Issue:  2010-04-19

April 19, 2010

"This is dog food, Mr. Kramden!

This form of networking [op. cit. Twitter; Facebook; corporate web sites, and many other means of social networking] has proved to me everything that I already knew, preached, and very much believed in, but from a totally new levelthat I now had the power to personally touch people I dont even know and get the word out on who I am and what I do.

More Than 300 Hear Utica Firsts Richard Zick Address Soft Market and Compensation Disclosure During PIANY Annual LI Rap

More than 300 industry professionals heard Utica First Insurance Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Zick, CPCU, AU, deliver the keynote address at the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc.s Long Island Regional Awareness Program, Thursday, April 15, at Leonards, Great Neck, N.Y. Mr. Zick focused upon issues of market-share politics and the continuing soft market. During the program, Louis A. Morelli Memorial awards were presented to Garrett M. Duffy, president of Babylon Spirit Inc. and, posthumously, to Stan Landberg, CPCU, marketing director of Kingstone Insurance Co. and to Mr. Zick as Company Executive of the Year. Long Island RAP also included Are they working for or against your agency? presented by Donna Chiapperino, and Current economic trends and their effect on the insurance industry, instructed by Sheldon Hansen, CIC, CRM.

First Cardinal Wins Landmark Lawsuit After Two Year Litigation

2009 P/C Results Show Strong But Incomplete Recovery

The Standard Fire PolicyA Phoenix Arising From The Ashes?

Freedom of Information Requests

Cant See the Forecast for the Trees

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