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In Memoriam – Paul Robert Olshen
Paul Robert Olshen – JUNE 4, 1938 – MARCH 1, 2018 Paul was a native of Brooklyn, New York and a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School and NYU “in the heights” and a proud member of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. Paul worked as an insurance broker for 57 years. He started his career working […]
DFS Supt. Vullo Issues Cybersecurity Filing Deadline Reminder
February 15, 2018 Compliance Certification Filing Deadline is Approaching for Covered Entities under New York’s Landmark Cybersecurity Regulation Covered Entities Must Submit a Statement of Compliance to the Superintendent of Financial Services for Prior Calendar Year DFS Has Also Added Cybersecurity Questions to “First Day Letters” Issued in Connection with Examinations of Institutions Financial […]
Mock to Receive Executive of the Year at PIANY’s MetroRAP
FOR RELEASE: Jan. 12, 2018, Darel Cramer, Communication Assistant, PIANY GLENMONT, N.Y.—The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State will present Stephen Mock, principal and CEO of JLNY Group LLC, with its Executive of the Year award at its annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program, Jan. 25, at Roosevelt Hotel in New York. The MetroRAP […]
Vincent A. Alba, 1925 – 2017
by Jeanne Abatelli, TriCounty IIAA Recently, we lost one of our most beloved and dedicated professionals of all times. After serving in the US Marine Corps during WW ll, Vinny Alba spent his entire career in the insurance industry including many years doing volunteer work for the Big ‘I’ associations. His biography would go on […]
NJ Transit’s Sandy Coverage Not Capped at $100M: Court
September 5, 2017– A New Jersey judge has ruled that a $100 million sublimit for flood losses does not apply to New Jersey Transit Corp.’s claim for coverage of Superstorm Sandy damage, granting the transportation system a major win in its $400 million dispute with a group of excess insurance carriers. Ruling from the bench […]
Gov. Cuomo Announces New Actions to Strengthen the Fight Against Heroin and Opioid Addiction
$4.5 Million Request for Applications for the Development of New Open Access Centers Across New York State Requesting Information From Providers on the Development of Recovery High Schools $8.4 Million Outpatient Treatment Center Opens in Rochester Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced two new actions to expand addiction treatment and recovery services for people across […]
DFS Cybersecurity Regulation Compliance Requirements are Effective Today
NYS-DFS, August 28, 2017—Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo reminds all entities covered by the DFS cybersecurity regulation, that today, August 28, 2017, is the first compliance date of New York’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation. Beginning today, banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions regulated by DFS are required to have a cybersecurity program designed […]
NYDFS Continues Innovative Regulatory Initiatives with Launch of Online Cybersecurity Portal
DFS Continues Innovative Regulatory Initiatives with the Launch of New Online Cybersecurity Portal for Businesses Seeking to Report Cybersecurity Events in New York New DFS Portal Assists Businesses Complying with New York’s First-In-The-Nation Cybersecurity Regulation Covered Entities Can Also Virtually File Certificate of Compliance Due By February 15, 2018 July 31, 2017 — Financial Services […]
