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Storms Pummel Large Swath From Ozarks and Plains to New York and New England
Jul 19 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a...
Markets/Coverages: Captive Insurer Targets New York Affordable Housing Market
Jul 12 2024 // A new Vermont-based captive insurer is promising to provide insurance for New York affordable rental housing buildings at a time when advocates say coverage is difficult to afford or obtain. The Milford Street Association...
Progressive Settles New York Case Over Unpaid Sales Taxes on Total Loss Claims
Jul 10 2024 // At the same time it is settling a New York class action about underpaying totaled loss claims for $48 million, Progressive Insurance, in a separate case, has agreed to an $18.3 million settlement over allegations that its...
Progressive to Pay $48M to New York Drivers Over Underpaid Total Loss Claims
Jul 5 2024 // Progressive Insurance has agreed to a $48 million settlement with a class of 93,000 New York policyholders who claim the insurer underpaid their total loss claims on their vehicles. The $48 million represents approximately...
NY Plane Crash Kills 5 Members of Georgia Family, Including Former Insurance Analyst
Jul 3 2024 // MASONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Five members of a family from Georgia, including a former insurance analyst, who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural,...
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...
New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011
Jun 25 2024 // A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in his home in 2011. Suffolk County, on Long Island, has agreed to pay the settlement to the family of Kevin...
New York Enacts Law to Limit ‘Addictive’ Social Media Feeds for Kids
Jun 24 2024 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are...
New York’s Equal Rights Amendment Restored to November Ballot
Jun 21 2024 // A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state...
New York Sexual Abuse Claimants Want Courts to End Case Backlog
Jun 20 2024 // A group representing claimants alleging childhood sexual abuse want New York courts to take steps to alleviate the backlog of lawsuits brought under the state’s Child Victims Act (CVA), including possibly setting up...
City in Upstate New York Restoring Systems Disrupted by Cyber Incident
Jun 17 2024 // The city of Newburgh in New York’s Orange County is today reopening its City Hall while continuing to work on restoring municipal services following identification of a cyber incident last Monday. The network...
Supreme Court Backs NRA in First Amendment Claim Against New York Regulator
Jun 17 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator allegedly violated the organization’s First Amendment rights by coercing insurers and banks to...
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...
Reuters: Walmart Opposes New York Plan to Add Panic Buttons to Stores
Jun 11 2024 // Retail giant Walmart says it is against putting panic buttons in stores – a move that the New York legislature wants to require under a new law aimed at keeping retail workers safe. On Friday, the New York State...
Real Nut Case: Ice Cream Maker Sued Over Lack of Actual Pistachios
Jun 11 2024 // Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan? Such weighty questions about a favorite summertime confection could soon be decided...
Former Allianz Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud Over $7-Billion Funds Collapse
Jun 10 2024 // A former Allianz fund manager pleaded guilty on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private investment funds sparked by the pandemic that caused an estimated $7 billion of investor losses. Gregoire Tournant, 57, of...
New York Readies Bill Giving Parents Some Control Over Kids’ Social Media Feeds
Jun 7 2024 // New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform’s algorithm, a move to rein in feeds that...
Orchestrator of $60 Million New York Auto Insurance Fraud Gets 10 Years in Prison
Jun 4 2024 // A New Jersey man who orchestrated a 13-year long, $60 million no-fault automobile insurance scam in New York has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bradley Pierre was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe...
Gang Member Who Led Violent Takeover of Fire Restoration Industry Sentenced
Jun 4 2024 // A gang leader who recruited other gang members and used violence, threats of violence, and extortion to take over the fire restoration business in New York City and defraud insurance companies has been sentenced to 12...
Supreme Court Backs NRA in First Amendment Claim Against New York Regulator
May 30 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator allegedly violated the organization’s First Amendment rights by coercing insurers and banks to...
