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#1 Property Restoration Industry: A Culture in Need of Repair?

Apr 1 2024 // Jatiek Smith, a Bloods gang member convicted on extortion and racketeering charges in New York, blamed ruthless competition and a culture of violence in the fire restoration industry for the accusations made against him by...

#2 The Oil Was From Iran. The Insurance Was From New York

Feb 9 2024 // Last June, a rusting tanker named Sincere 02 picked up oil at an Iranian port and steamed across the Persian Gulf on its way to the United Arab Emirates.US sanctions forbid Western companies from knowingly doing business...

#3 A Deep Dive into the Diligent Effort (Search) Requirement

Jan 22 2024 // The excess and surplus lines insurance market is a rapidly-growing avenue for the placement of insurance policies in the United States.Many alien (non-U.S.) insurance carriers write surplus lines insurance coverage via...

#4 Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M

Feb 26 2024 // The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and...

#5 Fire Mitigation Industry Terror: NYC Gang Member Convicted of Extortion, Racketeering

Feb 22 2024 // A gang member who ran a fire restoration company has been convicted of using violence, threats of violence, and extortion to terrorize and dominate the fire restoration industry in New York City.After presiding over a...

#6 Jury Faults New York Railroad — Mostly — for 2015 Crossing Crash That Killed 6

Jul 23 2024 // A commuter railroad is mostly at fault for a fiery and deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing, a jury has found in a verdict that lays out how the bill for any damages will be...

#7 Supreme Court Seems to Favor NRA in Free Speech Case Against Insurance Regulator

Mar 20 2024 // Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group...

#8 New York Police Target Critics, Including Judges and Journalists, Using Social Media

Mar 11 2024 // The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating.Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real...

#9 Power Line Falls on Car During Oregon Ice Storm, Killing 3

Jan 22 2024 // A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest.Shortly before noon...

#10 New York AG, Trump Attorneys Agree to Changes in $175M Bond in Civil Fraud Case

Apr 23 2024 // Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general on Monday agreed to changes in the terms of the $175 million surety bond Trump secured with Knight Specialty Insurance Co. (KSIC).Attorney General...

#11 An Origin Story: The History of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society

May 3 2024 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), as it exists today, does not have a written narrative or any acknowledgment on its website about how the organization was created, the timeline, the individuals...

#12 Appellate Judges Skeptical of New York Civil Fraud Case Against Trump

Sep 27 2024 // Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him...

#13 As Demand for Food Delivery Skyrockets So Do Complaints About Drivers

Jun 12 2024 // A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm — in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in and out of traffic and hop onto pedestrian-filled...

#14 Insurer Blocked From Rescinding Policy After Fire Claim Due to ‘Extra’ Apartment

Jan 18 2024 // New York City housing is often jammed into tight spaces. Old houses are carved into several apartments. Not all of them are legal.Alexi Home Design’s property in the Bronx had two official residences on the main...

#15 ANALYSIS: Trump’s Appeal of Civil Fraud Verdict May Hinge on ‘No Victims’ Defense

Feb 22 2024 // Donald Trump’s planned appeal of a $355 million judgment against him in his civil fraud case may focus on the former president’s contention that there were no actual victims from his conduct at issue in the...

#16 Trump Avoids ‘Corporate Death Penalty’ in Civil Fraud Case, But Business Still Slammed

Feb 20 2024 // Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all.A New York judge on Friday spared the ex-president that worst case punishment as he ruled in a civil case alleging Trump fraudulently misrepresented...

#17 Chubb Wins Latest Battle With New York Diocese in Bid to Avoid Sex Abuse Claims

Apr 24 2024 // A New York state appeals court has reinstated Chubb insurance companies’ bid for judgments declaring that they are not obligated to cover thousands of sex abuse lawsuits brought against the Archdiocese of New York...

#18 Why New York’s Attorney General Objects to Trump’s Bond Insurer

Apr 22 2024 // New York’s attorney general has urged the state judge overseeing the state’s civil fraud case against Donald Trump to reject the former president’s $175 million appeal bond.Attorney General Letitia James...

#19 New York Court Officer Wins 9/11 Workers’ Compensation Benefits on Appeal

May 1 2024 // On the morning of September 11, 2001, Robert Liotta was at his job as a senior court officer at 100 Centre Street in New York City when not far away terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. Right away, he began...

#20 New York Issues Guidance for Insurers on Insuring Affordable Housing

Jun 25 2024 // New York has issued guidance to commercial insurers that they are prohibited from inquiring about or making coverage decisions based on a property’s status as an affordable housing development or a tenant’s...