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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...

Worldwide Facilities Hires Curry as Senior Vice President in New York Office

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...

New York’s Fullerton Beck Taps Pedro to Manage Newly Opened New Jersey Office

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...

Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 100 Coronavirus Cases in New York State

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...

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

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,...

New York-Area Financial Firms, Insurers Implement Travel Policies for Coronavirus

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...

New York Bill Requiring Backseat Buckle Up Passes Legislature

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...

InsurTech NY Announces Finalists for 2020 InsurTech Competition

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...

Risk Modeling Firm Verisk Cancels Live Event Over Virus, Goes Virtual for Cyber Seminar

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...

Officials Try to Calm Nerves as New York Reports First COVID-19 Case

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...

EXL Appoints Mahon as Executive VP, Chief Growth and Strategy Officer in New York

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...

Chubb Names Buonpane as Construction Industry Practice Leader in New York

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...