and Ithaca, New York, announced that it will acquire the Cotterill Agency Inc., an independent agency based in Dryden, New York, effective Dec....
Oct 9 2015 // Fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings are coming under further pressure as a player in Kentucky accused them of negligence and fraud in a lawsuit.Adam Johnson, a daily fantasy player from Jefferson County, says...
Oct 8 2015 // New York state is setting aside $20 million to build affordable housing units in communities that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy and other severe weather systems in recent years. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office...
Oct 7 2015 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is proposing the largest fine to date against a drone operator as the agency cracks down on the booming use of unmanned aircraft in congested skies over populated areas.The agency...
Oct 6 2015 // A Jericho, New York, insurance broker pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $830,000 in insurance premiums and other funds, said Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas’ office.Singas’ office said...