All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced on Feb. 25 his administration would offer a mediation program to Sandy victims who are still in dispute with their insurers.Christie said his administration is establishing a new...
Mar 11 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Feb. 21 that the state’s Department of Financial Services is investigating the claims practices of three insurers following the aftermath of Sandy.The three insurers are:...
Mar 7 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state’s financial regulators will review post-Sandy mortgage practices by banks and mortgage servicers. The review is intended to examine whether homeowners who were...
Mar 7 2013 // A critical bloc in New York’s Senate is calling for up to a two-year delay in hydraulic fracturing for natural gas until an independent health review known as the Geisinger study is completed.The Independent...
Mar 6 2013 // Superstorm Sandy punished low-income people in New York and New Jersey, especially renters who are now at risk of being unable to find new homes, according to a pair of studies released on Wednesday said.Forty-three...
Mar 5 2013 // California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Brian Leidell to join its New York City office as vice president, professional lines practice. Leidell was most recently practicing insurance law for an...
Mar 4 2013 // MBIA Inc. on Monday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by Bank of America Corp. and Societe Generale SA challenging its 2009 restructuring, sending the bond insurer’s shares up 24 percent.New York Supreme Court Justice...
Mar 4 2013 // The New York Department of Financial Services says five of the state’s largest banks and mortgage services will have representatives available this week to help homeowners cash insurance settlement checks from...
Feb 28 2013 // Allstate Insurance Company said it is seeking to recover $1.7 million against New York area defendants in its second insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 46 fraud lawsuits in New York State...
Feb 28 2013 // New York regulators said this week insurers would be required to follow additional rules to expedite the resolution of remaining Sandy-related claims in New York.These new regulations will now cut the amount of time an...
Feb 27 2013 // An insurance industry association testified about insurers’ response to Superstorm Sandy and the lessons learned at a hearing Tuesday before the New York Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance.The American...
Feb 26 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday his administration’s plan to offer a mediation program option to Sandy victims who are in dispute with their insurers.Gov. Christie, seen here at a Jan. 24 news...
Feb 26 2013 // More than $80 million of after-tax net losses from Superstorm Sandy drove bottom-line red ink at New York-based Tower Group Inc., which reported a net loss of $52.1 million, or $1.36 per share, for the fourth quarter of...
Feb 25 2013 // The New York regulators’ latest Sandy response report cards show 272,878 Sandy-related claims — representing 70 percent of some 389,801 Sandy claims filed in the state — have been closed with payment, as...
Feb 25 2013 // Willis Group Holdings plc said Martin Sullivan – a former American International Group CEO who joined the brokerage in 2010 and has been serving as the Group’s deputy chairman and chairman and CEO of the Willis...
Feb 25 2013 // It’s been more than three months since Superstorm Sandy wrought havoc across the East Coast last fall. And since then, the property/casualty insurance industry has stepped up to deliver its promise to customers and...
Feb 22 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the Department of Financial Services is investigating the claims practices of three insurers following the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.The three insurers are:...
Feb 20 2013 // The leaseholder of the World Trade Center properties is asking a U.S. federal judge to reject arguments that American Airlines is not liable for damages stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings because the attacks were...
Feb 20 2013 // On the surface, things look calm and placid. Just beneath the waterline, however, it’s a different story.Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. A grandfather clock, deposited in a...
Feb 20 2013 // New York officials are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include Hudson River communities in a $20 million study of flood-prone areas in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Sen. Charles Schumer says local...