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Travelers Must Pay $2M for Yacht Lost in Irma: Florida Law Bars ‘Technicality’ Denials

Jun 28 2023 // Travelers must pay a $2 million claim by the owner of a 92-foot-long yacht that was sunk by Hurricane Irma because Florida law does not allow insurers to deny claims based on inconsequential technicalities.A panel of the...

New York City Gets $25M for E-Bike Charging Stations to Prevent Battery Fires

Jun 28 2023 // After a series of fires involving faulty e-bike batteries including a recent blaze that claimed four lives, New York City officials announced Sunday that they are receiving a $25 million emergency grant from the federal...

Credit Ratings for New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal Downgraded

Jun 28 2023 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A-(Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of New York...

New York City Seeks Public Help With E-Bike Crackdown After Deadly Fires

Jun 27 2023 // New York City officials called on the public to help with a crackdown on unsafe e-bike shops after a spate of deadly fires caused by lithium ion batteries, the latest of which killed four people in Manhattan’s...

People Moves: Abuzaid to Lead NFP Health & Safety; Cunningham Named Lockton Re North American Leader

Jun 26 2023 // NFP Appoints Abuzaid to Lead Its Occupational Health & Safety GroupInsurance brokerage NFP has appointed Hamid Abuzaid as the new leader of its occupational health and safety group (OHS). NFP is headquartered in New...

World Insurance Acquires The Mogil Organization of New York City

Jun 23 2023 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of The Mogil Organization LLC of New York, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Since 1957, Mogil has offered corporate and personal...

New York Lawmakers Approve Bill Removing Medical Debt From Credit Reports

Jun 23 2023 // Hospitals and other health care providers in New York would be banned from reporting medical debt to credit agencies under a bill passed this week by the state’s legislature – a measure intended to limit the...

New York Law Protecting Warehouse Workers From ‘Unreasonable Quotas’ Goes Into Effect

Jun 22 2023 // Legislation aimed at protecting New York warehouse workers from “unreasonably demanding work quotas” is now in effect.New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the Warehouse Worker Protection Act includes new...

Structured Settlement Cash-out Left Impaired Man with Little. Transamerica Not Liable

Jun 22 2023 // Transamerica’s annuity and life insurance units have dodged a bullet and are not liable for their roles in a mentally challenged man giving away most all of his lifetime structured-settlement benefits, a federal...

Three Die After Brother Crashes Into Vehicle Driven by Sister in New York

Jun 22 2023 // A third person has died following a head-on crash between two siblings in a rural town in western New York, officials said.Dahlia J. Klink, 24, was pronounced dead Sunday night from injuries she suffered after her younger...

Four Die As Fire in E-Bike Shop Spreads to Upper Apartments in New York City

Jun 21 2023 // A fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop early Tuesday spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others, authorities said.City fire officials said the blaze was reported shortly...

New York Governor to Propose State Regulation After Fatal Tour Boat Accident

Jun 20 2023 // Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she wants the state to have regulatory authority over boats that operate in caves and similar waterways following a fatal tour boat accident in an underground water tunnel off the Erie...

World Insurance Acquires Assets of Bryant Agency in Upstate New York

Jun 20 2023 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired substantially all the insurance assets of Bryant Asset Protection, Inc. of Slingerlands, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BAP...

Construction Owners Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Bonds for New York Storm Projects

Jun 20 2023 // Federal officials report they have charged two construction company owners with submitting fraudulent bonds in connection with storm recovery and reconstruction projects in New York.Rawinder Dhillon and Amninder Singh...

Bayer Reaches $6.9 Million Settlement With New York Over Roundup

Jun 19 2023 // Two companies that sell top brands of household weedkiller will pay $6.9 million for allegedly making false and misleading claims regarding the safety of their products as part of a settlement with the New York attorney...

People & Places

Jun 19 2023 // John Kuhn is now senior vice president, management liability and head of large public at Ascot.Based in the New York office, Kuhn will lead the development and execution of Ascot’s large public directors and officers...

MGM Denies Responsibility for ‘Fraudster’s’ Gambling Addiction

Jun 16 2023 // Gambling giant MGM Resorts International says it did nothing wrong in its dealings with a New York City man who accuses it of preying on his gambling addiction with repeated cash bonuses intended to keep him gambling.In...

New York High Court Upholds Electronic Data Logging for Commercial Trucks

Jun 16 2023 // New York’s highest court ruled that a state regulation requiring the installation of electronic logging devices in commercial motor vehicles does not violate the state constitution’s prohibition against...

Judge Allows Carroll to Amend Defamation Suit Against Trump to Add His CNN Comments

Jun 15 2023 // The New York author who won a $5 million sexual abuse trial against Donald Trump was allowed to expand an earlier defamation lawsuit to add remarks he made about her on a CNN town hall and seek at least $10 million more in...

Northeast Vineyards, Apple Orchards Still Hurting From May Frost Damage

Jun 15 2023 // Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have...