Insurance Advocate
- A new report has hit the cyber cover situation head on revealing that: just 55% of organizations currently have cyber insurance, and of those, most policies have limits far lower than the cost of the average attack.
- Verisk Expands Weather Intelligence.
- In de novo Proceeding, Attorney fees are Fixed DY Court, 'Not Regulation 68: Matter of Country-Wide Ins. Co. v TC Acupuncture P.C.
- IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE ANSWER TO INSURANCE FRAUD?
- Helix Underwriting Partners expands MGA offering with the launch of a Professional Lines program.(In the Companies)
- Electronic Notice of Renewal Sufficient.(On My Radar)
- Halloween's Over: Take off the Masks.
- It's Hard to Escape Coverage by Policy Wording but Insurers Keep Trying.(On My Radar)
- Faulty Blood Test Results Do Not Make Doctor Liable For Patients ER Bill.
- TrustedChoice.com Joins the Momentum Family to Accelerate Innovation for Independent Insurance Agents.(In The Associations)
- Hear and There.
- Shock to the System.(Foreword)
- Brightway Insurance opens new Agencies in FL, NY and TX.
- The 100 deadliest days.(Feature)
- VIEWS FROM THE BOTTOM: After The Fact It's Usually Too Late!([LOOKING BACK] INSURANCE ADVOCATE - 26 YEARS AGO)
- Andrew J. McMahon Named Guardian Chief Executive Officer.
- Auto and Property Insurance Shopping Continue to Diverge; Both Younger and Riskier Consumers Increase Auto Shopping: Transllnion report reveals the personal lines insurance marketplace shows signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels.
- When Employees Have to Be Paid For OfftheClock Cell Phone Use.
- Q4 2024 Auto and Property Insurance Shopping Increased 20% Compared to Q4 2023.(Feature)
- Applied Underwriters Invitational Sets New Records as Golfdom's Giant Tourney Nets Record-Breaking $14M for Charities.(In the Companies)
- How New Technology Will Shake Up the Future of the Insurance Industry.
- IBANY Announces 2018 Insurance Person of the Year.
- NYDFS Issues Numerous Disciplinary Actions: Crackdown on Health Plans' Non-Compliance with Contraceptive Coverage.
- Plaintiff's 20-Year Delay in Enforcing Judgment Does Not Toll Interest: Berenblit v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
- Unlicensed Doctor Convicted of Insurance Fraud and Other Crimes.
- CyberCube Analytics Provides the First Inside-Out View of Risk Exposure for the Cyber Insurers: Trident Capital Cybersecurity and Symantec Ventures support the Launch.
- Northeast PIA Launches 'Work with an Agent'.
- No Damage, No Case or Controversy, No Right to Sue in Federal Court: Assignee has no more Right to Sue than Assignor.
- Leadership Is Doing: AXIOMS THAT PROMPT "DOING" AS A LEADERSHIP STYLE AND EDGE.
- Covid Delay of Trial Appropriate.(On My Radar)
- Enlightening Exchange al NYIA's New York Regulatory Symposium.
- Only 19 Percent of Business Leaders Say They are Ready to Lead the Social Enterprise--Despite Increased Importance: Organizations leading the social enterprise are moving beyond mission statements to help bring meaning back to the workplace and human identity back to the worker.
- THE INSURANCE ADVOCATE HAS BEEN IN PUBLICATION SINCE 1889. EACH ISSUE, WE LOOK BACK TO A DIFFERENT TIME TO SEE WHAT INSURERS WERE READING ABOUT BACK THEN. HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM.
- Telling the Real Story.
- Corvus Continues Rapid Acceleration with New Clients and 380% Gross Written Premium Growth.
- Catalyits Tech Impact.
- Applied Underwriters Forms Applied Specialty Underwriters: Christopher Day Named President of the New Company.
- New Survey Reveals How Independent Insurance Agents Are Adapting to the Hard Market.
- IBANY Names Rubin Alspector, Insurance Person of the Year.
- You Can't Carry Electricity in a Bucket.
- Wilkens elected PIANJ president.
- The Four Corners Rule Strikes Again.
- The beginning ...
- Collector Car Owners to the Rescue.(Foreword)
- Manhattan "on the Rocks" as Businesses Onerous Ice Congestion Pricing.
- Court of Appeals Holds that Control of Medical PC by Non-Physicians is Fraud in Itself: Non-Party Witness Pleading the Fifth May Be Used Against PC in Civil Trial: Andrew Carothers, M.D., P.C. v Progressive Insurance Co.
