All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2014 // An orthopedist has been sentenced to eight years in prison for scheming to help New York’s Long Island Rail Road employees receive disability payments by exaggerating or making up ailments.Dr. Peter Lesniewski was...
Feb 26 2014 // A member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s cabinet acknowledged for the first time Monday that performance problems are the reason a contractor hired last year to handle applications for New Jersey’s biggest...
Feb 26 2014 // A New Jersey federal court is seeking ways to expedite the litigation process for hundreds of flood insurance coverage-related cases that have been filed in wake of Superstorm Sandy.The U.S. District Court for the District...
Feb 25 2014 // A faulty water heater flue pipe caused the carbon monoxide leak that killed a New York restaurant manager and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, a fire official said.Huntington Chief Fire Marshal Terence McNally...
Feb 25 2014 // New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on federal regulators to set guidelines to protect consumers as car companies collect personal information through “smart car” technology and sell it to third...
Feb 24 2014 // In the first month of 2014, the PIA affiliates in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York conducted their second-annual Market Trends Survey and found that the heralded hard market may not be launching as...
Feb 24 2014 // N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) would be hosting emerging Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) asset managers and brokers in a forum designed to further spark...
Feb 24 2014 // Officials investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a New York mall are concentrating on the heating system of a restaurant there.A manager at Legal Sea Foods restaurant died and more than two dozen others were sent to...
Feb 24 2014 // The world that Henry Ford put on wheels is poised for a stall.In the globe’s growing megacities, pollution and gridlock are putting a damper on driving. In India, some commuters are leaving their cars at home to...
Feb 24 2014 // Lockton Cos. announced Frank Vento has joined as vice president and leader of the investment management practice in Lockton’s Washington, D.C., office.In his new role, Vento will help develop risk management and...
Feb 24 2014 // New York’s financial regulator recently revealed new details on his agency’s plans to govern virtual currency firms in the state in order to protect consumers and combat money laundering. Benjamin Lawsky,...
Feb 20 2014 // Insurance trade groups this week welcomed the New York Court of Appeals’ reversal of its June 11, 2013, decision on K2 Investment Group, LLC v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., a case that has been...
Feb 20 2014 // Since his ouster from American International Group Inc. in 2005, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has been quietly building an insurance and investment conglomerate that people close to him describe as a mini version...
Feb 20 2014 // Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Criminal Justice have developed commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using to fight crime.Leslie Kennedy and Joel Caplan of Rutgers...
Feb 19 2014 // Bank of America Corp.’s $8.5 billion settlement with mortgage-bond investors won’t be delayed after American International Group Inc. and other objectors asked for a hearing to address loan modifications...
Feb 18 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Brody Fontaine to join its New York office as group benefits advisor. Fontaine will focus on building the benefits practice for Heffernan, focusing on mid-size employers.Fontaine...
Feb 14 2014 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche is increasing returns for shareholders as he targets job cuts to simplify the firm.AIG boosted its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to 12.5 cents a...
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine.In...
Feb 13 2014 // CED 1976 LLC, a Fairlawn, N.J.-based managing general underwriter, has appointed Diane Fowler as director of marketing for its Jewelers unBLOCKed product. She is based in New York. In her new role, Fowler will lead...
Feb 12 2014 // New York State’s new health exchange reports nearly 697,000 New Yorkers have completed applications for insurance while more than 412,000 of them have now enrolled for specific coverage.The health department says...