All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2021 // The submission deadline for the 2021 InsurTech Early-Stage Competition is approaching on January 29, 2021.Global insurtech hub InsurTech NY and the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA), Bermuda’s independent...
Jan 21 2021 // It has long been understood that under New York law, an insurance company may recoup defense costs paid on behalf of an insured once it has been ultimately determined that there was no coverage in connection with the...
Jan 11 2021 // Smith Brothers Insurance has acquired New York-based independent insurance broker Shank & Falvey Insurance, with locations in East Greenbush and Kinderhook.The acquisition expands Smith Brothers’ footprint in...
Jan 7 2021 // A Lutheran church in New York City already reeling from the COVID-19 deaths of more than 60 members of the congregation has suffered a new trauma: Severe flood damage from the rupture of a major municipal water main.The...
Jan 5 2021 // Two businesses and their owners have been charged with fraud against the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF).Manuel Sanchez and his business Lagos Construction have been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for...
Dec 30 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Hiram Cohen & Son Inc. (HCS). The transaction became effective on December 1, 2020.HCS, founded in 1919, is still operated by descendants of Founder Hiram Cohen,...
Dec 30 2020 // New York has reached an agreement with defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy on a $406 million plan to clean up a massive plume of underground contamination left from Long Island’s heyday as a hub of...
Dec 29 2020 // A former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) officer has pled guilty to forging paperwork falsely claiming military service so that he could take time off.Kyle Bouille, of Corning,...
Dec 23 2020 // The owner of a sports complex in the upstate New York city of Binghamton says he plans to rebuild after its air-supported dome collapsed under this week’s record-breaking snowfall.No one was injured when one of the...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...