- Consumers Increase Shopping for Auto Insurance Despite COVID-19 Challenges: Newly released TransUnion Insurance Shopping Annual Report uncovers impacts of COVID-19 on personal auto insurance.
- The Four Corners Rule Strikes Again to Require Defense Not Owed: Careful Pleading Requires Defense When Evidence Does Not.
- PIANY Leader meets with Southern Tier lawmakers to discuss legislative priorities.
- Dipping your toe into the social media as an agent.
- The Workers' Compensation State: Caterpillar or Butterfly?
- Attorney Has No Liability For Talking Client Into Filing Meritless Lawsuit.
- PIANY installs 2022-23 officers and elects directors.
- Unsubstantiated Legal Conclusion Defeats Bad Faith Claim.(On My Radar)
- Q1 2025 Personal Lines Trends and Perspectives.
- THE RISE OF THE EXPONENTIAL UNDERWRITER: Leveraging a convergence of data, technology, and human capital to transform underwriting in insurance.
- Ohio National Life Insurance Company's Termination or Trail Commissions.
- Insurance Advocate Columnists Retire.
- Arsonist Did the Crime and Must Serve the Time: Arson-For-Profit That Caused Death of Firefighter Results In 360 Months in Federal Prison.
- What Happens When a Life Insurance Policy Designates an Ex-Spouse as the Beneficiary.
- Estoppel Cannot Create Insurance Coverage: Lack of Bodily Injury, Personal Injury or Occurrence Bars Coverage.
- INSURANCE ADVOCATE.
- AUW founder, Steve Menzies, Acquires Insurance Companies from Berkshire Hathaway in $920MM Transaction.
- Post Procurement Fraud Prevents Rescission.(On My Radar)
- Tax Hikes Will Hit Hard.
- New York State Bar Association Recognizes Three Judges for Commitment to the Court and Community.
- Agency Revolution is the Newest Company Partner of ACT.
- Sari Gabay Named Insurance Regulatory Lawyer of the Year.
- ATIC Files $28M Lawsuit Against Health Care Providers and Others.
- Private Limitations of Action Provision Enforced: Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Because Suit Was Filed Too Late.
- Larry Schiffer Named Dick Kennedy Award Recipient.
- FOXs Bill Hemmer to Address Big 'I' Members.
- LICONY: CELEBRATES 50 YEARS.
- Accredited, Howden and Other A+ Rated Reinsurers Leverage Instnt's AI to Transform Fraud into an Insurable Risk.(innovations)
- Fraud is a Crime that Should Never Pay.(On My Radar)
- How to Comply with the New Sexual Harassment Laws.
- Velella Wants to Adapt 2% Non-Renewal Rule on Auto Insurance for Homeowners; Files Legislation.
- Remembering a Friend ...
- Religious Abuse Liability Institutions - Child Sex: Monaghan v Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Ctr.
- Starting From Scratch.
- PIANJ Applauds State Senate, Assembly for Passage of Producer Duty-of-Care Bill.
- Big T and Future One Release 2022 Agency Universe Findings.
- 2nd Annual Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Forum Returns to the ULC; Draws 100.
- Finseca and NAILBA have Officially Merged.
- Liars Never Prosper No Coverage for Loss at Unidentified Property.
- The world of social media.
- Regulation Acceleration: Deloitte Report Hits Key Areas of Concentration For Insurers.
- NYIA Regulatory Symposium Looks at Insuring 'Environment'.
- Surge in working from home raises cyber exposure issues.
- Insurance Professionals Honored with PIANY Scholarships.
- Insurance marketing featuring Facebooks new feature.
- Finseca's 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced.
- Applied Underwriters Announces Formation of Applied Specialty Underwriters, Names Christopher Day President of the New Company.
- Lawyer Appointed by Insurer had a Duty of Zealous Representation: The Business Of Insurance Is Subject To The Law Of Unintended Consequences As If It Were On Steroids.
- Fraud Defense Insufficient to Allow Plaintiff to Sue Under Pseudonym.(On My Radar)
- In Need of a Lift: Taxi and FHV Businesses Stall on Way to an Insurance Solution.
- Chiropractors Cannot Own & Control Medical Practice: 'Doc-in-the-Box' Scheme Defeated.
- Report: Is the Insurance Talent Gap Real?
- Data Security: Key Report Profiles 1,250 Data Security Incidents.
- Market Outlook 2025: Why Independent Agents Are Essential.
