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Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s FBA National

Dec 18 2020 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired FBA National, a specialist in developing employee benefits solutions that align with an organization’s goals and...

The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Moran, Moran, & Dauphin Inc.

Dec 17 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Moran, Moran, & Dauphin Inc. (MMDI). The transaction became effective on November 1, 2020.Founded in 2006, MMDI operates as a full-service agency primarily providing...

Marshall & Sterling Insurance to Acquire New York’s Jaeger & Flynn Associates

Dec 17 2020 // Marshall & Sterling Insurance, a 100% employee-owned company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Jaeger & Flynn Associates Inc. (JFA), an employee benefits broker and third-party administrative services (TPA)...

Freeman Mathis & Gary Hires Santocki as a Partner in its New York City Office

Dec 16 2020 // Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP (FMG), a nationwide litigation law firm with 200 attorneys and 19 offices in 10 states, has hired Alicia Santocki as a partner in the New York City office.Santocki also will practice in...

New York Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Busted Following Two-Year Investigation

Dec 11 2020 // An enterprise insurance fraud scheme operating in lower Westchester and the Bronx has been taken down following a nearly two-year long investigation.Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. announced...

Fire Guts Historic Church Home to New York’s Liberty Bell

Dec 10 2020 // A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York’s Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city’s earliest days was gutted by a massive fire that sent flames shooting through the roof.The...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Cool Insuring Agency

Dec 10 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Queensbury, N.Y.-based Cool Insuring Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1857, Cool Insuring Agency provides commercial, personal, life and health...

Former Verizon N.Y. Employee Lied About Injuries, Collected $19K in Workers’ Comp

Dec 8 2020 // A former Verizon New York employee who allegedly lied to doctors about arm injuries to obtain more than $19,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been arrested. This comes after surveillance videos showed her...

Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York

Dec 7 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic...

Millennials, Women ‘Sandwiched’ as COVID-19 Shifts Caregiving Responsibilities

Dec 4 2020 // The demographics of the Sandwich Generation – those who care for both their children and aging parents – as well the financial responsibilities they face as a result of COVID-19— are changing.The Sandwich Generation...

Car-Sharing Firm Turo Plans Partial Return to New York After 7-Year Insurance Dispute

Dec 4 2020 // Car-sharing startup Turo Inc. is returning to New York, seven years after leaving the state that was once its biggest market over a dispute with regulators about insurance rules.Turo, which allows vehicle owners to put...

Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice

Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...

Johnson & Johnson to Pay $120 Million in NY Baby Powder Case

Nov 23 2020 // Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company’s baby...

New York Fines NRA $2.5M, Halts Its Insurance Business in the State for Five Years

Nov 19 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has entered into a settlement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to resolve alleged violations of New York insurance law.The settlement includes a monetary...

N.Y. Woman Sentenced for Stealing More Than $3K in Workers’ Comp Benefits

Nov 19 2020 // A New York woman who stole $3,065.28 in workers’ compensation benefits by forging her late father’s name in order to cash the checks has been sentenced to one year in jail.Bonnie S. Slater of Randolph, N.Y.,...

Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Hires Mancebo as a Partner in New York City

Nov 17 2020 // Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a national law firm serving the business and insurance communities and headquartered in Woodbury, N.Y., has hired John Mancebo as a partner in its New York City office. Mancebo, who...

People & Places

Nov 16 2020 // Brokers Guy Carpenter and Marsh, two business units of Marsh & McLennan, announced the appointment of Dean Klisura as president of Guy Carpenter, effective October 1, 2020.In this newly-created role, Klisura will be...

Ex-Employee Who Protested Safety Sues Amazon Alleging Bias in His Firing

Nov 13 2020 // A former Amazon.com Inc. worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing it of discrimination for firing him and for putting Black and Hispanic workers at...

New York Sues Sotheby’s for Helping Client Escape Sales Taxes on Artwork

Nov 10 2020 // Sotheby’s was sued on Friday by New York’s attorney general, who accused the auction house of defrauding the state by helping an important client avoid millions of dollars of sales taxes on art he...

Johnstone Partners Hires Friedman as an Adjuster in New York

Nov 9 2020 // Johnstone Partners has expanded its national risk management and claims adjusting practices with the hire of Andrew Friedman in New York.Friedman joins Johnstone Partners as an adjuster with six years of claims experience....