Gov. David A. Paterson has signed a new law that takes effect immediately to increase access to health care for volunteer fire and ambulance workers in New York.

New York’s insurance superintendent is preparing for a new high-risk insurance pool to help uninsured residents with a goal of having the program operational by this summer.

After a nearly three-year stint in the public sector as a superintendent with the New York State Insurance Department – including a month as the agency’s acting superintendent – Kermitt Brooks has joined AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co.

A new law regulating New York’s life settlements market and outlawing stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI) is awaiting the signature of Gov. David A. Patterson.

Joining states including Pennsylvania and New York, Wisconsin has expanded health insurance coverage to young adults through their parents plans.

As part of a two-year, $5 billion deficit reduction plan, New York Gov. David A. Paterson is cutting nearly $500 million in Medicaid and other health and mental hygiene programs in the state.

Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law a measure allowing state insurance regulators to approve allowing health insurers to issue group health insurance policies to cover temporary, part-time, freelance and self-employed workers.

Twenty-two days after being named acting superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, James J. Wrynn is now the agency’s official overseer.

James J. Wrynn

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While many insurers across the nation have voluntarily said they will cover seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccinations, New York Gov. David A. Paterson is making it a mandate for the state’s youngest residents.

Dennis J. Hayes was appointed as special deputy superintendent of the New York Liquidation Bureau, the division that serves as the court-appointed fiduciary and receiver of insolvent or impaired insurers in the state.