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New York’s Bolton Street Programs Rebrands, Implements New Technologies
Sep 24 2021 // Bolton Street Programs, a new Woodbury, New York-based program administrator that creates and administers affinity programs, is working to integrate insurtech, resinsurance, E&S options and loss control throughout its...
Broker/Fintech Provider Acrisure Buys New York-Based Tempo Title
Sep 22 2021 // Acrisure, the global insurance broker and fintech services provider, announced it has entered the real estate services business through its acquisition of Tempo Title, one of the largest private title insurance and...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Lloyd Bedford Cox
Sep 15 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Bedford Hills, New York-based Lloyd Bedford Cox. Inc. (LBC). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1921, LBC is a fourth-generation retail insurance agency providing...
Judge Temporarily Blocks New York Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers
Sep 15 2021 // A U.S. judge in New York on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a requirement that healthcare workers receive COVID-19 vaccines against the wishes of employees with religious objections. U.S. District...
New York County Worker Charged in Digital Currency Mining Scheme
Sep 14 2021 // An employee cost a New York county at least $6,000 in electricity bills by allegedly secretly installing dozens of machines at his workplace in a cryptocurrency scheme, authorities said Wednesday, announcing charges...
Drugmaker Endo Settles Opioid Claims by New York, Counties for $50M
Sep 13 2021 // Drugmaker Endo International Plc on Thursday said it has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve lawsuits by New York state and two of its largest counties related to the sale and marketing of opioids. Endo said the...
In New York City After Ida, Biden Calls Climate ‘Everybody’s Crisis’
Sep 9 2021 // President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” as he toured neighborhoods flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, warning it’s time for America to get serious about...
New York Governor Hochul Signs Request for Expedited Major Disaster Declaration
Sep 8 2021 // Following her visits to communities impacted by flooding from Hurricane Ida, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a request to President Biden for an expedited major disaster declaration. With presidential approval, the...
Former Advisor to President Obama to Become New York’s Top Financial Regulator
Sep 7 2021 // New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Adrienne Harris has been nominated to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) as its next superintendent. Formerly a top economic advisor to...
DFS Directs New York Insurers to Expedite Tropical Depression Ida-Related Claims
Sep 7 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a circular letter to New York-regulated insurers to expedite Tropical Depression Ida-related insurance claims. On September 1, 2021, the remnants of...
New York, New Jersey Declare Emergencies, At Least 9 Reported Dead in Record Rains
Sep 2 2021 // The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to flooding and hazardous conditions on the roads, with media reporting at least...
New York Volunteer Firefighter Killed by Reversing Fire Truck
Aug 30 2021 // A volunteer with the Hartland fire company was killed on Tuesday evening when a fire truck she was helping to direct reversed into her, authorities said. The Niagara County Sheriff’s office said several fire...
New York Man Charged in $9M Fraud Conspiracy
Aug 25 2021 // A Brooklyn, New York, man was charged for conspiring to defraud the IRS, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Aleksander Zaretser is charged by indictment with conspiracy to defraud the IRS. He will be...
Tropical Storm Henri Could Strike New York, New England as Hurricane Starting Sunday
Aug 20 2021 // Tropical Storm Henri is set to grow into a hurricane before slamming the U.S. Northeast anywhere from Long Island to Massachusetts, bringing heavy rain, a flooding storm surge and thrashing winds to the region starting...
New York Let Childhood Sex Abuse Victims Sue; 9,000 Went to Court
Aug 18 2021 // For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and...
New York Insurance, Finance Regulator Lacewell to Resign
Aug 16 2021 // New York’s top financial regulator, Linda Lacewell, is planning to step down as the state grapples with fallout from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. Lacewell, the state’s superintendent of financial...
Amazon Loses Bid to Halt New York Warehouse COVID Safety Probe
Aug 11 2021 // A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Amazon.com Inc’s lawsuit to block New York’s attorney general from investigating the online retailer’s ability to protect warehouse workers from COVID-19. U.S....
New York Gov. Cuomo Eased Path for Harassment Suits That May Now Target Him
Aug 6 2021 // Sexual harassment suits against Andrew Cuomo will face an easier path under changes to state law the governor signed two years ago, though New York taxpayers could be on the hook for the damages. Cuomo has been facing a...
Mayor Says New York City Businesses Should Mandate Worker Vaccinations
Jul 26 2021 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the city’s private sector businesses to institute vaccine requirements for their employees, saying the “limits of a purely voluntary system” have been...
$65M Settlement Proposed in New York Polluted Water Lawsuit
Jul 23 2021 // Plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit could get payments and medical monitoring as part of a proposed $65.25 million settlement with three companies over chemical contamination of the water supply in an upstate New...
