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Help Wanted as New York City Implements Law Requiring Salary Ranges in Job Ads
May 2 2022 // Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for...
Markets/Coverages: Home Insurer Hippo Expands to New York State
Apr 29 2022 // Hippo Insurance Services announced it will offer home insurance products in New York State. With New York, Hippo products are now in 38 states. New Yorkers will have access to Hippo’s offerings, including home...
New York Giants, Jets Urge Court to Reject Deception Suit
Apr 28 2022 // Attorneys for the New York Giants and Jets teams have asked the court to dismiss with prejudice the amended complaint from two fans upset that the franchises have New York in their name but actually play in MetLife Stadium...
New York’s Top Court Overturns $16.5 Million Talcum Powder Cancer Verdict
Apr 28 2022 // The New York Court of Appeals has nixed a $16.5 million jury verdict won by the estate of a woman who died from cancer that she claimed was caused from cosmetic talcum powder. The high court found that the woman’s...
Auto Insurance Industry to New York: Get Rid of Photo Inspection Requirement
Apr 22 2022 // Auto insurance carriers and independent agents in New York have launched a campaign to eliminate what they say is an outdated requirement for the state’s auto insurance buyers. The group wants lawmakers to let auto...
New York Times Sues Defamation Plaintiff Under Expanded Anti-SLAPP Law
Apr 21 2022 // The New York Times sued an anti-immigration author for the cost of defending itself against defamation in the first lawsuit of its kind under New York’s recently expanded “anti-SLAPP” law to protect...
One80 Acquires New York-Based Marine Wholesaler Seacoast Specialty
Apr 13 2022 // Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported that it has acquired New York-based Seacoast Specialty Administrators, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Seacoast is a...
Amended Class Action Wants NFL’s Giants, Jets to Drop ‘New York’ From Names
Apr 12 2022 // Plaintiffs upset that the National Football League teams Giants and Jets call themselves New York teams when in fact they play their games in New Jersey have amended their class action complaint to demand that the teams...
Denial of Restaurants’ Claim Upheld in First Covid-19 Ruling by a New York Appeals Court
Apr 11 2022 // An insurer has been upheld in its denial of coverage in a first ruling on Covid-19 business interruption insurance by a New York appellate court. The appeals court upheld a New York county court—and said it agreed with...
New York Man Wrongly Convicted of Arson Finally Vindicated After 40 Year Fight
Apr 6 2022 // A New York man who spent nearly 40 years trying to clear his name after a jury tainted by antisemitism wrongfully convicted him of arson has finally been vindicated. Lawyers for Barry Jacobson — who were helped in their...
10 Startup Tech Firms Qualify for New York’s Innovation Lab 2022
Apr 5 2022 // Ten emerging technology companies have been selected to participate in the 2022 FinTech Innovation Lab New York, setting them up for a 12-week program working with financial services and venture capital executives. This...
Consumer Group Demands Probe After New York Times Reports on Alleged Bias at State Farm
Apr 4 2022 // A national consumer rights group in late March called on state insurance commissioners to investigate racial bias in claims handling after the New York Times reported on discrimination lawsuits filed against State Farm by...
New York Insured’s Lies About Pool Voided Coverage for Apartment Building Fire
Mar 30 2022 // Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was within its rights to rescind insurance coverage for a New York apartment building fire after learning that the insured lied about having a swimming pool—on more than one occasion. A...
New York Medical Malpractice Insurer EmPRO to Enter New Jersey
Mar 23 2022 // New York medical malpractice insurer EmPRO Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, said it is expanding into New Jersey. It has filed to become an admitted insurer in New Jersey and plans to...
New York Expands Opioid Settlement Board
Mar 22 2022 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Saturday expanding the state’s Opioid Settlement Board from 19 members to 21 members. Hochul also appointed two women to the board, which is responsible for helping...
New York Enacts Expanded Anti-Harassment Workplace Laws
Mar 18 2022 // New York expanded workplace harassment protection for all public employees and banned the release of anyone’s employment records in retaliation for speaking up about alleged abuse, part of a package of new laws...
Taxi Driver Shot by Off-Duty Officer Settles With New York County for $2M
Mar 10 2022 // A cab driver who was wounded by an off-duty police officer in a 2011 road-rage shooting has settled his lawsuit against New York’s Nassau County for $2 million. Newsday reports that county legislative committees...
Pandemic Brought Surge in Illegal Street Racing Across U.S.
Mar 7 2022 // Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her. She is one of...
People & Places
Mar 7 2022 // National Insurer Beazley added Russ Cohen and Bala Larson to its global Cyber Services team. Cohen has been appointed head of U.S. Cyber Services, and Larson has been promoted to head of Client Experience. Cohen will...
Sept. 11 Victims Seek Seizure of Iran Oil From U.S.-Owned Tanker
Mar 4 2022 // Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks asked a U.S. judge to order the seizure of Iranian crude oil from a tanker owned by an American private equity firm, to help satisfy a $3.61 billion judgment against Iran over the...
