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- Efficient Real-Time Usage Up Among Independent Agents
- Creativity at Rose and Kiernan
- Professional Liability and Personal Injury Liability Coverage
- To Stop A Thief…
- Staffing, Competing
- Sztuk to Lead Coalition vs Insurance Fraud
- Insurance Arbitration: Debiasing the Biased
- When the Work Involves Filling a Trench, No Guards Around Trench are Required; 240(1) Suit Dismissed
- Columns
- Courtside
- Crackdown
- Exposures & Coverages
- Face to Face
- Foreword
- Insurance News Now
- Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York and Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York File Legal Action to Stop Unfair Producer Compensation Transparency Regulation
- At Least One-Third of Renters Uninsured
- Drywall Causing Insurance Pain
- Fairfax and Zenith National Insurance to Merge
- Monkey Stress Claim Denied
- New York State Insurance Department: Investigators Wanted
- P/C Insights: Automation
- Texting and Talking While Driving: A National Concern
- On the Level
- Topics
- Auto Insurance
- Crackdown (Fraud)
- DBL/Disability
- Excess/Surplus
- Legal Issues
- Life & Health
- Professional Liability
- Workers Compensation
- Past Issues
- 2010
- December 14, 2010
- LICONY Sets 2011 Affirmative Legislative Agenda
- Not so Swift.
- Wishes Can Come True!
- Disclose This!
- Q&A with Thomas E.Workman, President & CEO, Life Insurance Council of New York
- One for the Home Team
- November 19, 2010
- Annual Luncheon Fetes Warren Heck, Chairman & CEO, GNY Companies, Maurice Hank Greenberg, is featured speaker as 500 attend event at Ciprianis
- Vindication, In a Way
- Additional Insured Status When Required By Contract, Late Notice, and Designated Locations
- Record Retention in Electronic Media
- Stop, Drop, and Roll
- Much ado - now what to do?
- Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer Dismissed on Summary Judgment; Doubts as to Extent of Injury Existed
- October 29, 2010
- FOR THE RECORD: An In-Depth Look at the Abetta Boiler Decision and E&O Exposure for Retai
- A Second Look
- Top 5 Winning Strategies for Insurance Marketers
- Two Year Suit Limitation Period in Property Insurance Policy is Not Waived or Estopped Just Because Insurer Said Not To Worry About It
- American Ingenuity Comes Through Again!
- "Safe Text
- October 18, 2010
- Demotechs New York State Specialists Ratings
- The Killer is
- Aetna Fined $850,000 For Health Insurance Violations
- What We Can Learn from a Canadian Physician About ObamaCare
- Failure to name P.C.s Individual Owners Prior to Running of Statute is Fatal; Relation-Back Doctrine Does Not Save Claims
- Start With the Right People if You Want the Right Results
- Think Insurance, Before Tossing Those Cookies
- Masks Have Long Been a Part of Daily Life.
- September 30, 2010
- NYSID Acts to Keep Coastal Insurance Affordable, Available
- ASSOCIATIONS RESPOND TO NYSID
- A New Yawka Maybe?
- Dedicated Agents Contribute Significantly to Agency Value
- Demetriou General Agency, Inc. Acquires Danross Agency, Inc.
- Hot Wheels: 2000 Honda Civic Most Frequently Stolen Car in New York
- Coverage - Out of State Accidents
- Night at the Museum
- September 17, 2010
- Game Clock is Ticking
- Does Extra Expense Cover Were Open for Business ads after a loss?
- Decision Augurs Broad Application of the Economic Loss Doctrine Broadly
- Attorney General Cuomo Arrests Eight Suspects in No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Service Fee Agreements
- Yes, unless its excluded.
- A good time to communicate
- Enslavement by Health Insurance (Op-ed offering)
- Bus Backing Up to Avoid Truck in front that was Backing Up, is Not an Emergency; Bus Liable to Car it Backed Into!
