All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 9 2020 // A New York man has been charged with arson and other crimes after allegedly setting fire to vehicles in a tow yard and filing an insurance claim to collect the cash.Egor Spiridonov, of Broad Channel, Queens, has been...
Nov 5 2020 // Applied Specialty Underwriters will concentrate on Casualty E&S markets nationwide, initially focusing on New York construction risks.Omaha, NE, November 5, 2020 — Steve Menzies, CEO of Applied Underwriters,...
Nov 4 2020 // Once a gleaming symbol of early 20th-century ambition and prosperity, Hoboken’s grand rail terminal now sits as a somber reminder of the daunting challenges facing mass transit in the New York region.Eight years ago...
Nov 3 2020 // Robinson+Cole has expanded its New York office with the addition of two partners, John F. McCarrick and Erica J. Kerstein, as well as two counsel, Phyllis A. Ingram and Sedgwick M. Jeanite, and four associates, Meryl E....
Nov 3 2020 // A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers’ lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic should have been brought to the Occupational...
Nov 2 2020 // A disbarred attorney based in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., has pled guilty in White Plains federal court to stealing government funds.Gustavo L. Vila’s plea results from his theft of approximately $1 million that the U.S....
Oct 29 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Sara Gundersen as executive vice president and Asian Risk Solutions segment leader...
Oct 28 2020 // Two civil rights organizations are suing New York City on behalf of protesters who say they were assaulted and abused by police officers because they expressed anti-police views during nightly demonstrations in the spring...
Oct 28 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has hired Renee Yozzi to lead Customer & Broker Engagement for the Eastern U.S. Region.Yozzi brings nearly 20 years of experience to BHSI. She most recently held the title...
Oct 23 2020 // Most crosswalks in New York City violate laws protecting people with disabilities by failing to properly protect blind and low-vision pedestrians, a judge ruled Tuesday.U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in Manhattan...
Oct 21 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor has executed a region wide corporate settlement agreement with Target Corp. to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety at about 200 of the retailer’s stores in...
Oct 21 2020 // Vouch Insurance, a business insurance platform for startups, has expanded its coverage into New York. The expansion is an effort to bring risk mitigation to local startups as they scale their technologies, according to a...
Oct 19 2020 // “While the urge to swerve is instinctual, it could cause you to lose control of your vehicle or drive into oncoming traffic, increasing the severity of a crash.”— Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer...
Oct 16 2020 // NFP, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered insurance broker and consultant that provides property and casualty (P&C), corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has hired Andrew Pendergast to its P&C...
Oct 14 2020 // Twitter Inc. suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a “simple” hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world’s most famous people in July, according...
Oct 14 2020 // altumAI, a worker health and safety software and analytics firm, has appointed insurance industry veteran Peter. H. Foley to Group Insurance officer.Based in New York City, Foley has joined the altumAI executive leadership...
Oct 13 2020 // New York City handed out 62 tickets amounting to more than $150,000 in fines during a weekend crackdown on violators of newly imposed restrictions in coronavirus hot spots, the city government Twitter account said...
Oct 13 2020 // InsurTech NY, an InsurTech community in the New York metro area, has announced its growth-stage InsurTech accelerator cohort.The 22 startups were selected to participate in its insurance carrier and broker sponsored...
Oct 8 2020 // A coalition of business advocacy and local government groups have renewed calls for reform to a New York law that has been on the books since the late 1800s.New York State Labor Law sections 240/241, known as the Scaffold...
Oct 8 2020 // Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an investigator to the scene of a small plane crash that killed a prominent attorney and his...