Insurance Advocate
- Big 'I' Installs New Chairman.(In The News)
- The risk to coastal New York: real, market cycle, or both? Legislators, regulators, industry debate state of coastal homeowners market and possible solutions at Senate committee hearing.
- The Numbers Tell The Story: M&A is Hotter Than Ever Among Agencies.
- The Leak Behind the Credit: Water Devices Going Dark.(risk management)
- Wilkens elected PIANJ president.([IN THE ASSOCIATIONS])
- Prast Elected President-Elect of PIACT.
- NAIC Warns "Get Ready for Tornadoes".(trends)
- Remembering a Friend ...
- Suffolk County Blacktop contractor charged with fraud.
- Taking on Tort Reform... and Doing Something.(Foreword)
- Agency M&A Breaking Records at Breakneck Speed.
- The Excess Line Association Of New York (ELANY) is Pleased to Announce the AppointmentofJanetPane as Exec.Director.(In The Associations)
- Helix Underwriting Partners expands MGA offering with the launch of a Professional Lines program.(In the Companies)
- Applied Underwriters Sets 2023-24 Plans for Nation's Largest Amateur Golf Tournament.(Feature)
- Liquidation bureau drops TPAs.
- New Capacity--$20 Billion Worth--Poured Into P/C In Past Few Years, But Window Seen Closing.
- The Morality of Life and Death and Doctors.
- RIMS opposes tax increase on non-U.S. reinsurers.
- Statutes of Limitations.
- AMAZING ETHICAL DILEMMA..OR IS IT?
- PIA New York Elects President, New Officers to Take Helm.
- 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.([TRENDS])
- Running a Killer Sales Meeting.
- Appeals court reverses, orders fall injury compensable.
- Coalition Announces New Miscellaneous Professional Liability Insurance Coverage.
- Edward J. Muhl, Former Md. Commissioner Named by Pataki as N.Y. Insurance Sup't.
- 'Savings clause' applies; non-trucking use exclusion deemed invalid.
- LICONY Celebrates 51st Anniversary.
- Godfread to lead insurance commissioner association in 2025.
- "Thank you, Al Lewis".
- Big 'I' Member Reappointed to Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.
- Covid Delay of Trial Appropriate.(On My Radar)
- Telling the Real Story.
- Jacques Bonneau Appointed President and Ceo of Partner Re.
- It's Hard to Escape Coverage by Policy Wording but Insurers Keep Trying.(On My Radar)
- Redefining Riskin the Age of AI Agents.
- Finseca and NAILBA have Officially Merged.([IN THE ASSOCIATION])
- North to Receive Top Business Insurance Award.(In The News)
- IBANY Announces 2018 Insurance Person of the Year.
- Don't Lie to Your Insurance Company.(On My Radar)
- Hold Fast.(Foreword)
- Saving the Insurance Consumer.
- New Survey Reveals How Independent Insurance Agents Are Adapting to the Hard Market.
- Gov. Cuomo in state of state message, pledges search for new ways to meet health cost problems.(LOOKING BACK ... Insurance Advocate, 25 years ago)
- New IMUA Officers & Board Members Elected.([IN THE ASSOCIATIONS] INSURANCE ADVOCATE)
- American College.
- VIEWS FROM THE BOTTOM: After The Fact It's Usually Too Late!([LOOKING BACK] INSURANCE ADVOCATE - 26 YEARS AGO)
- Trucking company owner pleads guilty to WC fraud.
- Only Fools Fail to Read Policy and Assume Coverage Exists.(On My Radar)
- Workforce Insurance Underwriters Implements Joshu to Power Products.(innovations)
- Never Lie on an Insurance Application.
- Big 'I' Names New President of Big I Advantage[R].
- The MGA Market: Performance Leader as Dramatic Growth Continues.
- Aflac Global Investments Announces $2.1 Billion Strategic Partnership with Denham Capital to Accelerate Denham Sustainable Infrastructures Platform.([IN THE NEWS] INSURANCE ADVOCATE)
- The Reasonable Accommodation Trap.
