Blaze Guts Manhattan Apartment Building

A tenant who was missing after their upper Manhattan apartment building went up in flames has been accounted for, police said Saturday, meaning no one is believed to have been killed in the massive blaze.
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November 20, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines New York

High Winds In New York City Collapse Scaffolding, Fell Trees On Cars

New Yorkers will do anything to help their fellow man — and here’s the video to prove it. After a scaffold collapsed Sunday in lower Manhattan, trapping two people underneath, dozens of New Yorkers pitched in to pull off hunks of debris and save them.
November 20, 2017 Auto Liability New York

$1M In Artwork Swiped During Manhattan Party

Who knew high society could stoop so low! A Manhattan socialite discovered someone had stolen $1 million in precious 16th-century art from his tony Fifth Avenue home after he held a swanky soiree there Friday.
November 15, 2017 Property New York

2nd Circuit Ruling A Warning To Auto Insurers Nationwide On Unfair Claims Handling

The Second Circuit’s Court of Appeals’ rulings Wednesday on two cases brought by a Syracuse, N.Y., collision repairer will have a significant impact on New York repairers but touch the rest of the nation as well, an auto body repair-focused attorney predicted Monday.
November 14, 2017 Auto Litigation Risk Management New York

Tree Limb Falls On School Bus Amid High Winds

Nearly a dozen people, most of them children, were fortunate to escape with only minor injuries when a huge piece of a tree crushed their small school bus in Queens Monday, according to officials and video from the scene.
October 30, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines New York

Hurricanes Expose Vulnerability Of Businesses To Coastal Flood Risks

The preparedness of U.S. businesses is still wanting despite lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and the high hurricane activity, devastation and losses so far this Atlantic hurricane season, suggests Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).
October 30, 2017 Catastrophe Property Louisiana New Jersey New York Texas

Powerful Storms Down Trees Across New England

A storm left almost 600,000 homes and businesses across the Northeast without power early Monday. National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Dellicarpini said there were reports of downed trees around the region and roads that were impassable in spots due to flash flooding.
October 30, 2017 Auto Property Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York

Recovery Efforts Continue 5 Years After Superstorm Sandy

On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas of New Jersey and New York, causing billions of dollars in damage, and killed dozens of people in the U.S. and Caribbean.
October 27, 2017 Catastrophe Property New Jersey New York

Driver Narrowly Escapes Before LIRR Train Strikes Car

An Uber driver had a close call in Bethpage Tuesday, as he found his car stuck on the railroad tracks just as a Long Island Rail Road train was heading his way.
October 25, 2017 Auto New York

Manchester Borough Townhouse Fire Possibly Caused By Hoverboard

13 people have been displaced after a townhouse fire broke out early Monday morning. Emergency personnel were dispatched just before 3 a.m. to the fire in Manchester Borough.
October 24, 2017 Property Subrogation New York

Las Vegas Shooting Victims File Lawsuit Against Bump Stock Makers

A lawsuit seeking to represent the victims of the Las Vegas rampage, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, was filed against the makers of so-called bump stocks, which the shooter used to achieve a near-automatic rate of fire.
October 11, 2017 Liability Litigation New York

Fyre Festival Organizer Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud

Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland pleaded not guilty to fraud charges over the Bahamian music event that went viral this spring when ticket holders offered real-time social-media coverage of its disastrous collapse
October 3, 2017 Fraud New York

Metal shavings Put 38,475 Pounds Of Ground Turkey On The Recall List

At not-food-in-food recall on Monday night covers 38,475 pounds of ground turkey, including the Publix store brand, that might have metal shavings from the processing equipment. In addition to Publix ground turkey and ground turkey breast in 1.3-pound styrofoam trays, 1.2-pound trays of Fit & Active Fresh Ground Turkey and 1-pound trays of Weis Markets Fresh Ground Turkey Breast are covered in the recall. All have ink jet printing on the side of the trays with the numbers 7268 and 7269.
October 3, 2017 Liability Life & Health Alabama Connecticut Florida Georgia New York

3 Fatalities, Multiple Injuries After Bus Collision In New York City

Three people were killed and at least 15 others were injured after a New York City transit bus and a tour bus collided early on Monday in the city’s borough of Queens, before slamming into a restaurant, fire officials said.
September 18, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New York

Insurance Wanted — Odell Beckham Jr. Considering A Record Setting Policy

New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is thinking about securing an insurance policy for over $100 million in injury protection, sources say.
August 23, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines New York
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