Insurance costs hindering foster care placements
Northern Rivers Executive Director Bill Gettman discusses the rising insurance costs facing voluntary foster care agencies.
State Medicaid director talks access to public health insurance
State Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri discusses uninterrupted health insurance for kids and the Medicaid "unwinding."
The intersection of insurance and a disaster
State lawmakers unanimously support adding an insurance industry liaison to the state's Disaster Preparedness Commission.
Regulating the pet insurance industry in New York
Assemblymember Pamela Hunter discusses her bills regulating pet insurance and empowering state financial regulators.
Health insurance rates increase for state marketplaces
The price of health insurance in the state's marketplaces is going up, but the increases may not cover the cost of care.
Should New York get into the flood insurance business?
State policymakers want New York to study the flood insurance market and consider a new landscape for the future.
Construction injury fraud blamed for rising insurance costs
Assembly Insurance Committee Chair David Weprin wants to make construction injury fraud a felony in New York.
Promoting green hospitals with insurance incentives
NYS Insurance Fund leader Gaurav Vasisht explains an effort to use discounted premiums to shrink hospital emissions.
NY top court upholds state insurance rule for abortion
The state's former top financial regulator discusses a court ruling upholding an insurance rule she wrote in 2017.
Automatic spousal insurance coverage enrollment could be narrowed
State policymakers are taking steps to revise a controversial car insurance requirement.
