Latest New York Headlines
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The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Hiram Cohen & Son Inc.
Dec 30 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Hiram Cohen & Son Inc. (HCS). The transaction became effective on December 1, 2020. HCS, founded in 1919, is still operated by descendants of Founder Hiram Cohen,...
New York Reaches Deal on Cleanup at Long Island Aerospace Site
Dec 30 2020 // New York has reached an agreement with defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy on a $406 million plan to clean up a massive plume of underground contamination left from Long Island’s heyday as a hub of...
Former N.Y. Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Unearned Wages
Dec 29 2020 // A former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) officer has pled guilty to forging paperwork falsely claiming military service so that he could take time off. Kyle Bouille, of Corning,...
Owner to Rebuild After Upstate New York Sports Dome Collapses Under Snowfall
Dec 23 2020 // The owner of a sports complex in the upstate New York city of Binghamton says he plans to rebuild after its air-supported dome collapsed under this week’s record-breaking snowfall. No one was injured when one of the...
Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s FBA National
Dec 18 2020 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired FBA National, a specialist in developing employee benefits solutions that align with an organization’s goals and...
The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Moran, Moran, & Dauphin Inc.
Dec 17 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Moran, Moran, & Dauphin Inc. (MMDI). The transaction became effective on November 1, 2020. Founded in 2006, MMDI operates as a full-service agency primarily...
Marshall & Sterling Insurance to Acquire New York’s Jaeger & Flynn Associates
Dec 17 2020 // Marshall & Sterling Insurance, a 100% employee-owned company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Jaeger & Flynn Associates Inc. (JFA), an employee benefits broker and third-party administrative services (TPA)...
Freeman Mathis & Gary Hires Santocki as a Partner in its New York City Office
Dec 16 2020 // Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP (FMG), a nationwide litigation law firm with 200 attorneys and 19 offices in 10 states, has hired Alicia Santocki as a partner in the New York City office. Santocki also will practice in...
New York Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Busted Following Two-Year Investigation
Dec 11 2020 // An enterprise insurance fraud scheme operating in lower Westchester and the Bronx has been taken down following a nearly two-year long investigation. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. announced...
Fire Guts Historic Church Home to New York’s Liberty Bell
Dec 10 2020 // A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York’s Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city’s earliest days was gutted by a massive fire that sent flames shooting through the roof. The...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Cool Insuring Agency
Dec 10 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Queensbury, N.Y.-based Cool Insuring Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1857, Cool Insuring Agency provides commercial, personal, life and health...
Former Verizon N.Y. Employee Lied About Injuries, Collected $19K in Workers’ Comp
Dec 8 2020 // A former Verizon New York employee who allegedly lied to doctors about arm injuries to obtain more than $19,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been arrested. This comes after surveillance videos showed her...
Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York
Dec 7 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic...
Millennials, Women ‘Sandwiched’ as COVID-19 Shifts Caregiving Responsibilities
Dec 4 2020 // The demographics of the Sandwich Generation – those who care for both their children and aging parents – as well the financial responsibilities they face as a result of COVID-19— are changing. The Sandwich Generation...
Car-Sharing Firm Turo Plans Partial Return to New York After 7-Year Insurance Dispute
Dec 4 2020 // Car-sharing startup Turo Inc. is returning to New York, seven years after leaving the state that was once its biggest market over a dispute with regulators about insurance rules. Turo, which allows vehicle owners to put...
Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice
Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...
Johnson & Johnson to Pay $120 Million in NY Baby Powder Case
Nov 23 2020 // Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company’s baby...
New York Fines NRA $2.5M, Halts Its Insurance Business in the State for Five Years
Nov 19 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has entered into a settlement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to resolve alleged violations of New York insurance law. The settlement includes a monetary...
N.Y. Woman Sentenced for Stealing More Than $3K in Workers’ Comp Benefits
Nov 19 2020 // A New York woman who stole $3,065.28 in workers’ compensation benefits by forging her late father’s name in order to cash the checks has been sentenced to one year in jail. Bonnie S. Slater of Randolph, N.Y.,...
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Hires Mancebo as a Partner in New York City
Nov 17 2020 // Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a national law firm serving the business and insurance communities and headquartered in Woodbury, N.Y., has hired John Mancebo as a partner in its New York City office. Mancebo, who...
