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EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Presutti to New York Operations
Dec 16 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired Matthew Presutti to its EPIC New York operations as managing principal on the employee...
People & Places
Dec 16 2019 // National Todd Jones QBE Insurance Group has appointed Todd Jones as CEO North America, succeeding Russ Johnston who the company said has decided to seek opportunities outside of QBE. Jones joins QBE from Willis Towers...
Concord Specialty Risk Hires Edgette in New York as VP of Tax Insurance Underwriting
Dec 13 2019 // Concord Specialty Risk has hired Matthew Edgette as vice president of Tax Insurance Underwriting, where he will take on a leading role in Concord’s Tax Insurance practice. Edgette will be based in New York, N.Y. For...
AXA XL Adds Novoa, Delaney to Environmental Insurance Team in New York
Dec 12 2019 // AXA XL has welcomed Senior Underwriters Odette Novoa and Erica Delaney to its Environmental insurance team in New York. Both have joined AXA XL’s Northeast regional environmental underwriting team and report to Hiral...
McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight
Dec 12 2019 // In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a purple, lumpy denizen of the fast-food chain’s...
Report: Weinstein, Insurers, Accusers Have Reached Tentative $47 Million Settlement
Dec 12 2019 // Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced film mogul charged with rape, reached a tentative $47 million settlement with accusers, potentially putting an end to many of the civil complaints against him, according to a person with...
New York Doors-Off Helicopter Ride Raised Concern Months Before Crash
Dec 12 2019 // A government safety inspector who saw a popular New York City, doors-off sightseeing helicopter flight operation six months before a fatal 2018 crash called it “unorthodox,” but officials thought they had no...
Exxon Beats New York Claim of Climate Change Accounting Fraud
Dec 10 2019 // Exxon Mobil Corp. won a closely watched securities-fraud trial that delved into its internal accounting for the financial risks of climate change, a striking rejection of New York state’s claim that the company...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New York’s J & S Risk Planning Group
Dec 10 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired J & S Risk Planning Group LLC of Wantagh, N.Y., on November 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, J & S Risk Planning Group LLC...
New York Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Funds for October Storm
Dec 4 2019 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for federal funding to help New York communities recover from Halloween storms packing strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding. Democrat Cuomo’s office cites state and...
Under New State Laws, Catholic Church Could See New Wave of Abuse Suits
Dec 4 2019 // A wave of new laws in 15 states that allow people to make claims of sexual abuse going back decades could bring a deluge of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church that could surpass anything seen so far in its clergy...
Generali’s Talks to Buy MetLife’s Europe Assets Stall over Price Differences: Sources
Dec 3 2019 // Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali has held talks with U.S. rival MetLife Inc to buy the bulk of its European assets but discussions have stalled due to differences over price, four sources told Reuters. Generali,...
The Excess Line Association of New York Names Greene Director of Government Affairs
Dec 2 2019 // The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) has given Director of Strategic Initiatives Howard W. Greene the additional title of Director of Government Affairs. Greene, an industry veteran of more than 30 years, has...
Opioid Makers, Distributors Could Face U.S. Criminal Charges
Nov 27 2019 // Federal prosecutors are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers that contributed to a healthcare crisis, according to...
Uber’s London License Ban Marks Global Regulatory Backlash for Ride-Hailing Firms
Nov 27 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and its rivals disrupted global transport, riding on a lack of regulation to drive exponential growth. Now, regulators are closing in. London’s transport authority banned Uber for a second time...
Florida Investigating Attorney Charged with Lawsuit Fraud
Nov 26 2019 // The Florida Bar has opened an investigation of a New York lawyer who it says may have been practicing in Florida without a license. The Bar’s investigation of Stuart Finkelstein stems from federal charges this week...
Sexual Abuse Victims Claim Catholic Church Pressured Them Into Unfair Settlements
Nov 25 2019 // Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that Catholic officials pressured them into signing settlements that paid them...
My Chi To Named Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance in New York
Nov 21 2019 // New York Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell has appointed My Chi To as executive deputy superintendent of the Insurance Division at the Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates more than...
Hub International Acquires Assets Of New York-Based JW Retirement Group
Nov 20 2019 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired a brokerage services and investment advisory book of business from William Peragine III and John Biondo, previously dba together as The JW Retirement...
New York’s Distinguished Programs Elevates Two Senior Executives
Nov 20 2019 // Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager headquartered in New York, N.Y., has promoted Mark Kissick to chief sales officer. Kissick, who will now oversee all sales and marketing activities for the...