- Governmental Immunity is not Absolute.(On My Radar)
- Underwriting freedom vs. consumer concerns: the N.J. auto insurance market--part II.
- Understanding the Difference Between Extended and Manufacturer Warranties.
- LIFE & HEALTH: Nearly 39 Million Non-Elderly Americans Now Without Health Insurance--Private or Public--Up From 36.3 Million In 1991.
- Insurance Companies and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York: A Sensible Proposal.
- 'Vairo succeeds Taylor as president Of AIA.(LOOKING BACK ... Insurance Advocate, 25 years ago)
- New York Insurance Scholarship Foundation Selects Delgado And Fitzpatrick As 2021-2022 Scholars.([IN THE ASSOCIATIONS])
- Help: My House is Falling Into the Sea: True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud Number 17.(ON MY RADAR)
- Liability Insurance only Responds to Fortuitous Acts.(On My Radar)
- Millions of Americans could be underinsured due to multiple structures on their property.(risk management)
- Finger Lakes Partners Insurance Services Joins World Insurance Associates.(Agencies)
- Senator Breslin Introduces ELANY Supported Bill Favoring Brokers.
- Re: McCain's choice of VP.
- "Thank Goodness for Insurance"Launches Renters Insurance Section.(In The Associations)
- Pitney bowes MapInfo, WSI join to provide weather risk data.
- A Theft is a Taking of Property: A Decision Finding Theft Can Be a Taking of More than Money Costs National Union $22,114,883 Plus Interest.([ON MY RADAR])
- Willis Towers Watson Launches Partnership with the Wharton Schools Mack Institute.([IN THE NEWS])
- And Now For the Good News...
- Insurers Step Up, Despite Some Officials' Proposed Solutions.
- PIANJ/PIANY: Take Over Atlantic City 80's Style!
- Risk Strategies Acquires LI Based Pace Professional Services, Ltd.
- No Good Deed by an Insurer Goes Unpunished: Recommendation of Contractor by Insurer not Employment of Contractor.
- Epidemics, Fear and Denial: How Every American Is Threatened.
- Arsonist Did the Crime and Must Serve the Time: Arson-For-Profit That Caused Death of Firefighter Results In 360 Months in Federal Prison.
- "Emotional distress" ruling may hit auto market.
- Risk Retention Groups Report Financially Stable Third Quarter 2020 Results.
- NAPIA Elects New President.
- New York Life Insurance Company.
- COL. FELLER RETURNS TO PRACTICE OF LAW.
- Asbestos Plaintiffs Ran Out of Viable Insurers.(ON MY RADAR)
- SRA 831(b) Admin Announces New Halo Coverage Policy for Consolidated Business Risk Mitigation.(In the Companies)
- Earth Movement Exclusion Effective as Major Cause of Loss.(On My Radar)
- HMO 'report cards' show both improvements and shortfalls.
- Landmark WC agreement draws praise, anticipation.
- Peer Report Defeats Pip Pain Cream Charges: Value Core Pharmacy, Inc and Allstate Insurance Company.
- PIANY Leader meets with Southern Tier lawmakers to discuss legislative priorities.
- Opposing "Tech-enabled Claim Instigation"--a New Campaign Takes Hold.(Foreword)
- Post Procurement Fraud Prevents Rescission.(On My Radar)
- Homeowners' Customer Satisfaction Measured.
- A Binder is an Insurance Contract: Once Coverage is Bound Cancellation Requires Compliance with Statutory Requirements.
- How the Insurance Industry Can Solve our Nationwide Mold Problem.(GUEST ARTICLE)
- Terrorism coverage excluded.
- AND WHY...? New York named among the states with fewest young homeowners.
- Stress Inside and Outside the Workplace: Part I of III: Excerpted from the forthcoming book Stress in the American Workplace.
- Understanding the Difference Between Surety Bonds and Insurance.
