According to a report from Insurance Insider, Nationwide has decided to withdraw from New York’s excess and specialty line brokered construction insurance due to the state’s unique Scaffold Law. “The main driver is New York Labor Law section 240/241 and its impact on claims against controlled insurance programs (CIPs), or ‘wrap-ups’ as they are more commonly known. The...Continue Reading

The Albany Times Union published a letter from the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York’s Adam Morey in response to comments made by personal injury trial lawyer Daniel Santola: Personal injury attorney Daniel Santola’s March 15 letter (“Scaffold Law freeze would repeat past failure”) misrepresents the history of the Scaffold Law and the argument employed is not...Continue Reading