NY Gov working on fix for bond insurers
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ALBANY, New York  - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said on Tuesday he was working "extraordinarily hard" to aid troubled bond insurers, adding that he would do what is appropriate for the bond market, and the municipal market in particular.
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Wall Street banks and the New York State Insurance Department are more likely to look for individual fixes for ailing bond insurers than an industry-wide bailout, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday.
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Bond insurers may be split into two businesses -- one to guarantee municipal bonds and the other to back riskier securities linked to troubled mortgages -- in what would be the biggest overhaul of the industry since it was created almost four decades ago.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzerâs communications director, a central figure in an attempt to use the State Police to embarrass the governorâs main rival, is expected to return to work.
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WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday said the turbulence that has hit financial markets will take time to be resolved, especially in the area of subprime mortgages.
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The Legislature&#39;s bet on a billion bucks from a contested insurance case could plunge New York State deeper in debt, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned.
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Gov. Sonny Perdue and Republican legislative leaders agreed Tuesday to a temporary fix that would keep a health insurance program for poor children running in spite of dwindling federal funding.
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The bond insurer problem must be  fixed, or else it could become a "financial tsunami" that  wreaks havoc on the broader economy, New York Governor Eliot  Spitzer is due to tell the Congress Thursday.
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Independent directors of Marsh & McLennan Cos. approached New York state Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer this week about settling the corruption charges Spitzer has brought against the giant insurance broker and financial services firm, according to sources close to the investigation.
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The New York attorney general is pursuing reports of payoffs that may increase coverage costs for tens of millions.
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ALBANY, NY -- The man who made Wall Street reform its ways is now charging widespread corruption in the insurance industry. He alleged that brokers have been taking payoffs from insurance companies to steer
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The lawmakers said they were particularly concerned with a key aspect of the agenciesâ business models: they get paid by the companies whose bonds they rate.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo  said on Wednesday he is conducting an industry-wide probe of  health insurers into an alleged scheme to defraud consumers by  manipulating reimbursement rates.
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of New York said that he is conducting an investigation of health insurers into allegations that reimbursement rates were manipulated to defraud consumers.
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Lawmakers said government intervention may be needed to ease financial strains in the bond industry that are unsettling other areas of the economy.
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer tells US lawmakers that many insurance brokers systematically fix the market.
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The bond insurer problem must be  fixed, or else it could become a "financial tsunami" that  wreaks havoc on the broader economy, New York Governor Eliot  Spitzer is due to tell the U.S. Congress on Thursday.