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New York motor insurance reforms aim to combat fraud and reduce premiums

New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance to auto insurers

New York is not immune from US property insurance pressures, regulator says

DFS acting superintendent Kaitlin Asrow says action is needed now

New York regulator warns insurers of third-party blind spot on cybersecurity

Guidance follow the Amazon Web Services (AWS) mass outage that caused major business disruption

New York financial regulator names Kaitlin Asrow as acting superintendent

New York regulator fines eight auto insurers for cybersecurity violations

AI guidance for New York insurers targets discrimination

The NYDFS has issued a proposed insurance circular letter to firms

Rising expectations: how supervisors are acting on climate change

Anna Sweeney explains how global supervisors are collaborating in order to help insurers grasp the implications of climate change - and improve the sector's response to the risk

The US Climate Survey: good, bad and ugly

US insurers' efforts to understand and mitigate climate risks is difficult to discern, but the NYDFS and InsuranceERM have dug into the NAIC's annual survey to find patchy progress and some surprising opinions. Sarfraz Thind and David Walker report

Linda Lacewell: New York's no-nonsense reformer

Change... it's overdue. The head of the NYDFS, Linda Lacewell, believes there is a transformative energy in the air and it must not be wasted. She speaks to Sarfraz Thind

Equality in insurance: what actions beyond the words?

The US insurance sector was quick to state its support for black lives after George Floyd's death resonated across communities worldwide. It has a questionable history of action on racial inequality, but are things about to change? Sarfraz Thind reports