All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 13 2020 // Worldwide Facilities, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has hired John Curry as senior vice president in its New York, N.Y., office location. Curry’s recent...
Mar 10 2020 // New York-based law firm Fullerton Beck LLP has opened its first New Jersey office in Red Bank. The firm also has an office in White Plains, N.Y.New Jersey insurance coverage attorney Verne Pedro, who started with the firm...
Mar 10 2020 // The number of coronavirus cases in New York state rose Sunday to more than 100, an expected increase Gov. Andrew Cuomo predicts will continue as more testing is done.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that the...
Mar 9 2020 // Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state after Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday confirmed 11 additional cases of COVID-19,...
Mar 5 2020 // Financial firms in New York City were testing remote-work capabilities, implementing new travel restrictions and canceling or modifying upcoming events as the coronavirus outbreak – already on the finance...
Mar 5 2020 // New York senators moved to strengthen the state’s seat belt laws Tuesday and approved a bill that requires backseat adult passengers to buckle up.The legislation, passed by the state Senate and Assembly, now moves on...
Mar 5 2020 // InsurTech NY, an insurtech community in the New York metro area, has announced the finalists of its 2020 InsurTech Competition.More than 200 startups applied to compete in a two-track competition, pitting early and...
Mar 4 2020 // Insurance data analytics and risk modeling firm Verisk has converted its Cyber and Casualty Seminar scheduled for March 10 in New York City from an in-person to a free virtual event “out of an abundance of caution...
Mar 4 2020 // New York leaders sought to calm jittery nerves Monday after the city recorded its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus, saying the disease – while dangerous – is a manageable threat.The state is...
Mar 4 2020 // EXL, an operations management and analytics company, has appointed Anita Mahon to the role of executive vice president and chief growth and strategy officer. Based in New York, she will also serve as a member of...
Mar 3 2020 // Chubb has named Stephen Buonpane as Construction Industry Practice leader for its large account segment. He succeeds Bill Hazelton who was recently named head of Chubb North America Claims.In this capacity, he will oversee...
Mar 3 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Melville, N.Y.-based CMS LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1996, CMS LLC is a full-service wholesale insurance broker working with agents across the U.S....
Mar 3 2020 // Walsh Duffield, a fifth-generation, family owned insurance company, has partnered with OSEA Inc., a 30-year-old environmental, health, safety and security consulting firm, to provide risk management services to its...
Mar 3 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services is requiring New York health insurers to waive cost sharing associated with testing for novel coronavirus, including emergency room, urgent care and office visits.New...
Mar 2 2020 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing defect in some initial coronavirus test kits that prompted some states to seek emergency approval to use their...
Mar 2 2020 // The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is seeking a preliminary injunction in federal court in an attempt to stop the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) from conducting enforcement proceedings...
Feb 28 2020 // New York’s governor says he will ask state lawmakers in coming days to approve $40 million to help state health officials respond to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters...
Feb 27 2020 // Greene & Associates, an East Aurora, N.Y.-based underwriting manager and wholesaler broker, recently announced the addition of Seth Fischer to its production team.Fischer brings 25 years of specialty underwriting,...
Feb 27 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has fined Asurion Insurance Services Inc. and Asurion Protection Services LLC (Asurion) four million dollars for providing inadequate consumer disclosures for...
Feb 26 2020 // Five children aged six to 17 and two adults were injured in a school bus accident Thursday about 60 miles northwest of New York City, according to state police.Troopers said a pick-up truck apparently rear-ended the...