- August 31, 2010
- Court Decision: Retail Risk Management and Other Special Duties of New York Insurance Brokers
- Warren Heck, Hank Greenberg Headline IFNY Free Enterprise Luncheon
- On DODD-FRANK Reforms: Q&A with Howard Mills
- William Wallach, Industry Champion, Dies at 89
- Real-Time Tech Reduces Congestion in Lower Manhattan
- Queens Contractor Caught in Alleged Comp. Fraud
- Ruchman The Importance of Adequate Document Review
- Golfella
- Internet Postings Alone Do Not Constitute "Doing Business" in New York for Out of State Resident
- July 26, 2010
- The spillover: How the mess in the Gulf will wash up onto insurers
- Into the Mix.
- As The Legislature Breaks, Insurers Uncertain of Achieving any Needed Changes
- Circular 20: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Why should a client-focused industry need regulations to require good customer service?
- Auto Insurers Fail to Meet Non- Cooperation Disclaimer Standard
- On Arks and Lifeboats
- Save My Fire Station, Save My House
- June 22, 2010
- PIANJ-NY Joint Conference Trumps Records as estimated 2,000 Attend
- E Pluribus
- Prior Approval for Health Insurance Rates is a Reality in New York Again!
- Investigators Hip to Felon; She Repays $34,000
- Statute of Limitations - Rental Cars
- Battle Fronts: Fighting Producer Compensation Disclosure on All Fronts
- Everyone is a Winner
- June 7, 2010
- Solving the BI Coinsurance Problem
- On the Boardwalk
- PIANY Drafted Primary Disclosure Language Receives Formal Approval of NYSID
- NYSIF: Manhattan Temp Agency Owner Hit with $25M Comp Fraud
- NICB REPORT: Buffalo Niagara Falls Metro Area Has Highest Vehicle Theft Rate In State, Ithaca, Lowest
- Lessons to be learned about hurricane season
- I Got a Rock
- Defending Insured Without a Reservation of Rights Leads to Coverage by Estoppel
- May 24, 2010
- The Plot Thickens: Producer Compensation Disclosure
- Kaplan Meier Curve
- Insurance Legislation Starting To Move In Albany
- Second Circuit Qualifies Scope of Right to Select Independent Counsel
- Use of Race-Modified Car Comes Under ExclusionEven Though .
- Insurance Producers Can Refuse to Accept Cash Premium Payments Even if an Insured May Be Adversely Impacted
- Does My Butt Look Fat in This Policy?
- The Future of Your Agency Depends Upon
- May 5, 2010
- DETERMINED
- A Great Business
- Assembly Insurance Chair Puts New York in the Game on Credit Default Swaps
- It is Balloon!
- Appraisal--New York Legislature Closes a Gap
- A Promising Future
- Despite Insurers Lack of Founded Belief in Fraudulent Incorporation, EUONo-Show Results in Suit Dismissal
- April 19, 2010
- More Than 300 Hear Utica Firsts Richard Zick Address Soft Market and Compensation Disclosure During PIANY Annual LI Rap
- 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?
- "This is dog food, Mr. Kramden!
- Freedom of Information Requests
- Cant See the Forecast for the Trees
- April 5, 2010
- Joseph DioGuardi Banks Bid for New Yorks Senate Seat on Financial Strengths, Experience
- The Candidates
- New York Insurers May Be Hit Again Assembly Proposes Merger of Banking and Insurance Departments
- Questions and Answers About Disaster
- Can you say Irony?
- Spring is here, finalmente!
- Trusting Plaintiffs Attorney to Vacate a Default Proves to be a Costly Mistake
- March 22, 2010
- Interview: Assembly Chair Morelle
- Ad majorem
- PIANY Sets Complementary Strategy to Countenance Producer Disclosure Regulation
- Post-Termination Commissions and Renewals: Who Has to Pay What to Whom?
- New York Accident Involving NJ Car Gets PIP Applying NJ Rules
- Getting Them in the Door - Yours!!
