GNY’s Heck Reflects Upon Sandy and the Industry’s Role at New York’s CPCU Conferment Mr. Warren Heck, Chairman of the Greater New York Insurance Group, addressed the New York Chapter of CPCU at its Annual Conferment on November 15th, 2013. He reflected on the industry’s response following hurricane Sandy and on TRIA. Mr. Heck, who, […]
Back Seat Passenger Unties Driver’s Bikini Top, Causing Her to Lose Control; No Liability Per Emergency Doctrine Pelletier v Lahm After a defense verdict from a Rockland County jury, plaintiff moved to set aside the verdict, which was denied, and plaintiff appealed. The Appellate Division affirmed. The Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiff’s motion pursuant […]
No Opposition Fatal No Insurance Policy Covers Every Possible Risk of Loss Clark and Nancy Sadler appealed a summary judgment granted in favor of Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Companies (“Farm Bureau”) on the Sadlers’ Deceptive Trade Practices- Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) claim. The Sadlers sued Farm Bureau for breach of contract and violations of […]
User Unfriendly We all complain about regulations. Grousing about excessive, intrusive, costly, ineffective, unnecessary, time-consuming, and annoying regulations is an apparent birthright given the amount of time and energy we often spend on the subject. We who work in the insurance industry have the added joy of participating in a “regulated” industry, which means that […]
Albany, N.Y.—New York State increased its maximum workers’ compensation benefits significantly in 2007, but the perception that higher benefits explain New York’s high overall comp costs is inaccurate, a new analysis of the state’s workers’ comp benefit levels show by the Workers’ Compensation Policy Institute. the Workers’ Compensation Policy Institute. “There does not appear to […]
When Is A Letter is a Suit? Ninth Circuit: A State Can Insert a Definition Into a Policy After It Expired The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”), establishes a retroactive strict liability regime that imposes joint and several liability upon past and current landowners or operators […]
Imaginary Games Sports broadcasting legend, Bill Mazer, died recently. Mazer was one of the pioneers of sports radio talk show, with a career spanning 60 years – 40 in the Metropolitan New York area including 20 years hosting “Sports Extra” on WNEW-TV. Mazer was known particularly for his encyclopedic memory for all kinds of sports […]
PIA Management Services Partners with FloodBroker.com GLENMONT, N.Y.—PIA Management Services Inc. announced it has partnered with Rochester, N.Y.-based FloodBroker.com to offer member agencies a unique sales tool to facilitate the sale of flood coverage and provide critical documentation of the agency’s efforts to do so. This exclusive agreement will provide members of the Professional Insurance […]
Big “I” 2013 Best Practices Study Released ALEXANDRIA,Va.,—The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) has released its 2013 Best Practices Study which found an increase in agencies with specializations, expansion of technology investment and an increase in profitability across most of the study’s six revenue groups. “The results of […]
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