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Sentinel Marine Underwriters Hires Chung in New York City, Klein in Baltimore

Sep 16 2019 // Sentinel Marine Underwriters (SMU), a specialty managing general agency that is part of AmWINS Underwriting and is dedicated to providing cargo-in-transit and cargo stock-throughput insurance for a variety of insureds in...

New York Finds $1B in Hidden Transfers by Purdue Pharma’s Sackler Family

Sep 16 2019 // The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves, New York’s attorney general contends in court papers filed Friday.New York – asking...

Facing Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits, Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Sep 16 2019 // OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday night, succumbing to pressure from more than 2,600 lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic.Purdue’s board met...

TigerRisk Partners Appoints Gupta as Chief Operating Officer in New York

Sep 13 2019 // TigerRisk Partners LLC, a risk, capital and strategic advisor to the global insurance and reinsurance industries, has appointed Manoj Gupta as chief operating officer.Prior to joining TigerRisk, Gupta was president of...

Professional Insurance Agents of New York Names Tomassi as President

Sep 13 2019 // John R. Tomassi was named president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY), at a meeting of the association’s board of directors today at PIANY headquarters in Glenmont, N.Y.Tomassi is a partner in...

Hardening Markets, Social Inflation, E&S Business: Berkley, AIG Execs Face Analysts

Sep 13 2019 // The commercial general liability line will be the next property/casualty line to harden, the chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp. predicted at an industry conference.Speaking at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance...

Gallagher Hires Kambos to New York Management Liability Practice

Sep 12 2019 // Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has hired Mike Kambos as its area senior vice president for New York’s Management...

States Take Aim at SEC’s New Broker-Dealer Adviser Rule

Sep 11 2019 // New York and a half dozen other states accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of botching a final regulation intended to protect broker-dealer customers from conflicts of interest under the landmark Dodd-Frank Act...

New York Department of Transportation Employee Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Sep 10 2019 // A New York State Department of Transportation employee has been arrested on charges that he defrauded the workers’ compensation system and stole more than $11,000 in insurance benefits to which he was not...

Unlicensed Labor Broker Indicted in New York for $1M Insurance Fraud Scheme

Sep 9 2019 // Unlicensed labor broker Salvador Almonte Jr. and insurance broker Steven Asvazadourian have been indicted in New York for an insurance fraud scheme in which they underreported the size of Almonte’s companies and lied...

Starr Insurance Sues to Rescind Coverage for Plane Used by Lawyer Avenatti

Sep 8 2019 // An insurance unit of Starr International Company Inc. on Friday sued Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer known for his battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, to rescind coverage of an airplane that Avenatti used,...

OSHA Cites New York Frozen Foods Packager for Exposing Employees to Hazards

Sep 6 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Arbre Group Holding – doing business as Holli-Pac Inc. – for willful and serious violations of workplace safety and...

Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Hires Greene as VP, Broker in New York Office

Sep 6 2019 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, a distinct business unit of H.W. Kaufman Group solely dedicated to wholesale insurance brokerage, has hired Anthony Greene to its leadership team.Greene joins the Burns & Wilcox Brokerage...

Vaping Lung Illness May Be Linked to Cannabis Product, Say Health Officials

Sep 6 2019 // Severe, mysterious lung illnesses that have struck more than 200 people around the country may be tied to an ingredient in cannabis-containing vapor products, said the New York State Department of Health.New York and other...

Purdue Pharma Floats $10-$12 Billion Opioid Settlement: Reuters

Aug 28 2019 // OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, are in discussion to settle more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits against the company for $10 billion to $12 billion, two people familiar with the matter said...

Off-Duty New York City Police Department Officer Indicted for Insurance Fraud

Aug 26 2019 // A New York City Police Department officer has been indicted for insurance fraud, falsifying business records and related charges for allegedly filing a false insurance claim stating his vehicle was stolen when the same car...

Everest Insurance Adds Three Members in Pennsylvania, New York

Aug 23 2019 // Everest Insurance has added three members to the Financial Lines Private Company/Not‐For‐Profit group. This group provides management liability insurance for private and not‐for‐profit companies of all sizes and...

Alliant Insurance Services Hires Spofford as Vice President in New York

Aug 22 2019 // Alliant is continuing to grow its presence in Albany, N.Y., with the addition of Vice President Chris Spofford.The property and casualty specialist will leverage his regional expertise and technical background to deliver a...

JenCap to Buy Program Administrator Aran Insurance Services

Aug 21 2019 // JenCap Holdings, a consolidator of specialty insurance businesses backed by The Carlyle Group, has agreed to acquire privately-held Aran Insurance Services Group, a specialty program administrator with offices in Arizona,...

After Solar System Fires, Walmart Sues Tesla for ‘Widespread Negligence’

Aug 21 2019 // Walmart Inc. on Tuesday sued Tesla Inc., accusing it of “widespread negligence” that led to repeated fires of its solar systems and asking a court to force Tesla to remove solar panels from more than 240 of its...