- March 8, 2010
- RESET The Once and future New York Insurance Stock Exchange
- NYSIF Announces 154 Arrests, $16.6M Anti-Fraud Results
- Youre a WHAT?
- Once again, Contingent Commissions are Getting a Lot of Ink
- NYSID Nails Six Medical Providers; State reimbursed $2.4 million
- More Domotor Damage: Blanket Denial Means Claimant Can Sue Without Submitting Bills First
- February 22, 2010
- IIABNY Votes to Hit Department with Lawsuit Targeting Producer Compensation Regulation
- Now were really mad
- Dept. Promulgates Producer Compensation Disclosure Reg.
- Now for the PR Challenge of Your Career
- Staged Accidents Fuel No-Fault Fraud Dramatically
- Defamation Claim Against Insurer Based on Conclusion That Accident Was Staged, Fails
- February 8, 2010
- Of Heroes and a Coward
- Proposed Budget Slams Insurers Again
- NYIA: Fraudsters Drive Need for No-Fault Reform
- Buy local
- Medical Malpractice Reform: Matters of Life & Dea(r)th for Docs in Med Mal Debate
- Once Again, Insurer is Criticized for Claims Practices: It "Borders on Impropriety" to Selectively Cite Old, Obsolete Arb Decisions
- Q&A TODAY with Bill Bonds, President, Empire Safety Council
- January 25, 2010
- A Good Exchange
- Around New York
- Advocacy That Works.
- Kingstone Scores with Reiersen, Goldstein Play Book
- Potpourri of Interesting Issues to Start 2010
- January 11, 2010
- 2009
- December 14, 2009
- New York Producers Groups Mount Last Ditch Battle Opposing Producers Compensation Disclosure Regulation
- A Holiday Wish List
- Ex-Insurance Agent in Queens Arrested for Embezzling Funds
- New York Department Floats a Discussion Draft of Reg. 68
- B.I. Claimant has no Claim against Insurer for Failing to Notify Her of Right to Buy Spousal Coverage
- Employee Theft Strikes Home
- November 30, 2009
- Capital: Finding the way forward
- Are You Kidding?
- On the Level
- At last! Comprehensive Life Settlement Legislation in New York
- Q&A TODAY with Doug Head, L.I.S.A. President
- If Lease Requires Landlord to be Additional Insured, CGL Policy Automatically Makes It So
- October 26, 2009
- Wish List: REG. 68 What the Industry Wants.
- Awkward Moment
- Identity Theft can Steal from a Companys Bottom Line
- QB Jim Kelly and the Fine Print
- Thomas E. Workman is the recipient of the Round Table of New Yorks 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Case Marked off Calendar for More Than One Year Requires Reasonable Excuse and Explanation of Merits
- Fiduciary Liability: An Overlooked Exposure
- NYSIF Announces String of Arrests with $600K Price Tag
- October 12, 2009
- MedSave
- Foreword
- Wrynn Takes Control of NYSID
- Professional Agents Help Clients Navigate the Health Care Process
- Central NY Contractor Hit with Workers Comp Fraud Charges
- Common Stairway of Commercial Building is included in additional Insureds Liability Coverage
- September 28, 2009
- September 14, 2009
- Cover Story
- Right Distance
- Salt
- Using False Address on Insurance Application Voids Right to Collect No-Fault Benefits
- Honda Civic is Burglar's Choice
- Imagemaker C. Clancy
- August 17, 2009
- Brooks Brief Term Marked By Active Agenda
- Electronic Data Liability
- Keeping Pace
- MSO Sets Growth as Agents, Insurers Seek Marketing Advantages
- The Real Heart of the STOLI Scandal
- Wrynn, In.
