All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 17 2015 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) announced on Thursday the launch of its new online medical provider portal.NYSIF said the new portal will allow registered providers and third party billers to retrieve claims...
Jul 17 2015 // Benjamin Lawsky’s bank-busting reputation may have earned him his own tribute in this week’s landmark Iran nuclear agreement.Lawsky was the first superintendent of New York’s beefed-up banking and...
Jul 17 2015 // Nestle Purina Petcare Co.’s Beggin’ dog treats may fool dogs into thinking they are mostly made of real bacon, but a federal lawsuit claims that humans may be misled too.The proposed class action by Paul...
Jul 16 2015 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved an average 5.9 percent increase in workers’ compensation loss costs for new and renewal business to become effective on Oct. 1, 2015. The...
Jul 16 2015 // Amtrak recently reached a settlement with its primary insurers in a lawsuit in which the railroad operator sought to recoup additional proceeds for Superstorm Sandy losses from its insurers, according to court documents....
Jul 16 2015 // QBE Insurance Group Ltd., Australia’s second-largest insurer by market value, agreed to sell its North American mortgage and lender services business to National General Holdings Corp. for $90 million.The transaction...
Jul 14 2015 // New York considers drivers for ride-hailing car services such as Uber freelance workers rather than employees, according to the city’s chief taxi regulator, a policy that supports the company’s business...
Jul 14 2015 // New York City reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of an unarmed black man who died after being put in a choke-hold by a police officer.Eric Garner’s death in a confrontation over the sale of loose...
Jul 10 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), a U.S. subsidiary of London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc., hired Joe Taccetta as executive vice president.Taccetta will be based in New York where he...
Jul 10 2015 // New York state troopers say they issued more than 10,000 tickets over the July 4th holiday weekend. State police once again this year beefed up enforcement against holiday drivers who were impaired, distracted, speeding or...
Jul 9 2015 // The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division affirmed that a $5 million flood sub-limit in a builders risk policy that Zurich American Insurance issued to a New York property developer applies to the...
Jul 8 2015 // The New York Stock Exchange began reopening its two equity venues that were shut down for hours today by a computer malfunction.Shares started trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the biggest of the company’s...
Jul 8 2015 // The New York State Assembly recently approved a bill (A04458) that would require insurers to expedite claims investigation and settlement processes after declared disasters and emergencies.Under the legislation, which...
Jul 8 2015 // The New York Stock Exchange shut down its main market because of a computer malfunction, forcing traders to steer orders elsewhere in the biggest disruption to an American equity venue in almost two years.The suspension,...
Jul 8 2015 // The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) announced that the month of June 2015 marked the first month on record in FDNY’s 150-year history without any reported fire-related fatalities in New York City.“This...
Jul 7 2015 // Shelly DiBenedetto Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, hired Shelly DiBenedetto as claims counsel. In her new role, she will be responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to assist the...
Jul 6 2015 // New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would require new smoke detectors contain 10-year non-removable batteries.The bill, which would take effect in 2017, would make it illegal to sell smoke detectors with replaceable...
Jul 6 2015 // More than 6.6 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of hurricane storm surge with a total reconstruction cost value estimated to be nearly $1.5 trillion, according to a recently released report.The...
Jul 6 2015 // More than 6.6 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of hurricane storm surge with a total reconstruction cost value estimated to be nearly $1.5 trillion, according to an annual report released by...
Jul 6 2015 // Taxi operators are required to have commercial insurance that protects passengers and third parties (i.e., pedestrians and other drivers) in the event of an accident. – National Association of Insurance Commissioners New...