All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 17 2014 // FNA Insurance Services in New Hyde Park, New York, has hired Stephen J. Quirk as assistant vice president of executive benefits, responsible for overseeing the growth of individual life, disability and long term care...
Sep 12 2014 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers announced the bolstering of its middle market presence with the addition of two experienced brokers: Anne Webb, a managing principal, and Keren von...
Sep 12 2014 // After Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast nearly two years ago, the federal government quickly sent out $1.4 billion in emergency disaster aid to the hurricane’s victims.Now, thousands of people might have to pay...
Sep 12 2014 // From his perch in the Atlanta Braves infield on May 20, third baseman Chris Johnson heard what sounded to him like the crack of two bats in quick succession. The first was a line drive off the bat of Milwaukee Brewers...
Sep 10 2014 // Wright Specialty Insurance in Uniondale, New York, has promoted Kevin C. Beer to president and profit center leader from senior vice president of underwriting.Wright Specialty is a managing general underwriter and program...
Sep 10 2014 // Air strikes in Iraq, ongoing unrest in Syria and the beheadings of two American journalists are casting a long shadow over the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.While there is no specific threat against New York...
Sep 9 2014 // New York has an estimated 15,000 homes that have been abandoned by owners after receiving foreclosure notices. With no one taking care of the properties they often fall into disrepair, hurting surrounding neighborhoods and...
Sep 9 2014 // Almost two years after Superstorm Sandy struck, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sept. 5 that a storm-damaged Brooklyn housing project will get $108 million in federal relief, and said he expects Sandy funds...
Sep 8 2014 // Elected officials and union activists in New York are urging Sept. 11 responders to sign up for New York worker compensation benefits.They say that those who worked around the World Trade Center site should enroll with the...
Sep 4 2014 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) in Massachusetts has published a new report that examines the performance of the New York workers’ compensation system following reforms enacted in 2007.The new WCRI...
Sep 3 2014 // New York City says it has exceeded its post-Sandy housing recovery goal, reimbursing 500 homeowners and starting construction on 500 homes by Labor Day.The director of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office of Housing...
Sep 3 2014 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. should not have been ordered to pay former programmer Sergey Aleynikov’s legal fees to defend against criminal charges that he stole secret code from the bank’s computers, a divided...
Sep 3 2014 // On a tiny spit of land off Long Island in New York, the wealthy village of Asharoken faces a dilemma borne of Superstorm Sandy.Either it accepts millions of dollars in federal aid to build a protective sand dune and for...
Sep 3 2014 // An affiliate of Principal Financial Group Inc. bought a 49 percent stake in 77 Water St., a lower Manhattan office tower in New York City, from fellow insurer Travelers Cos. for $117.6 million.The interest in the 26-story...
Sep 2 2014 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based property/casualty insurer Zurich North America has named Paul Schiavone to lead its new private equity unit. The unit operates within the Global Corporate in North America (GCiNA) business...
Sep 2 2014 // A home-repair program in New York City has been sprinting to meet a self-imposed deadline to signal a turnaround in Superstorm Sandy recovery, and officials say they’re positioned to pass their test of rebuilding...
Aug 29 2014 // New York officials say $33 million in federal Sandy relief will be going toward the purchase of about 24 acres on Staten Island to control future flooding. Sen. Charles Schumer and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio...
Aug 28 2014 // IFG Companies announced Louis D. Levinson has joined the company as its new president in New York.Levinson was originally hired in August of 2013 but had to sit out a year until this month to assume the post because of a...
Aug 28 2014 // Actress Katherine Heigl and Duane Reade have come to an agreement in a lawsuit accusing the New York pharmacy of improperly posting to its social media accounts a paparazzi photograph of her leaving one of its stores.A...
Aug 28 2014 // A retired member of the New York City Police Department pleaded guilty to charges that he led a ring that directed hundreds of applicants for disability benefits to lie about their psychiatric conditions.Joseph Esposito,...