All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2023 // Donald Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday urged a New York judge to declare a mistrial in a civil fraud case over his family real estate company’s business practices, but the former U.S. president faces long odds of...
Nov 15 2023 // Authorities are investigating the deaths of more than two dozen racehorses in a barn fire at an upstate New York track that they believe was deliberately set.The horses were killed early Thursday after the barn where they...
Nov 14 2023 // American Coastal Insurance Corp., formerly affiliated with Florida-based United Property & Casualty Insurance, announced it has a cash buyer for Interboro Insurance Co. in New York.According to the company, the unnamed...
Nov 14 2023 // New York City’s Columbia University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) announced a plan that includes a $100 million fund for survivors to address the abuse and trauma inflicted by former...
Nov 14 2023 // Executive Summary: The potential for satellite technology to revolutionize claims management has long been recognized but has only recently been realized with technological advancements. Satellite-based data can give the...
Nov 9 2023 // National specialty broker Risk Strategies has added a Long Island commercial lines agency to its roster.Boston-based Risk Strategies announced its acquisition of Prince Associates, Inc., a multi-line retail independent...
Nov 9 2023 // More than half of the U.S. and parts of Canada, home to around 180 million people, could fall short of electricity during extreme cold again this winter due to lacking natural gas infrastructure, the North American...
Nov 8 2023 // Western New York’s Evans Bancorp, Inc. has agreed to sell its insurance agency operation, The Evans Agency, to global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for $40 million.The net gain on sale, on an...
Nov 7 2023 // A man whom federal prosecutors in New York say was the mastermind behind a $40 million automobile insurance fraud scheme pleaded guilty on Friday to bribery, health care fraud and identify theft charges.Alexander Gulkarov,...
Nov 6 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear an appeal by the National Rifle Association of a case in which it accuses a New York insurance regulator of violating its free speech rights when she urged insurance...
Nov 6 2023 // A gas explosion collapsed part of a brick multifamily building north of New York City, trapping victims in the rubble and injuring 10 people, according to officials.There were no fatalities in the Thursday afternoon...
Nov 6 2023 // American International Group, headquartered in New York, New York, hired Edward Dandridge as executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer. During his tenure at AIG, Dandridge has served as chief...
Nov 3 2023 // Uber Technologies has reached a settlement with the New York State Department of Labor to help ensure that eligible drivers and couriers can obtain unemployment benefits, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday.The...
Nov 2 2023 // Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle claims by New York’s attorney general that the ride-sharing companies systematically cheated drivers out of pay and benefits.Attorney General Letitia James...
Nov 2 2023 // New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with one of the nation’s largest title insurance companies to end its poaching agreements with competitors. The insurer, First American Financial Corp.,...
Nov 1 2023 // Ivanka Trump’s testimony at her father’s New York civil fraud trial is being delayed until next week so there is sufficient time for her to be questioned, a judge said Monday.Former President Donald...
Nov 1 2023 // Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York has made available approximately $192.8 million provided in the first year of the opioid settlement agreements to support a variety of prevention, treatment, harm reduction,...
Oct 31 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against several companies including gas station operators in New Jersey, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands to address alleged violations of federal laws...
Oct 30 2023 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. gave notice of its intention to delist from the London Stock Exchange.Marsh & McLennan explained the action by saying that the majority of trading in the company’s securities...
Oct 30 2023 // A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two of the largest flood control projects designed to protect the densely populated cities of New Jersey that lie just...