Latest New York Headlines
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New York City Woke to Early Morning Tremor
Jan 2 2024 // The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a small 1.7 magnitude tremor occurred near the Astoria, Queens area of New York at about 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday January 2. The epicenter of the quake was about a half mile from...
Top East Insurance Journal Fraud Stories of 2023
Jan 2 2024 // About 10% of property/casualty insurance losses can be traced to fraud, according to the industry’s Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Insurance Journal publishes an average of 22 fraud stories a month. Insurance...
New York Governor Again Vetoes Bill Allowing Emotional Damages in Wrongful Deaths
Jan 2 2024 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one. Hochul...
Title Insurer Reports Another Cybersecurity Event; Fitch Monitoring Ratings
Dec 29 2023 // Less than a month after New York insurance regulators said a title insurer would pay $1 million for violations of a cybersecurity regulation stemming from a 2019 breach, the holding company for the insurer revealed a more...
Top East Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Insurance Journal East readers showed keen interest in news about insurance agents’ responsibilities in 2023 including court cases involving an agent’s homeowner client with an unlisted dog; Harvard...
New York to Require Disclosure of LLC Ownership for Law Enforcement, Regulators
Dec 29 2023 // Law enforcement and regulatory officials in New York will soon have access to information on the ownership behind limited liability corporations (LLCs). Governor Kathy Hochul called the LLC Transparency Act (S.995B/A.3484)...
New York Governor Vetoes Bill Seeking to Make It Easier to Challenge Convictions
Dec 28 2023 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice...
New York Hospital to Pay $300K for Sharing Website Visitors’ Health Data
Dec 28 2023 // The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) will pay $300,000 for disclosing the health information of individuals who visited its website, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced. James said an investigation by her...
Microsoft, OpenAI Sued by New York Times for Copyright Infringement
Dec 27 2023 // The New York Times Co. sued Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI Inc. for the use of content to help develop artificial intelligence services, in a sign of the increasingly fraught relationship between the media and a technology...
Tennessee Officials Sue BlackRock for ‘Misleading’ ESG Strategy
Dec 27 2023 // (Bloomberg) — The state of Tennessee sued BlackRock Inc. for allegedly breaching consumer protection laws by making “misleading” statements about its ESG investment strategy. State Attorney General...
New York Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Noncompete Agreements
Dec 27 2023 // New York`s governor vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers` ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she...
People Moves: Parkinson Joins Signers National; Baynes to Succeed Crawford at New York Municipal Reciprocal
Dec 22 2023 // Signers National, a specialty insurance agency group focused on commercial real estate, nonprofits and human service organizations, headquartered in New York, N.Y., hired Chris Parkinson as chief information officer...
Wegman’s Has Right to Question Injured Worker’s Doctor, Rules New York’s High Court
Dec 22 2023 // Wegman’s Food Markets was wrongly denied an opportunity to cross-examine an injured employee’s doctor, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning rulings by a workers’ compensation law judge,...
Northeastern Storm Causes Power Outages, Flooded Roads, Fallen Trees, Travel Delays
Dec 20 2023 // A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures. More than 5 inches (13...
Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Robert Alan Agency
Dec 19 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Robert Alan Agency, a New York-based retail insurance agency. Established in 1980 by Bob Carlucci, the Robert Alan Agency is headquartered in New...
Man Pleads Guilty to One of New York’s Biggest No-Fault Insurance Frauds Ever
Dec 19 2023 // A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $60-$70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter, New Jersey,...
Parts of South Carolina and Florida Recovering after Flooding, Winds
Dec 19 2023 // GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — An intense late-year storm barreled up the East Coast on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds that shattered rainfall records, forced water rescues from flooded streets and washed out...
Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits
Dec 19 2023 // A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover the Archdiocese of New York parishes and schools as they contend with thousands of sex abuse...
Mission Accomplished: Allstate Announces Calif., NY, NJ Rate Approvals
Dec 18 2023 // The departments of insurance in California, New York and New Jersey approved double-digit auto rate increases for Allstate in the three states that the carrier considered exiting in the absence of approvals, the...
New York Fund Receives $7.75 Million After Workers’ Compensation Fraud Prosecution
Dec 18 2023 // Law enforcement officials announced the final sentencing in their prosecution of an $18 million workers’ compensation fraud case and the return of $7.75 million to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Manhattan...
