All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2020 // New York state on Sunday announced new coronavirus-safety measures to better protect nursing home residents, who are highly vulnerable to the respiratory illness and account for a large share of the nearly 80,000 Americans...
May 10 2020 // Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 28%, or nearly 20,000, of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths happening in these long term care facilities, according...
May 10 2020 // Faced with 20,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort to get states to grant them emergency protection...
May 8 2020 // Traverse City, Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), has acquired three additional agencies — two in Michigan and one in New York.These new agency partners are: Trust Shield Insurance Group (TSIG)...
May 8 2020 // As a self-taught app developer, when Hayden Kopser sees a problem, he seeks to build a solution.So, when he observed during his time working at AIG that some brokerages weren’t adequately servicing high net worth...
May 7 2020 // Preferred Mutual Insurance Company has appointed two new members to the company’s board of directors.Joining the board are Heidi Hoeller, retired partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and Dr. Michael Hayduk,...
May 5 2020 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a reopening plan for New York businesses that includes four phases, each allowing businesses in select industries to open their doors.Businesses that are considered more...
May 5 2020 // Insurers are normally great with numbers. But the coronavirus pandemic has them struggling to estimate how many billions of dollars in losses they face, and what the fallout will be for their massive investment...
May 4 2020 // “DFS is committed to ensuring that the New York insurance market is transparent and that consumers receive the disclosures they need to make the best purchasing decisions for themselves.”— New York...
May 1 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. Most...
May 1 2020 // As White House economic reopening guidance expired on Thursday after two weeks in place, half of all U.S. states forged ahead with easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses in hopes of reviving...
Apr 30 2020 // CFC, a specialist insurance provider in emerging risk, has appointed Shannon Groeber to the newly created role of executive vice president. Working from CFC’s office in New York, Groeber will be responsible for...
Apr 30 2020 // New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has called on three multi-national insurance companies to end business ties with the coal industry, a move he says will protect clients from the effects of climate change and...
Apr 30 2020 // A federal appellate court on Tuesday overturned a jury’s award of $64 million against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. for allegedly breaching the terms of a reinsurance agreement.The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals...
Apr 29 2020 // The new coronavirus doesn’t care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections officers are just a 911 call away from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it.With N95 masks...
Apr 29 2020 // Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest leader last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office wrote in a letter...
Apr 27 2020 // Worldwide Facilities, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has hired Frank Caplan as an assistant vice president in the New York office. Frank has nearly 20 years of...
Apr 24 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. Most...
Apr 23 2020 // New York state brought civil charges on Tuesday accusing Mallinckrodt Plc of insurance fraud for misrepresenting the safety and efficacy of its opioid drugs, leading to medically unnecessary prescriptions.Governor Andrew...
Apr 22 2020 // COVID-19 has majorly disrupted the global economy, and while many business sectors are subjected to temporary shutdowns or bare minimum operations, the insurance industry is racing forward while confronting unprecedented...