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#1 NY Plane Crash Kills 5 Members of Georgia Family, Including Former Insurance Analyst

Jul 3 2024 // MASONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Five members of a family from Georgia, including a former insurance analyst, who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural,...

#2 Progressive to Pay $48M to New York Drivers Over Underpaid Total Loss Claims

Jul 5 2024 // Progressive Insurance has agreed to a $48 million settlement with a class of 93,000 New York policyholders who claim the insurer underpaid their total loss claims on their vehicles. The $48 million represents approximately...

#3 New York Issues Guidance for Insurers on Insuring Affordable Housing

Jun 25 2024 // New York has issued guidance to commercial insurers that they are prohibited from inquiring about or making coverage decisions based on a property’s status as an affordable housing development or a tenant’s...

#4 Progressive Settles New York Case Over Unpaid Sales Taxes on Total Loss Claims

Jul 10 2024 // At the same time it is settling a New York class action about underpaying totaled loss claims for $48 million, Progressive Insurance, in a separate case, has agreed to an $18.3 million settlement over allegations that its...

#5 Markets/Coverages: Captive Insurer Targets New York Affordable Housing Market

Jul 12 2024 // A new Vermont-based captive insurer is promising to provide insurance for New York affordable rental housing buildings at a time when advocates say coverage is difficult to afford or obtain. The Milford Street Association...

#6 New York Enacts Law to Limit ‘Addictive’ Social Media Feeds for Kids

Jun 24 2024 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are...

#7 New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011

Jun 25 2024 // A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in his home in 2011. Suffolk County, on Long Island, has agreed to pay the settlement to the family of Kevin...

#8 Storms Pummel Large Swath From Ozarks and Plains to New York and New England

Jul 19 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a...