All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2017 // Prime Holdings Insurance Services Inc. (Prime Holdings) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (Prime), has received approval to write specialty lines insurance coverage in New York state. Prime provides...
Dec 18 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Co. must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who became...
Dec 15 2017 // A bipartisan bill introduced by two U.S. senators would change truck safety standards to prevent crashes like the one that killed four people in northern New York this summer.The law introduced by Democrat Kirsten...
Dec 15 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., a New York, N.Y.-headquartered, global professional services firm, has appointed Stacy Mills as vice president and controller, effective January 1, 2018.In this role, Mills will serve...
Dec 15 2017 // A recreational drone operator whose device smashed into a U.S. Army helicopter in September flew undetected into a no-fly zone over New York set up to protect President Donald Trump and the United Nations.The National...
Dec 14 2017 // Greene & Associates, an East Aurora, N.Y.-based underwriting manager and wholesale broker, has hired Theresa Del Priore as a sales manager.Del Priore comes to Greene with more than 30 years of experience in the...
Dec 14 2017 // A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by New York’s banking regulator against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over its proposal to offer charters that would let online lenders...
Dec 13 2017 // Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo has announced the 10 appointees who will serve on the newly formed Department of Financial Services (DFS) State Insurance Advisory Board.Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed...
Dec 12 2017 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wrapped up another tour of New York’s 62 counties Friday with a call for greater federal help for the state’s craft beer industry.During a stop at a brewery in the Columbia County...
Dec 11 2017 // Digital insurer Lemonade says companies that integrate its insurance sales platform, or API, into their own apps and web sites “generally speaking do not have to be licensed as insurance agents or brokers.”At...
Dec 8 2017 // Distinguished LLC, a New York, N.Y.-based group of entrepreneurial businesses serving the insurance industry, has acquired American Hole ‘n One (AHNO), a global hole-in-one and event promotions company.In tandem with...
Dec 7 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who...
Dec 7 2017 // The Iroquois Group, an Allegany, N.Y.-based service provider for independent property and casualty insurance agencies, has announced changes to its regional structure to better align Iroquois regions with those of their...
Dec 6 2017 // A lawmaker is raising concerns about double-decker sightseeing buses in New York City, saying Monday that tougher regulations are needed to protect tourists, pedestrians and motorists on the busy streets of the...
Dec 5 2017 // Chubb Limited announced today the passing of Dean R. O’Hare, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Chubb Corp. who served the company for almost 40 years before retiring in 2002. He was 75.O’Hare...
Dec 5 2017 // Insurer MAPFRE USA, which now writes in 19 states, is narrowing its focus by concentrating on 11 key states, exiting five states including selling its New York subsidiary, and selling its life insurance unit.MAPFRE USA has...
Dec 1 2017 // The National Rifle Association has called the concealed carry bill, which would make it easier for gun owners to keep their firearms hidden when crossing state lines, its “highest legislative priority in...
Dec 1 2017 // Cook Maran & Associates (Cook Maran), a New York and New Jersey insurance broker and the New York metropolitan area platform for Prime Risk Partners (PRP), has acquired McDermott & Thomas Associates LLC (M&T),...
Nov 30 2017 // An accountant who admitted to stealing $3.1 million from agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. has been sentenced to five years in prison.Diane Backis was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Albany to mail fraud and filing a...
Nov 30 2017 // The former owner of an upstate New York logging company who stole more than $80,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to up to three years in prison. Fifty-six-year-old David Sigl, of Auburn, N.Y.,...