All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2014 // A former Long Island Rail Road conductor has been ordered to repay nearly $295,000 in connection with the LIRR disability fraud case in New York.Christopher Parlante was a key government witness in two trials that ended in...
May 22 2014 // Private sector occupational injuries in New York cost the state economy $10.9 billion between 2010 and 2012, according to a report released this month from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.The report, titled...
May 22 2014 // New York state lawmakers have passed legislation proposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio that would prevent higher tax bills for city residents who rebuilt or repaired their homes after they were damaged by...
May 21 2014 // New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked a judge to dismiss American International Group Inc.’s lawsuit against the state’s top financial regulator, saying the insurer is trying to interfere with a...
May 20 2014 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed new regulations to oversee private equity and investment firms’ acquisitions of insurance companies, especially acquisitions of annuity companies, in...
May 19 2014 // Chester A. McPherson, who has been serving as interim commissioner for the Washington, D.C., Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB), has been appointed as acting commissioner, D.C. Mayor Vincent C....
May 19 2014 // Chester A. McPherson, who has been serving as interim commissioner for the Washington, D.C., Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB), has been appointed as acting commissioner, D.C. Mayor Vincent C....
May 15 2014 // A plastic surgeon who has appeared on television to talk about the procedures she offers has settled with the family of a New York woman who died following a liposuction procedure.Legal documents filed last week say Dr....
May 15 2014 // Insurance companies that provide protection to Sears Holdings Corp. suppliers have scaled back policies in recent months, people with knowledge of the matter said, following seven years of declining sales at the...
May 15 2014 // AerCap Holdings NV completed its $7.6 billion purchase of International Lease Finance Corp., creating the largest independent jet-leasing firm and a windfall for seller American International Group Inc.ILFC, which...
May 14 2014 // New York’s investigation into whether Airbnb Inc. allows users to run illegal hotels hit a setback when a judge ruled that a request for information about the service’s rental home providers was too...
May 14 2014 // American International Group Inc. stands to get an extra $2 billion from the cash-and-stock sale of its plane-leasing unit after acquirer AerCap Holdings NV almost doubled in New York trading.AerCap has jumped since...
May 14 2014 // American International Group Inc. defrauded the U.S. by failing to disclose it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations with the government over a bailout in the financial crisis, a former executive...
May 9 2014 // The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should come up with a plan to get the system ready “for the challenges of the next century,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday in a letter to the head of the...
May 8 2014 // Assurant Inc., a New York-based provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announced its president and chief executive officer Robert B. Pollock, 59, plans to retire as an officer and...
May 7 2014 // New York State senators have voted to require blood-alcohol tests of all drivers following serious accidents.The Senate passed the legislation on Monday. It would mandate that police test the alcohol levels of all drivers...
May 7 2014 // American Airlines, United Airlines and the World Trade Center leaseholder do not have to pay a property developer environmental cleanup costs from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks, a U.S. appeals court ruled on...
May 5 2014 // Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm, recently hired Bill Motherway as president of the firm’s New York operations.A 30-year veteran of the...
May 5 2014 // The politically connected former CEO of a prominent New York City charity admitted on April 23 he helped steal more than $9 million from the organization in an insurance scheme that authorities linked to campaign...
May 5 2014 // When suburban New York delicatessen owner P.J. Whelan heard the findings of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York poll released on April 21 regarding Superstorm Sandy’s effect on small businesses, he began nodding in...