All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2015 // Hub International Northeast, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Lynn Killeen as first vice president of Private Client Services, focusing on further developing Hub’s family office practice.Based out...
Jan 29 2015 // A blizzard in the Northeast this week primarily impacted eastern Long Island in New York, southeastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod and the islands, New Hampshire, and Maine, with record...
Jan 29 2015 // New Englanders savaged by a blizzard packing knee-high snowfall and hurricane-force winds began digging out Wednesday, grudgingly praising forecasters who got grief from New Yorkers and others spared its full fury.The...
Jan 28 2015 // Reopen Broadway, start up the trains, get the commuters back on the road. The great New York City blizzard of ’15 was a bust.Not that there was no snow — Manhattan’s Central Park had 7.9 inches (20...
Jan 27 2015 // Lawley Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Buffalo, New York, will expand into Connecticut through a merger with DFM Insurance Inc. based in Darien, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jan 27 2015 // A blizzard swept across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, dropping as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow across Massachusetts and Connecticut even as its impact on New York City fell short of dire predictions.The...
Jan 27 2015 // The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall.Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted and New...
Jan 26 2015 // Joan Rivers’ estate sued the New York City surgical center where complications during a medical procedure led to the comedian’s death, saying it provided reckless and negligent treatment, violated her privacy...
Jan 26 2015 // Brownyard Group, a Bay Shore, New York-based program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, announced two promotions in its beauty and pest control programs. Kathy Lopez was...
Jan 26 2015 // A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools...
Jan 26 2015 // The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) is urging the New York state government to stop its practice of diverting assessments levied on New York-domiciled insurers to fund non-insurance programs and operations.NYIA said...
Jan 26 2015 // New York’s data security law is weak and should be overhauled to require businesses to protect the personal information of consumers and employees, the state’s top law enforcement official said.New York...
Jan 25 2015 // New York’s attorney general has opened a criminal probe into accusations by Hurricane Sandy victims that insurance companies rejected claims for flood damage to their properties based on falsified engineering...
Jan 23 2015 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) in New York hosted its 20th Annual Insurance Leader of the Year Award Dinner on Jan. 21 in honor of Mike McGavick, chief executive officer of XL Group...
Jan 23 2015 // New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reaped millions of dollars in kickbacks in a 15-year conspiracy that involved medical referrals, real estate developers and law firms, the U.S. said.Silver, 70, used his position to...
Jan 23 2015 // Travelers Cos. Chief Executive Officer Jay Fishman is reducing his activities that aren’t tied to the company after being diagnosed with a neuromuscular condition.“I have already begun to cut back fairly...
Jan 21 2015 // Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., the Bermuda-based company co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, has picked Short Hills, New Jersey, as the location for a new U.S. subsidiary.Shane Haverstick, senior vice president of...
Jan 20 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Omni Risk Management and Omni Benefits in Smithtown, New York. The firm specializes in coverage for commercial insurance with a specialty in construction coverage, surety bonding, personal...
Jan 20 2015 // The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) is urging the New York state government to stop its practice of diverting assessments levied on New York-domiciled insurers to fund non-insurance programs and operations.NYIA said...
Jan 20 2015 // About 3,000 Superstorm Sandy victims who were either wrongly given storm recovery aid or who were overpaid would not have to repay the federal government under legislation to be introduced this week by two New Jersey...