All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2018 // For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group.In fact, he was inflating charges and...
Oct 2 2018 // Officials say 12 buildings have to be torn down after two weekend fires devastated an Albany, N.Y., neighborhood.The Times Union reports the first fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, and the second fire was reported...
Oct 1 2018 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is taking new actions to address the opioid crisis in New York State.DFS issued a final regulation requiring insurers to include a formulary exception process for...
Oct 1 2018 // Marsh & McLennan, JLTMarsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about $5.7 billion to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services. New York-based Marsh said the purchase of...
Sep 28 2018 // Frenkel & Company, an EPIC Company, has hired Joseph Ferber as a principal in New York.Ferber will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. In his new role, Ferber will be...
Sep 27 2018 // Frenkel Benefits, an EPIC Company, has hired Nicholas Tunno as a principal in New York.Tunno will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. Tunno joins from the New York office...
Sep 24 2018 // The former longtime bookkeeper for an upstate New York tourism agency has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the organization.Kathryn Price pleaded guilty to grand larceny and criminal tax fraud Wednesday...
Sep 21 2018 // Most states have yet to adopt a cyber security model law for the insurance industry like the one approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 2017, but one expert believes the industry should be...
Sep 20 2018 // A federal judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed a criminal case brought against General Motors Co. in 2015 over the largest U.S. automaker’s handling of an ignition-switch defect linked to 124 deaths.U.S. District...
Sep 18 2018 // Ethos Specialty Insurance Services (Ethos), Ascot Group’s New York-based MGU platform, has appointed Rory Cline as president and CEO.Cline takes the helm from his current role as chief underwriting officer, having...
Sep 17 2018 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) has elected Jamie A. Ferris as president at a meeting of the association’s board of directors at PIANY headquarters in Glenmont, N.Y.Ferris is president of P.W....
Sep 17 2018 // Pryor Cashman hired insurance coverage attorney Christopher Loeber in the firm’s New York office to lead the newly-created Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice.With more than 20 years of experience, Loeber...
Sep 17 2018 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has announced plans to cut its rates in New York state.As a result, the company’s overall personal auto rate in New York will drop by 3.4 percent. The total statewide...
Sep 17 2018 // A former motor vehicle operator for the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been charged with making false statements to obtain federal employees’ disability compensation, according to a complaint unsealed in...
Sep 14 2018 // New York state’s top banking regulator on Friday sued the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, seeking to void its decision to begin granting national bank charters to financial technology companies.Maria...
Sep 14 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, has acquired the assets, employees and operations of Vanbridge LLC, a specialty insurance intermediary,...
Sep 12 2018 // New York has replaced London as the world’s top financial center as Brexit saps the confidence of U.K. industry professionals, according to a survey. Britain’s capital fell to second place in the Global...
Sep 7 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired United Dealer Services LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Based in Highland Mills, N.Y., United Dealer Services LLC is a retail insurance broker and program...
Sep 7 2018 // Marijuana advocates told a New York panel considering legalization that it should be affordable and accessible to everyone rather than enriching corporate producers and state tax coffers.Of about 30 people who spoke at the...
Sep 6 2018 // Pryor Cashman has hired insurance coverage attorney Christopher Loeber to the firm’s New York office to lead the newly-created Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice.With more than 20 years of experience, Loeber...