New York News
New York Sues National General and Allstate Over Data Breaches
New York's Attorney General filed a lawsuit against National General and its parent Allstate Insurance Co. alleging they have failed to protect New Yorkers' personal information from cyber attacks. ...
Uber Alleges Fraud Scheme by New York Groups Faking Car-Crash Injuries
Late last month, ridesharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. filed a racketeering lawsuit against a group of law firms, doctors and pain-management clinics it claims staged fake car accidents and ...
New York Residents Can Buy Travel Insurance With Coronavirus Protections
Travel insurers and travel agents will offer New York residents and businesses the ability to buy coverage that would allow them to cancel a trip for any reason, including those related to ...
New York, Boston Experience Record Days With Coastal Flooding, Due to Storm-Fueled Tides
New York and Boston experienced a record number of days with coastal flooding in the last year as waters surged time and again more than 1 foot (31 centimeters) above normal high tide levels. New ...
A ‘Textalyzer’ May be One Possible Way to Fight Distracted Driving
Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months in court ...
A First for the Nation: New York’s Crime Insurance Reg Kicks in This July
New York State's Department of Financial Services (DFS) in December issued a new regulation that prohibits insurance companies from denying commercial crime insurance coverage to New York businesses ...
RenaissanceRe to Host Forum Addressing Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy
Catastrophe reinsurer RenaissanceRe is hosting approximately 150 leading environmentalists, policymakers, scientists and insurance industry experts at a forum to discuss the recovery of lower ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Plans More New York Investments
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the Chinese insurer whose almost $2 billion purchase of New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel set a U.S. industry record, isn't done investing in the financial capital. "New ...