New York’s Department of Financial Services (NYFS) has released new guidelines that will allow life insurance companies to use data from customers’ social media posts to determine their premiums, and experts say that these rules could potentially extend beyond New York’s borders.

As if the polar vortex isn’t enough, sudden whiteouts called snow squalls are causing problems for the Northeast. A snow squall is an intense, short-lived burst of heavy snowfall accompanied by gusty wind, according to the National Weather Service. Squalls can happen when there is no winter storm.

A car running in reverse struck seven pedestrians in New York City on Monday and one person died in the apparent accident, officials said. The 70-year-old driver may have mistaken the gas pedal for the brake as he was attempting to reverse into a parking spot, said New York Police Department Fifth Precinct Executive Officer Michael Gulinello.

A clinic owner, a doctor and an attorney are among those charged in connection with a $1 million insurance scam, New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood has announced.

Indemnity payments for injured workers increased as much as 9% from 2007 to 2014 in New York as a result of state reforms launched in 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Two utility workers were killed and two others were hurt when their maintenance helicopter got caught on power lines and crashed in rural northeastern New York, state police said.

Two years ago, a Vestal man allegedly faked a report about a diamond ring that had gone missing and received more than $28,000 for the insurance claim.

A bumbling Manhattan jeweler claims he lost two diamond rings worth a total of $1 million that he was supposed to re-size for a wealthy client — but prosecutors say he actually stole them.

The limousine in a deadly crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York on Saturday had failed inspection last month and the driver didn’t have the appropriate license to operate the vehicle, Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Monday.

A limousine carrying several couples to a birthday party failed to stop at an intersection in upstate New York and struck a parked vehicle, killing 20 people in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in nearly a decade, according to authorities and a family member.

Four tornadoes hit three separate New York counties and one Connecticut county as severe weather walloped the tri-state area Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.

A raging all-night fire in the East Village left 14 people hospitalized Wednesday, authorities said. The stubborn, smoky blaze broke out in a five-story building on First Ave. near E. 11th St. about 1:45 a.m., FDNY officials said.

Cybersecurity is back in the news as banks, insurers and other financial entities faced another tough compliance hurdle in New York.The Sept. 4 deadline brought another host of requirements contained within New York’s tough cybersecurity initiative approved last year.

The Port Allen was taking on so much water during a storm last summer that the captain and crew of the Foxy 3 tugboat released the hopper barge off Port Chester Harbor and allowed it to sink into Long Island Sound.

It was neighbors to the rescue in the northern suburbs. Putnam County residents rescued a woman who accidentally drove her car into a swimming pool, CBS2’s Dick Brennan reported Tuesday. "As I turn to get off the treadmill, I see a car fly into the pool," Jeffrey Feinberg said.