All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2018 // Not so long ago, Hartford, Conn., was widely known as the insurance capital of the world. Today, interest has shifted to technology-led insurance firms, or InsurTechs, raising the question: Where is the InsurTech capital...
Mar 5 2018 // A man who doesn’t drink but was arrested on an impaired driving charge has settled his lawsuit against New York City for nearly $1 million.According to the Daily News, Oliver Wiggins says he was charged in a cover-up...
Feb 27 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton is ending its participation in an insurance program for members of the National Rifle Association, joining MetLife, United Airlines and other companies that have been canceling their business...
Feb 22 2018 // Amtrak could prevent New Jersey Transit trains from entering New York if NJ Transit doesn’t finish installing positive train control.Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson told a House subcommittee that Amtrak is...
Feb 22 2018 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired New York City-based Prosurance Redeker Group LTD., a specialty brokerage serving architects...
Feb 21 2018 // Everest Insurance has expanded the financial lines division of Everest Specialty Underwriters (ESU ), naming five professionals to its new Private Company/Not-For-Profit unit.The Private/NFP team is targeting small, middle...
Feb 20 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of the five states it is leaving to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit.MAPFRE has...
Feb 20 2018 // The Iroquois Group, an Allegany, N.Y.-based service provider for independent property and casualty insurance agencies, has promoted Kevin McKay to regional vice president of its Northeast region. McKay is a Londonderry,...
Feb 20 2018 // Brown & Brown of New York Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Purchase, N.Y.-based yourPFO Consulting LLC (yourPFO).yourPFO represents many large company...
Feb 16 2018 // New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued guidance reminding all virtual currency entities licensed by New York State, including those that hold a money transmitter license, that they are required to...
Feb 15 2018 // As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it.The company has targeted at...
Feb 14 2018 // A judge awarded $6.7 million Monday to graffiti artists who sued after dozens of spray paintings were destroyed on the walls of dilapidated warehouse buildings torn down to make room for high-rise luxury residences.U.S....
Feb 13 2018 // Distinguished Programs, a New York, N.Y.-based national insurance program manager, has expanded its Data & Actuarial Science department with the addition of Perry H. Beaumont as head of the department and Steven Hunke...
Feb 8 2018 // The tony 21 Club in midtown Manhattan has been closed for renovations following a flood.The restaurant was damaged in early January after broken pipes set off fire sprinklers which sent gallons of water gushing throughout...
Feb 7 2018 // A U.S. investigative agency said on Tuesday that two New York City area commuter train crashes were the result of engineers with undiagnosed sleep disorders.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) criticized the...
Feb 7 2018 // Bangladesh’s central bank will file a lawsuit against a Philippines bank for its role in one of the world’s biggest cyber-heists two years ago, a deputy governor said on Wednesday.Unidentified hackers stole $81...
Feb 5 2018 // Evergreen Insurance and Risk Management, a Monsey, N.Y.-based real estate insurer, has promoted Joel Kivelevitz to vice president of operations. He began working in his new capacity February 1. Kivelevitz has worked at...
Feb 5 2018 // Boca Raton, Fla.-based Universal Insurance Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Vanbridge, LLC, has added Jamie Lorentz to the firm as an analyst for Corporate and Institutional Insurance.Lorentz joins Universal from...
Feb 5 2018 // If you live outside of New York State and haven’t heard of the New York State Department of Financial Services 23 NYCRR Part 500 (DFS 500), you should pay very close attention.Earlier this year, New York implemented...
Feb 5 2018 // New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo has reminded all regulated entities and licensed persons covered by the Department of Financial Services’s (DFS) cybersecurity regulation that...