N.Y. Regulator Fines Chubb $1.3M For NRA Insurance Program
Insurer Chubb Ltd and a unit have agreed to pay a total of $1.3 million to New York States insurance regulator over their role in a National Rifle Association (NRA) insurance program, the regulator said on Monday.
May 8, 2018
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
New York
Driver In Fatal Hit-And-Run Charged With Padding Insurance Claim
A Wheatfield hit-and-run fatality in 2014 continues to reverberate through local courtrooms. The driver who killed Ryan Fischer, 16, of North Tonawanda, faces charges of illegally padding an insurance claim he filed after the teenagers mother, who was drunk at the time, rammed his garage door and damaged his vehicle.
April 19, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
New York
Hurricane Forecasters Shrinking Cone Of Uncertainty
The National Hurricane Center is making changes to its “cone of uncertainty” based on an improving forecast record. The cone is designed to show people where the center of a storm is likely to head.
April 19, 2018
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Delaware
District Of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Greenwich Village Home Burglar Has Stolen $94K In Jewelry
Police are searching for a thief who stole more than $94,000 worth of jewelry from a handful of homes in Greenwich Village. The man is suspected in six burglaries since January 20, police said.
April 16, 2018
Property
New York
U.S. Recalls More Than 200M Eggs Over Salmonella Fears
Nearly 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina are being recalled from nine U.S. states after 22 people fell ill, the federal Food and Drug Administration has said.
April 16, 2018
Subrogation
Colorado
Florida
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
One Killed In Apartment Fire At Trump Tower In New York
One man was killed and six firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, in a blaze that was quickly extinguished, fire officials said.
April 9, 2018
Property
New York
Overpass Shears Top Off Charter Bus, 40 Injured
Authorities are investigating an accident Monday that injured more than 40 people, involving a charter bus carrying New York City high school students that crashed into a bridge overpass.
April 9, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New York
Amputee Sues BMW Over Dangers Of Soft-Close Doors
BMW soft-close automatic doors are allegedly to blame for a New York man losing his $250,000 per year income as a self-employed software engineer for his own company. The lawsuit alleges BMW deceives the public by hiding the serious dangers of the soft-close automatic doors by advertising the alleged benefits of the systems.
April 4, 2018
Auto
Liability
Litigation
Technology
New York
Two Killed In Fiery Five-Car Pile-Up On New York Expressway
Two people were killed in a fiery five-car pile-up on an expressway just outside Kennedy Airport early Wednesday, according to a report.
April 4, 2018
Auto
Liability
New York
Firefighter Dies From Blaze At New York Movie Set
A firefighter was killed battling a five-alarm blaze late Thursday night in Harlem. FDNY officials identified the firefighter as 37-year-old Michael R. Davidson, a 15-year department veteran.
March 23, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
New York
CFTC Hits Wall Trying To Serve Bitcoin Fraud Summons
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is having trouble serving a court summons to a binary options trader charged in January with stealing more than $1 million in bitcoin.
March 22, 2018
Fraud
Technology
New York
Fourth Noreaster In Three Weeks Leaves 90,000 Without Power After Heavy Snow
More than 90,000 customers were without power overnight after another major noreaster the fourth in three weeks pummeled the Interstate 95 corridor with as much as 19 inches of snow on the first full day of spring.
March 22, 2018
Catastrophe
Property
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Parents Of New York Helicopter Crash Victim File Lawsuit
The parents of one of the victims of Sundays deadly helicopter crash in New Yorks East River have filed a lawsuit against the operator of the company, saying the harness their son wore on the flight prevented him from escaping.
March 15, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
New York
Dog Dies On United Flight After Being Stowed In Overhead Bin
A little dog died on a United Airlines flight after an attendant forced the animals owner to put the pet in the cabins overhead bin, and the airline said on Tuesday it was taking full responsibility.
March 14, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New York
Texas
Mayday Call From Helicopter Pilot Before Fatal Crash In River
A helicopter carrying six people crashed in New York Citys East River on Sunday, killing all passengers, while the pilot survived, police said.
March 12, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New York



