2011

2011/ October 31/ Past Issues

Health Insurers Agree to End “Secrecy” Insurers with 85% of market agree to make rate increase requests public

Insurance Advocate October 31, 2011

Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, announced that Aetna Health, EmblemHealth, Empire HealthChoice, Excellus Health Plan and HealthNow joined UnitedHealth Group in agreeing to end the secrecy over requests for increased health insurance rates. After the Department recently notified health insurers that it planned to make the rate increase filings public, […]

2011/ October 31/ Past Issues

Schiff to Receive American College’s Highest Honor

Insurance Advocate In The News October 31, 2011

Distinguished graduate and champion of the nation’s leading financial services educator, Albert J. “Bud” Schiff, CLU®, CAP®, has been selected to receive The American College’s highest honor, the Huebner Gold Medal. The ceremony honoring Mr. Schiff will take place during The College’s annual President’s Dinner on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Smithsonian National Museum […]

2011/ October 31/ Past Issues

Liberty Mutual Boosts Safety Initiative

Insurance Advocate In The News October 31, 2011

For the 10th Year in a row, Liberty Mutual Insurance has supported key efforts to improve workplace safety, donating $30,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Foundation toward the Liberty Mutual Safety Research Fellowship Program. This program encourages research activities in occupational safety and health, and provides a forum for safety professionals to […]

2011/ October 31/ Past Issues

Qualifying For Handicapped Permit: Diabetes not Approved Matter of Jacobson v New York City Dept. of Transp.

Lawrence Rogak Courtside October 31, 2011

In this Article 78 proceeding, petitioner, who undisputedly has type 1 diabetes, challenges the determinations of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) denying his application for a Parking Permit for People with Disabilities (PPPD). He alleges that the determinations made by […]

2011/ October 10/ Past Issues

October 10, 2011 Cover

Insurance Advocate Covers October 10, 2011

2011/ October 10/ Past Issues

Tumbling: ISO/PCI Results for First Half 2011

Insurance Advocate Cover Story October 10, 2011

Tumbling is the operative word, as insurers deal with several catastrophes’ impact. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes fell to $4.8 billion in first-half 2011 from $16.8 billion in first-half 2010, with insurers’ overall profitability as measured by their annualized rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus decreasing to 1.7 percent from 6.4 […]

2011/ October 10/ Past Issues

Get On the Bus or Be Left Behind

Jamie Deapo On the Level October 10, 2011

The insurance business is in a significant period of transition. The world is changing quickly driven by technology and the influence of the younger generations. The change is very evident in personal insurance and it is starting to effect commercial lines as well. There are many folks in our business who refuse to acknowledge this […]

2011/ October 10/ Past Issues

EZLynx Told Me To Go Take a Hike…

Michael Loguercio Face to Face October 10, 2011

…and WHAT a hike it was! Here, let me explain…the last time we spoke I told you that I am now the Regional Sales Manager for Webcetera, providers of EZLynx. Well, being an old timer in this thing of ours but new to Webcetera, the President of our company thought that it would be a good idea […]

2011/ October 10/ Past Issues

Doctor Liable for Patient’s Jewelry Handed Over Before Scan and Then Lost

Lawrence Rogak Courtside October 10, 2011

Plaintiffs have sued defendant seeking to recover $6,970.00, said sum representing the value of plaintiff, Christina J. Rousseau’s, engagement ring that was either lost or stolen while she was undergoing some medical examinations at the defendant’s place of business. Plaintiffs claim that the defendant failed to safely secure her personal belongings while undergoing tests and […]

2011/ October 10/ Past Issues

Amazing

Steve Acunto Foreword October 10, 2011

Crooks are amazing! Just last week a group of thieves taking advantage of New York’s no-fault policies (which pays drivers up to $50,000.00 per person for injuries suffered in car accidents was busted by an antifraud team. Operating in east Flatbush, Brooklyn, and Rosedale Queens, these fraudsters recruited doctors to front as owners of clinics […]