- Who's on First? Insured's & Insurer's Burden on Causation.(On My Radar)
- Fraud Steals estimated $87 Billion from Insurers: Real Cases Underline Duplicity.
- Worn out words.
- Debrah Hamilton Named Executive Director of The Business Insurance Foundation, Inc.
- Assault & Battery Exclusion Prohibits Coverage for Defense.
- White, Griffin Honored at CMSV Gala.
- Insurers Lead National Effort for Social Well-Being: Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Releases Millennial Ideas Summit White Paper.
- Tokio Marine HCC President Mike Schell Retires After Five Decades in Insurance.(In the Companies)
- AssuredPartners Sold to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for $13.45 Billion.(In the Companies)
- Who Defines Disinformation?
- When Provider Bills Under a 'By Report' Code Insurer Must Demand Supporting Documents if it Wants Them.
- Big 'I' Names New President of Big I Advantage[R].
- DFS' Cybersecurity Regulation and the Compliance Deadline.
- NY PIP: Post-Claim Policy Exhaustion Appears To Be Revived As a Defenset.
- FinTech Draws High Achievers.
- The Insured Signs the Proof of Loss not the Public Adjuster--Beware! Fraud by Public Adjuster Imputed to Insured.
- PIANY Applauds Gov. Murphy.
- Actuarial Foundation Receives One of its Lamest Grants from the New York Life Foundation.
- Excess of Loss or Quota Share Reinsurance When Excess of Loss is the Better Bet.
- PIANY Elects Five to Board of Directors.
- American Economy Responding To Needs; Not Inflation Oriented.
- Title Agents: Bill S.2929A Revisits Regulation 208.
- MORAL MARKETS New Concerns Carry Ethics to Next Level.
- The New Normal in Claims Management: Random No Longer Rules: Premonition Analytics and the New Normal in Claims Management.
- AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COMPANY RESOLVES SIGNIFICANT LAWSUIT AGAINST HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: Suit Alleged Fraudulent and Other Improper Treatment and Billing Practices.
- Wake Up Call.
- How Do I Optimize My Instagram Business Profile For Better SEO?
- SUM Coverage Is Offset By Recovery From Tortfeasor.
- Attorney Has No Liability For Talking Client Into Filing Meritless Lawsuit.
- Appeals court reverses, orders fall injury compensable.
- PIANT Taps Top Talent for Year: PIANY Elects Ferris President.
- Starting From Scratch.
- Pollution Exclusions.
- Court Orders Sanctions Inquiry Against Attorneys Who Sued Wrong Insurer: Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v Omni Indem. Co.
- RAP Wrap-Up PIANY Hudson Valley Conference Hails "Heroes'': PIANY's HVRAP returns to Suffern; Event hones in on participation and communication.
- THE INSURANCE ADVOCATE HAS BEEN IN PUBLICATION SINCE 1889. EACH ISSUE, WE LOOK BACK TO A DIFFERENT TIME TO SEE WHAT INSURERS WERE READING ABOUT BACK THEN.
- Insurance Brokers' Association of NY Elects Justin Foa President.
- Hello... I Must Be Going.
- KPMG: insurance sector struggling to innovate: "the heat of disruption" challenges status quo and redundancy.
- PIACT Names Officers for 2019-20.
- State Not Liable for Vicious Assault by Guards on Inmate: Rivera v State of New York, 2019 NY Slip Op 08521 (Court of Appeals, NY) (Decided on November 25, 2019).
- Velella Introduces Bill to Establish Peer Reviews on No-Fault Medical Treatment.
- "Unfair Trade Practices" Exclusion Does Not Extend to Consumer Protection Claims.
- First minority-led tier-one insurance and reinsurance broker launches in the U.S.: 'Protecdiv, the first tier-one minority-led insurance and reinsurance broker in the U.S.', has launched.
- Olympics Delay, Not Cancellation, Provides Reprieve for Insurers.
- One Problem Solved Creates Another.
- Termination Check List To Bullet Proof Legal Challenge.
- Vouch Insurance Expands Coverage to New York.
- AI and Insurance: Whats in That Black Box?
- The Human Touch.
- Willis Towers Watson Launches Partnership with the Wharton Schools Mack Institute.
- Qualifying for handicapped permit: diabetes not approved: matter of Jacobson v New York City Dept. of Transp.
- Specialty Insurer and Reinsurer SiriusPoint Launches with Over $3bn in Capital.
- Three Little Words Objective Technical Expertise.
- Vaping: A look at the health effects and insurance implications of Vaping.
- No Coverage for Fraudulent Insurance Claim: Staged Collision not an Accident.