- July 13, 2009
- Darwin at 200: a valuable context
- On Practicing and Preaching
- Specialized RV Coverages and Considerations
- Speed Sells; Some News from Happy Dale Sanitarium; and from Atlantic City
- Stealth Rebating Perils Deepen
- Struggle for Control of the State Senate May Work to Prevent Needed Insurance Legislation
- Revisting a Renewed Revitalized DCAP
- June 15, 2009
- June 1, 2009
- Focus: New Yorks Liquidation Bureau and its Processes
- Garden Variety
- Interview: 9 Questions for Jim Wrynn
- Uncovering Stealth Rebates
- May 18, 2009
- Foreword
- Around New York
- In The Associations
- Face To Face
- Cover
- On The Level
- New Yorks Liquidation Bureau and its Processes - A Critical Analysis Part I of II
- May 4, 2009
- April 20, 2009
- CANCELLATION FOR NON PAYMENT: New Developments Affect Agents and Brokers
- Insuring Computer Systems
- Setting Responsibility
- Some Optimism
- The Budget is Done The Insurance Industry Struggles to Adapt
- April 6, 2009
- Awake
- Department Reissues Life Settlement Bill
- Downtrend: Lead us not into temptation
- NYSID Offers Anti-rebating and Inducement Guidance for Brokers and Agents
- Shock and Awe: Schools Internet Liability
- March 23, 2009
- January 26, 2009
- November 14, 2011
- Insurace Advocate’s AGENCY of the YEAR: Sterling & Sterling
- Fine Lines
- One Year Later and Still A NIMBY?
- Is Your Producers Agreeme nt Worthless?
- Acord 25 Certificate of Liability Insurance has Changed-For Better or Worse?
- Court of Appeals Expands Scope of Scaffold Law to Objects That Topple Over
- October 10, 2011
- Tumbling: ISO/PCI Results for First Half 2011
- Amazing
- EZLynx Told Me To Go Take a Hike…
- Get On the Bus or Be Left Behind
- Additional Insured and Hold Harmless Agreements Pose Problems
- Doctor Liable for Patient’s Jewelry Handed Over Before Scan and Then Lost
- September 26, 2011
- CONSOLIDATION : OCTOBER 3RD
- A Date with DFS
- Reflections on the Season
- The Aftermath
- Property Insurer's Issuance of Check to Insured May Have Waived Proof of Loss Requirement
- September 12, 2011
- “Your Cheque is in the…Morgue!”
- Capital Event
- What’s Next…Locusts?
- What’s Lacking.
- Bodily Injury Liability Insurance: It Can Be an Emotional Issue
- Customer Shot Outside Diner; Diner Not Liable
- No Fault Flux: Is Central General Hospital v. Chubb Still Good Law?
- August 15, 2011
- Whistle Blowers
- Gentlemen and Scholars.
- Changes in the Works for WC Experience Rating Plan; Rescinding a Policy for Unintentional Error in Application; and Reports from the Real World
- Time to Reflect
- You Know You’ve Had Too Much Shark Week When…
- Volunteering and the Verrazano Bridge
- Common Law Indemnification is not Triggered by Supervisory Duties - Actual Supervision is Required, Holds Court of Appeal
- July 4, 2011
- What’s on the minds of the analysts?
- InVest Ponies Up Dollars: It’s A People Business.
- No, YOU Stick ‘Em Up!
- Industry Events and Networking; A "Shore" Thing!
- Don’t Deduct Depreciation When Calculating Actual Cash Value (ACV) for a Partial Loss?
- Cop Run Down by Fleeing Suspect is Entitled to UMArbitration
- May 30, 2011
- Unanimous Confirmation: LAWSKY TO HEAD NEWLY CONSOLIDATED DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Honors, Letters, Appeals
- Full circle
- Obligation to Report Arrests
- Stick ‘em Up!
- Restaurant Had Plenty of Reason to Believe That Patron’s Death From Food Poisoning Would Result in a Claim
- Is Insurance Going to the Dogs?
- April 18, 2011
- The Industry in 2011: Ups and Downs Reflected in Results P/C Insurers Results for 2010 Bolstered By Investments, As Underwriting Results Deteriorate
- Deloitte Views Claims; First Rehab Views Growth.