- As we go to Press...([FOREWORD] EDITOR & PUBLISHER)
- COVID-19: The 2021 Landscape for Surgeons.([TRENDS])
- North Sea acquired by Lancer.
- NAILBA Announces Winners of 2024 ID Twenty Awards, Celebrating 20 Industry Innovators and Trailblazers.(In The Associations)
- SWAT-ing Wc Fraud.(Foreword)
- Honoree Calls for Rejection of Cynicism: Menzies Calls for 'Advocacy Plus Personal Engagement to Make Financial Commitment Meaningful' in Address to Israel Bonds Luncheon.
- Did Covid Change That?([FOREWORD])
- Court upholds spousal exclusion in both policy and statute.
- Millennials: A Generation Receptive to Financial Guidance.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS.
- New Years Wish: No More Morally Superior Phonies.
- AMERIND'S Tribal Risk & Insurance Convening Highlights Top Topics in Insurance Industry.(In The Associations)
- The Workers' Compensation State: Caterpillar or Butterfly?
- IFNY Honors Kandarian, Nigro: 275 Gather at New York's Historic Union League Club to Honor MetLife Leader and NYC's Fire Commissioner.
- Big 'I' 2023 Market Share Report: Growth in Independent Agencies.
- NAIC Names 2020 Committee Leaders.
- Important New Book on the Market: Insurance Law for Common Interest Communities: Condominiums, Cooperatives And Homeowners Associations.
- ON THE LEVEL: VIEWS OF A STOREFRONT BROKER.
- Location of REI clause within policy complies with insurance law.
- Hindsight Can't Change Policy Limits.(On My Radar)
- Steinberg Recipient Of Free Enterprise Award Of Insurance Federation Of N.Y.
- Hager Hails Big Gains In W.C. Business But Says Struggle To Heal Troubled System Far From Over.
- INSURANCE REGULATION AT A CROSS ROADS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LAST TEN YEARS.
- The Independent Way.
- The Human Touch.
- Test, Jab, Boost, Repeat.(JANE M. ORIENT, M.D. [GUEST OPINION])
- No Way Out After Murder Conviction.(On My Radar)
- N. Y. Dept. Revocations Of Producers' Licenses Result From Failure To Remit Premiums, Lowballing.
- Longevity Gets Longer.(Insurance Advocate)
- NAIC Names Acting Chief Executive Officer.(In The Associations)
- As Evil as They Can Be, a Racoon Can Never Be a Vandal: Court Refuses to Allow Pro Se Plaintiff to Annoy Court.
- NYSWC Introduces Case Indexing.(Insurance Advocate | Feature)
- DFS Addresses Insurers' Discriminatory Practices With Respect to Certain Prescription Drug Use.
- AEO vs. SEO: What Insurance Agencies Need to Know.
- Cuomo Announces $18 Million Initiative for Entrepreneurs in NY State: Training for Workers and Support Entrepreneurs During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Sexual Assault Excluded.(On My Radar)
- Global perspectives on insuring terrorism: can U.S. draw from experiences of countries that have dealt with terrorism for decades?
- Letters.
- Ivans Issues Annual Agency-Carrier Connectivity Trends Report.(Agencies)
- Social Security No-Match Letters Are Back!([HR UPDATE])
- Risk Strategies Acquires Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk.(Agents & Brokers)
- New NAIC Model Act Requires Insurers To Tell Insurance Dept. About Frontinq Arrangements.
- Accredited, Howden and Other A+ Rated Reinsurers Leverage Instnt's AI to Transform Fraud into an Insurable Risk.(innovations)
- Liars Never Prosper No Coverage for Loss at Unidentified Property.(BARRY ZALMA [ON MY RADAR])
- "Consequential damages" decision draws dissent.
- How to Comply with the New Sexual Harassment Laws.
- Insurance Professionals Honored with PIANY Scholarships.
- Moving Season in New York.(trends)
- InvestSM Adds New Members to Board.(In The Associations)
- Residence Premises Requires the Insured to Live in Residence.(On My Radar)
- Only Fools Fail to Read Policy and Assume Coverage Exists.(On My Radar)
- MSSNY seeks MD's relief.
