September 12
“Your Cheque is in the…Morgue!”
Sometimes revolutions start off quietly and build and build until you wake up one morning and find that everything has changed…almost overnight. This is the case with Insurcard, a relative new comer to the insurance business that will revolutionize the way claims are paid and settled, whether they be single payment or long-term payment formats. […]
What’s Next…Locusts?
So last week I’m sitting in my car, waiting on line to get gas at the Sunoco station located in the town on Long Island where I live. Waiting on a line for gas was eerily reminiscent of the gas crisis of the 70’s, only the difference now was that back in those days my […]
What’s Lacking.
As I write this column a significant number of Americans are still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Irene. For some it may take years before they put themselves back together. As Irene approached the eastern seaboard concerns ran high that this could be the storm that devastated metropolitan areas along its path especially New […]
No Fault Flux: Is Central General Hospital v. Chubb Still Good Law?
Ever since the seminal decisions by the New York Court of Appeals in 1997 in Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York v. Maryland Casualty Company2 and Central General Hospital v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies,3 the contours of no-fault law have been relatively clear: With the “exceptional exception”4 of a narrow category of defenses classified as […]
Customer Shot Outside Diner; Diner Not Liable
Facts and Arguments On February 16, 2009, plaintiff Omar Ramnarine was a customer of the Cozy Soup and Burger, Inc. diner (“diner”) which is located in Greenwich Village on Broadway near Astor Place. The diner is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. At approximately 5:00 a.m. that day, plaintiff left the diner […]
Capital Event
Kudos to Maura Clancy and fellow members of the IFNY Board for a stellar cocktail reception on September 7, 2011, at the New York Capital Grille in lower Manhattan. At first, organizers were not sure that the date would work coming as it did 24 hours after the Labor Day break. But, in fact, it was quite […]
Bodily Injury Liability Insurance: It Can Be an Emotional Issue
ISO defines bodily injury in the CGL form as follows: “Bodily injury” means bodily injury, sickness, or disease sustained by a person, including death resulting from any of these at any time. In response to a posting on RiskList1 questioning the application of the definition, Bill Wilson, insurance maven and Dean of IIABA’s Virtual University, […]
