June 18
A Lesson in a Tragic Loss
Several weeks ago my family and I lost a very important person. Joe was a big part of our family growing up with my sons and we lost him at 30 years old. After 2 years of fighting a rare form of leukemia his body just couldn’t go on. I remember 2 years ago when […]
First Rehab Life's "Quintessentials" EAP Breaks the Mold
Great Neck, NY – First Rehab Life (The First Rehabilitation Life Insurance Company of America) is now offering Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) services for employer groups of 2 or more employees. While EAPs are nothing new in the world of employee benefits, Quintessentials (First Rehab Life’s non-insurance small group EAP) breaks the mold: The level […]
DFS Report: Size and Content May Send Message
As a history buff and insurance business fan, one of my favorite features of Insurance Advocate has always been the “Looking Back” page, with its reminders of what we were reading about our industry 25 years ago or more. It helps provide perspective, continuity and understanding of the issues that we faced then and that […]
What is Shawangunk?
The “pilgrimage” up to New Paltz, New York, to the formidable Mohonk Mountain Hotel and Resort in the Shawangunk mountains, was truly worth the trip, particularly as the NYIA gave its principal award this year to Cecilia Norat, a great favorite to this writer and a well-known person on these pages. I have said enough […]
50 Shades of Insurance
BYOD: “Bring Your Own Device” to work. So…how many times have you thought of doing it…by yourself… in your office…all alone? What about your employees…do they ever go at it alone in your office? Do they ever do it with other employees? Do they ever do it alone, with their own “personal devices”? No? Are […]
Norat Honored at New York Insurance Association Annual Conference
NEW PALTZ, N.Y.—The New York Insurance Association, Inc. (NYIA) honored Cecilia E. Norat, Esq. with the Chair’s Distinguished Service Award at the association’s annual conference May 31 in New Paltz, N.Y. Norat is a past chair of NYIA and deputy general counsel and director of state relations and Global Regulatory Group for American International Group, […]
County Defaults on Bonds Sold to Insurer, Then Calls Them a "Stupid, Lousy Investment"
Frankenmuth Mut. Ins. Co. v Waste Mgt. of NY, L.L.C. Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiff, against Waste Management of New York, L.L.C. and SANITARY DISTRICT NO. 1, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, Defendants. Counsel for Plaintiff: Fox Rothschild, LLP Counsel for Defendant (Waste Management): Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Counsel for Defendant (Sanitary District): Law Offices […]