- Straight Laced.
- NY Court of Appeals Holds Landlords Cannot Avoid Liability for Snow and Ice on Sidewalks: Xiang Fu He v Troon Mgt, Inc. 2019 NY Slip Op 07643.
- PAPERWORK PANDEMIC: COVID-19: Lawmakers Should Protect Businesses Filing Business Interruption Claims.
- New Jersey Policy + New Jersey: Accident = No New York: PIP Arbitration: In the Matter of the Arbitration between: Spike Medical PC and New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co.
- NAIC Names 2020 Committee Leaders.
- A Clear and Unambiguous Exclusion Cant Beat a Great Lawyer: Bar Negligent for not Seeking Arrest of Drunk & Disorderly Customer.
- Plain Language of Policy Enforced.(On My Radar)
- Identifying Insurance Fraud: Red Flags Every Adjuster Should Know.(Fraud)
- The Hazard of Using Agents Who Lie to Insurers.(On My Radar)
- Risk Strategies Appoints Craig D. Simon Managing Director, Private Equity.(Agencies)
- Celebrities Boost Applied Underwriters Invitational Golf Tournament's Record Charitable Contribution.(Feature)
- ShelterPoint Announces Leadership Succession.
- Rhodian Group Partners with Renaissance Alliance.
- Workers' Comp Schedule Rating Plans Can Be Used to Increase or Reduce Premiums.
- VIEWS FROM THE BOTTOM.
- NY Takesa Stand Against Roofing Scams.
- Anti-Fraud Bill Introduced In N.Y. Assembly; Sponsors Charge Insurance Industry Has Not Been Committed To Fight And Requires Legal Mandate.
- ELANY Holds 33rd Annual Members' Meeting; Breslin Delivers Keynote.
- New Capacity--$20 Billion Worth--Poured Into P/C In Past Few Years, But Window Seen Closing.
- IIAA Calling On State Regulators To Reject The CGL Filing By ISO On 'Pass Through' Defense Cost Coverage; NAIC Committee Decides To Stand Pat.
- Independent Agencies Hit Hard by Covid-19: Agencies report decreased revenue and loss of commercial lines clients.
- Thoughts For Leaders.
- Science.
- Aquiline Announces Agreement to Acquire Relation Insurance Services.
- LICONY Celebrates 51st Anniversary.
- The Biden Administrations Health Insurance Priorities.
- Adrienne A. Harris Confirmed to Lead the New York State Department of Financial Services.
- The Florida W.C. JUA--An Update?... Well, We Sure Tried.
- Invest[TM] Appoints Juan Padron as Board Chair.
- Risk Strategies Acquires Professional Risk Associates.
- Aflac Global Investments Announces $2.1 Billion Strategic Partnership with Denham Capital to Accelerate Denham Sustainable Infrastructures Platform.
- Global Ransomware Attacks Reach Record High for 2023, according to Corvus Insurance Q4 Ransomware Report.
- Women In Insurance.
- Hiscox Study: More Than One-Third of US Workers Feel They've Experienced Harassment in the Workplace: Sexual Harassment Tops List as Most Common Form of Employee Misconduct.
- IFNY Honors Sweitzer, Breslin and Seward: 275 Gather at New York's Historic Union League Club to honor Brandon Sweizter, Dean of the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, St. John's University and Senator Neil Breslin and Senator James Seward as the Public Service Awardees: Supt. Lacewell addresses audience; IFNY Interns present accomplishments.
- Fall from Cherry on Top But No Cake: Business Exclusion Clear and Enforceable.
- PIANY opposes business interruption bill.
- Project Delays Add to Construction Insurance Costs.
- Industry's 'Robust Capital Position' Blamed For Delay In The Turnaround Of Underwriting Cycle.
- Big T and Reagan Consulting Release 2022 Best Practices Study Results.
- S&P: "Full Stack" Insurtech Enterprises Shine For 2021 US Insurtech to see More M&A, Heightened Investor Interest.
- W.C. Financial Results For '93 Show Marked Improvement With Combined Ratio Down 12 Points.
- 2020 INSURANCE REGULATORY OUTLOOK FROM DELOITTE: STATUS QUO NOT AN OPTION FOR INSURERS: The Deloitte Center for Regulatory Strategy, Americas prepares a cross-industry series on the forthcoming year's top regulatory trends, eyeing some of the issues that will have a significant impact on businesses: We excerpt liberally from the text....
- Eager for Their Inheritance: Gen Xers and millennials are ready to carry the collectible-car torch.