- The Clock is TickingSet an Alarm for Your Insureds
- Agents: Between A Rock and a Hard Place
- He Could-Go-All-The-Way!
- Temporary Tarps Over Roof Openings During Construction Are Not A Roof No Coverage For Personal Property Damaged By Rain
- April 4, 2011
- Notes on the Merger of New Yorks Insurance and Banking Departments
- So far, so good
- ADA Amendments: Final EEOC Regulations What Employers Need to Know
- Candid Reflections
- They Made Me an Offer I Cant Refuse
- Upstate: 13 Arrested for Scamming WC System
- Front End Loader Comes Under Industrial Code Section Dealing With Backhoes and Power Shovels, Holds Court of Appeals
- March 31, 2011
- Christie Liberates Captives
- Two into One
- Worksite and Indemnity Limited Benefit Medical Plans: Whats Fact, Whats Conjecture?
- Something Youll Want to Tell Your Insureds; One New Development; and Two Points Ive Overlooked
- You Want Sprinklers On That?
- Spreading Some Good News
- Donating Commissions to Charity
- Annuities, Life Insurance Buyers Protected Under New State Regs
- Retroactive Cancellation of Policy OKas to Insured and Anyone Else a Party to Misrepresentation Due to Lack of Insurable Interest
- March 7, 2011
- NYSID REPORT P/C FRAUD
- Score Card
- Default Denied in Pip/Um Subro Suit for Failure to Plead Essential Facts
- SOS (Save Our Schools)
- Convincingly Communicated
- February 21, 2011
- Departmental Consolidation: Seward Sees Folly in Fast Tracking Cuomo Plan
- Sic Transit
- Office Romances: How Employers Can Minimize the Potential for Liability
- Deviations from Policy Forms
- Stolen Property is Recovered, Who Gets To Keep It? Three Clues: Adhesion, Ambiguity, and Contra Proferentem
- A New Regulatory Regime? New Yorks Proposal to Merge its Insurance and Banking Departments and Consumer Protection Board into a Single Agency
- Imagine if these Winter Blizzards Had Been Summer Hurricanes
- ACT ACORDingly!
- Auto Insurers Default at Arbitration Results in Being Forced to Provide Coverage Where None Existed
- February 7, 2011
- No Fault, No Fix, No Fuss: Why everyone loves No Fault just the way it is
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- Applicability of Regulation 194
- Whats In YOUR Pipeline?
- Lawyer Hurts His Back Because He Stood Up Suddenly During Upsetting Phone Call: No Liability
- Guy Carpenter to be Inducted to the Insurance Hall of Fame
- Visualization
- January 24, 2011
- Cuomo-tion: Priorities Move to the Fore as New Governor Seeks Public Confidence
- Two into One.
- ERISA Fidelity Bond and Fiduciary Liability Conundrums
- Plastic Piles Up Profits for Agents, Ease for Clients
- Smileand Say Surcharge!!
- No-Fault Abuse Drives New Yorkers Premiums Up
- Insured's Failure to Update Address With Sec'y of State Does Not Excuse Late Notice of Lawsuit
- Federal Tax Case Leads to Workers Comp Fraud Arrest
- January 11, 2011
- SECOND ACT SEEN: Jim Wrynn Seems a Logical Choice, as Govs Cuomo-tion Sets Consolidation of Insurance, Banking and Consumer Protection Depts
- Wrynn Reign
- The Independent Broker who Saved Christmas
- Q&A with Tom Polsinelli, President, Park Insurance Company
- Dont Set Sail in 2011 Without an Agency Plan - Its Not To Late!
- ERISA Fidelity Bond & Fiduciary Liability Conundrums
- Insurers Delays in Paying Homeowner Claim Result in Bad Faith Judgment
- Citigroup Insurance Agencies Pay $2 Million Fine
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