Technology is a wonderful thing. It makes our lives easier and our businesses more efficient; it continuously provides us with the ability to do things we never would have been able to do before; and it solves problems. It builds businesses and provides jobs. But, we have to keep up with it. Often, it seems […]
The story that follows is based on fact. The names, places and descriptions have been changed to protect the guilty. This story was written for the purpose of providing insurers, those in the insurance business, and the insurance buying public sufficient information to recognize and join in the fight against insurance fraud. The jeweler had […]
Over the past several decades I have assisted a number of small to midsized brokerage firms with licensing and disciplinary matters with their State regulators. The majority of these matters involved inadvertent licensing lapses through inadequate record keeping and monitoring rather than juicier issues like improper placements or premium trust account mismanagement. In the past […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. The politics of selling the Affordable Care Act (ACA) focuses on promising health and wellness. Somehow, having “coverage” is supposed to get you to a primary care doctor, who will keep you healthy. And if he doesn’t, he will be held accountable by not being paid. The fact is […]
By Sharon Emek, Ph.D. Can there be too much of a good thing? When it comes to retirement, yes. Abe Lemons, a college basketball coach from the 1950s through the 1980s, once said: “The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” For working stiffs, it seems an impossibility that you could […]
In this issue of the Insurance Advocate, we present PIANY’s new slate of officers for 2013-2014 and congratulate each of them for their service to date to their peers. We look forward to confirming the truth of “the best is yet to come”… PIANY cited Assemblyman Cahill for his service to the association and the […]
Defendant Sentenced to Up to Six Years on Prison, Ordered to Pay Full Restitution to Victims POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.—Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the sentencing of a former Saratoga County insurance agent who defrauded an elderly couple of more than $300,000 over the course of a nearly eightyear period. Joseph A. Marvullo, 64, of Porter […]
The results of a new “distracted driving” study conducted by New Jersey auto insurance group, Plymouth Rock Assurance has been released on the heels of a recent New Jersey court ruling finding that the sender of text messages, who knows that the recipient is driving and texting, may be held responsible for distraction and liable […]
Albany, N.Y.—The New York State Court of Appeals heard the case brought by Antonio Hronich’s widow Gaudenzia Hronich against his former employer Con Edison Company of New York, Inc., Sedgwick Claims Management Service, Inc., and N.Y.S. Workers’ Compensation Board and the Special Disability Fund. Antonio Hronich, a long-time employee of Consolidated Edison, was diagnosed in […]
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