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Everest Insurance Hires Pollert in New York City
Oct 17 2018 // Everest Insurance has hired Bill Pollert to its Marketing and Distribution team as a director in the East region. Pollert joins Everest Insurance from Marsh USA, where he worked for the last fourteen years and most...
Calls for New Regulation Mount as New York Limo Crash Victims Mourned
Oct 16 2018 // The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash – four sisters and four other relatives – the Senate’s top Democrat called on federal regulators to...
New York Contractor Pleads Guilty to $800K Business Fraud Scheme
Oct 15 2018 // State officials say an Albany-area contractor has pleaded guilty to scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars out of minority-owned businesses and failing to pay dozens of his employees. Attorney General Barbara Underwood...
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Oct 15 2018 // Frenkel Benefits, an EPIC Company, has hired Nicholas Tunno as a principal in New York. Tunno will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. Tunno joins from the New York office...
Limousine Company Operator Arrested Following Deadly New York Crash
Oct 12 2018 // Police charged a limousine service operator Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while the man’s lawyer said that he wasn’t guilty and that police were rushing to...
EPIC Acquires New York’s Total Management Corporation
Oct 12 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, has acquired the assets, employees and operations of Total Management Corporation (TMC). Based in...
Limo Service Lawyer Says Violations Fixed Before Fatal New York Crash
Oct 11 2018 // The limousine service under scrutiny after a crash that killed 20 people fixed safety violations in its fleet before the tragedy, said a lawyer who suggested the driver was unfamiliar with the rural road. Prestige...
Berkley One Continues Expansion into New York, Connecticut
Oct 11 2018 // Berkley One, a startup insurance provider for individuals and families, has continued its expansion into New York and Connecticut. Partnering with select independent agents, Berkley One offers home, automobile, fine art...
New York Governor Says Limo That Crashed Shouldn’t Have Been on the Road
Oct 10 2018 // The supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people outside a country store failed a safety inspection last month and shouldn’t have been on the road, and the driver wasn’t properly licensed, New...
The Hits Keep Coming: More Transitional Cybersecurity Requirements in New York
Oct 10 2018 // It has been more than a year and a half since the New York Department of Financial Services cybersecurity regulations (cyber rules) came into effect, and yet another compliance deadline has passed. Broadly, “covered...
U.S. Limo Regulations Probed After Deadly New York Crash, NTSB Says
Oct 9 2018 // The National Transportation Safety Board will examine federal oversight of the limousine industry as part of its investigation into a deadly New York state crash that killed 20 people in the worst U.S. transportation event...
New York’s MLMIC Insurance Company Joins Berkshire Hathaway Family of Companies
Oct 8 2018 // MLMIC Insurance Company, formerly known as Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, has completed its conversion from a property and casualty mutual insurance company to a property and casualty stock insurance company...
AIG Is Seeking More Than $200M for Manhattan Hotel
Oct 8 2018 // AIG Global Real Estate is seeking buyers for a Manhattan hotel that could fetch more than $200 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. AIG has tapped Eastdil Secured LLC to find prospective buyers for the...
Disaster Declaration Approved for Flash Flood Recovery in New York
Oct 5 2018 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for upstate New York counties hit by severe flash flooding in August. The declaration signed Monday by the Republican will allow the counties to apply for federal...
Man Awarded $1.6M Following Sears Fork Lift Accident in New York
Oct 4 2018 // A Connecticut jury has awarded $1.6 million to a man who was seriously injured by a fork lift at a Sears warehouse in 2014. The Connecticut Post reports that the jury ruled in favor of Kevin Reid last Friday. The Shelton...
Judge Rules Racial Bias Claim Against Bank Must Go to Private Arbitration
Oct 4 2018 // A black former Morgan Stanley broker who filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of racial bias must pursue his claims in private arbitration, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan...
Bus Driver Found Guilty in Citi Bike Death in New York
Oct 3 2018 // The driver of a charter bus that fatally struck an investment banker riding a Citi Bike in Manhattan last year, marking the first death involving the city’s bike-share program, was found guilty of failing to yield...
Doctor’s Alleged Fraud Scheme Throws Medical Claims Review Process into Doubt
Oct 2 2018 // For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group. In fact, he was inflating charges...
Multiple Fires Destroy 12 Buildings in New York
Oct 2 2018 // Officials say 12 buildings have to be torn down after two weekend fires devastated an Albany, N.Y., neighborhood. The Times Union reports the first fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, and the second fire was reported...
New York DFS Issues Final Reg Requiring Insurers to Include Formulary Exception
Oct 1 2018 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is taking new actions to address the opioid crisis in New York State. DFS issued a final regulation requiring insurers to include a formulary exception process for...
