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Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List

Apr 13 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers.State...

4 Ways COVID-19 Will Change Cannabis and Insurance

Apr 9 2020 // One may not need to be able to read the cannabis leaves to divine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis and insurance.Some good guesses from any insurance professional with their foot in the door of a dispensary,...

Amazon Tests Hospital Workplace Safety Idea With Disinfectant Fog at Warehouse

Apr 9 2020 // Amazon.com Inc. is testing the use of disinfectant fog at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York starting on Tuesday, the company told Reuters, following worker protests over the risk of coronavirus infection at the...

Van Gogh Theft Focuses Attention on Empty Museums’ Security During COVID-19 Crisis

Apr 8 2020 // The break-in lasted just minutes. At 3 a.m. on Monday, a thief — or thieves — forced open the glass doors of the Singer Laren museum in the Netherlands and headed straight for its prize exhibit: a Van Gogh oil...

States Need Data on Medical Workers’ Coronavirus Status

Apr 7 2020 // Experts and health officials who are trying to plan a response to the coronavirus outbreak are missing a critical piece of information — the number of health care workers who have tested positive for the...

Quantemplate Hires Fagg, Perry to New York Sales and Solutions Teams

Apr 6 2020 // Quantemplate, a provider of self-service, cloud-based automated data solutions for the (re)insurance industry, has hired Simon Fagg and Shannon Perry to its New York-based team.The new hires have joined both the sales and...

My New Markets

Apr 6 2020 // Market Detail: Rocklake Insurance Group (www.rocklakeig.com) offers multiple carriers for physical damage needs. It offers broad and limited forms with flexible options to choose which coverage fits the insureds’...

Insurance Is Not A Company’s Primary Line of Defense in a Crisis

Apr 6 2020 // Imagine your company having a Halloween party: Employees show up wearing costumes mocking your customers, says the chief executive of a New York commercial insurance brokerage we recently interviewed. “Now imagine...

Skarzynski Marick Announces New Attorneys and Expansion of Cyber Practice

Apr 2 2020 // New York, NY, April 2, 2020 – Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP continues to grow and is excited to announce the addition of partners Samantha Riley, Jessica Cavallo and Suzanne Whitehead; the promotion of Rebecca...

Coronavirus Infections on Rise in Already-Strained Urban Police Departments

Mar 31 2020 // When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus.Similar scenes play out all over the city daily: officers...

New York City Subway Driver Killed in Fire Being Investigated as Crime

Mar 30 2020 // A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime, officials said.Fires were reported at three other stations nearby at...

Home Health Providers at ‘Breaking Point’ as Coronavirus Ups Demand, Saps Supplies

Mar 27 2020 // Home healthcare providers, the lifelines to 12 million vulnerable Americans, are scrambling to decide how to serve patients who show symptoms of coronavirus — and how to ensure that the providers themselves neither...

New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits

Mar 27 2020 // Drivers for the online food delivery service Postmates Inc. are employees who are eligible for state unemployment insurance, New York’s top court has ruled.The ruling upsets the “gig” business model of...

Kirkland & Ellis Hires Hassouri in New York as Partner in Corporate Practice Group

Mar 25 2020 // Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired Parimah Hassouri to its New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.Her appointment follows the recent addition of Rajab Abbassi as a partner in New York and bolsters...

How East Insurance Regulators Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 25 2020 // As insurers continue to monitor the spread and impact of COVID-19, insurance regulators across the East region of the U.S. are issuing guidance on how the industry can respond.“There is almost no aspect of the...

What State Insurance Regulators Have Asked of P/C Insurers to Address Coronavirus

Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements.David A....

‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads

Mar 23 2020 // Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. The insurance companies offering this...

NY Regs Ask Insurers for Details of Business Interruption Policies in Wake of COVID-19

Mar 20 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has instructed insurers to submit details of business interruption policies that have been provided to insureds, as well as the coverage each policy offers...

New York OTDA Employee Arrested For Nearly $12K Sick-Leave Fraud

Mar 18 2020 // A New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) employee has been arrested after allegedly submitted 13 forged doctors’ notes over the course of six months to obtain 75 days of paid sick leave,...

New York Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Workers’ Comp System of More Than $5K

Mar 16 2020 // New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro has announced the sentencing of a Rochester, N.Y., woman who defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage...