PIA Management Services named Christopher Koetzle to the newly created position of vice president for the umbrella corporation that manages Professional Insurance Agents associations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Koetzle most recently served as vice president …
Two ironworkers died Tuesday morning after they fell from a fifth floor through an open elevator shaft at a church construction site where they were installing steel, New York City authorities said. Brett McEnroe, 49, of Dover Plains, and Roy …
New statistics find that New York City’s traffic fatality rate is among the lowest in the nation. The figures, which cover the last two years, are being released Monday by the city’s Department of Transportation. According to The New York …
New York-based Glens Falls National Bank and Trust has acquired Upstate Agency Inc., a property and casualty insurance agency with eight offices in Upstate New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Upstate Agency, which is headquartered in Chestertown, …
A human resources manager at a Toshiba America Inc. subsidiary sued the company for $100 million, accusing the electronics giant of discriminating against women. Elaine Cyphers of Mecklenburg County, N.C., brought the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan against …
New York insurance agents are lauding a new legal opinion from state regulators that will allow producers to recover any money lost when clients bounce checks. The Independent Insurance Agent and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) said the opinion — …
A new poll shows support among New Yorkers for legalizing gay marriage is growing after years of hovering just over the 50-percent level. Advocates are using the results in their effort to bring the issue to a vote in the …
A woman who lost about 200 farm animals in an upstate New York barn fire blames the disaster on a propane heater she had set up to protect newborn and pregnant sheep and goats from subzero cold. Robin Dillenbeck, sitting …
A woman who says her mother could still be alive if it weren’t for New York’s poor response to a Christmas weekend blizzard plans to sue the city. A lawyer for Laura Freeman filed a notice of claim against the …
New York dropped the last two criminal cases tied to a 2004 bid-rigging scandal involving Marsh & McLennan Cos after failing to win convictions of any of the eight insurance executives indicted. The state attorney general’s office has dismissed its …