- Who Defines Disinformation?([GUIST OPINION])
- Louisiana Insurance Fraud Unit Nips Guaranty Fund Scam.
- Fire premiums on historical sites.
- Artificial Intelligence Review of Insurance Contracts - Are we there yet?
- Fraud Defense Insufficient to Allow Plaintiff to Sue Under Pseudonym.(On My Radar)
- Borrello, Blakeman Call for Full State Audit of NY's Commercial Driver Licensing System.
- ALIENT AGENT: CLIENT/AGENT: THE NEW "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" DECISION.
- Priority of Liens in Personal Injury Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Indem. Corp. v Bader & Yakaitis LLP et al., 2020 NY Slip Op 50798(U) Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 450314/2019. Decided 08 July 2020.
- Horizon, state government unveil HC plan for children.
- The Dishonest Chiropractor/Physician.
- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited.
- The Four Corners Rule Strikes Again to Require Defense Not Owed: Careful Pleading Requires Defense When Evidence Does Not.
- 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.([COVER])
- 12 days of Christmas.
- Bill seeks to protect HC professionals' participation in managed care plans.
- Pedestrian intentionally struck by motorist is not entitled to UM benefits, but does get PIP benefits.
- HEALTH CARE COSTS UNDER THE KNIFE.(Foreword)
- Industry sends mixes messages to treasury on fed regulation.
- What Happens When a Life Insurance Policy Designates an Ex-Spouse as the Beneficiary.
- Insured may not refuse to answer EUO questions on basis of "spousal privilege".
- Hagerty Acquires Broad Arrow Group.([IN THE COMPANIES])
- Who's on First? Insured's & Insurer's Burden on Causation.(On My Radar)
- Tokio Marine HCC President Mike Schell Retires After Five Decades in Insurance.(In the Companies)
- Doctor Robot for You, Real Doctor for Me.
- The Biden Administrations Health Insurance Priorities.(GUEST OPINION)
- Leadership Is Doing: AXIOMS THAT PROMPT "DOING" AS A LEADERSHIP STYLE AND EDGE.
- Statutory Penalties Must be Based on Evidence.
- ATIC Files $28M Lawsuit Against Health Care Providers and Others.
- Insurance Advocate In The Associations.(Defenses to the Tort of Bad Faith)
- "Bravo India Romeo Delta at one o'clock!".
- Igniting the Tech Change in a PostPandemic Workplace: How Companies Are Shifting Focus to Health and Safety as Turnover Accelerates.([WORKPLACE])
- Foresters, ADS announce new life product.
- LICONY: CELEBRATES 50 YEARS.
- There Can Never be a Fraud Too Small to Void a Policy.(ON MY RADAR)
- Focus: the Energy Market.
- Slip, Fall and then some...([ON MY RADAR])
- PIANY to honor Isenberg.(IN THE ASSOCIATIONS)
- Large deductibles, aggregate trust funds: (the writer is president of The Hamilton Wharton Group, Inc., which specializes in workers' compensation and manages a health care safety group in the state fund).
- Government funding measure extends NFIP and includes key crop insurance provisions.(Big 'I' Sees Win as Congress Passes Spending Bill)
- Jewelers Mutual[R] Expands Counseling Benefit Globally.(Feature)
- Sari Gabay Named Insurance Regulatory Lawyer of the Year.
- After Avoiding Prison Fraudster Appeals Unsuccessfully.(On My Radar)
- Plaintiff's 2001 Judgment Gets Paid with Compound Interest Despite 14 Year Delay in Enforcement.
- Stick to the Stick.(FOREWORD)
- Price or service? Readers respond.
- Sander Elected to Board of Directors of the New York Insurance Association.(Insurance Advocate)
- The Amoral Public Adjuster.(On My Radar)
- Insured Must Fulfill Conditions Precedent to Recover Underinsured Motorist Claim.