(Pictured above: Aileen Marchese with IBANY President Rubin Alspector of Marsh & McLennan) The Insurance Brokers’ Association of New York (IBANY) held its annual Holiday Breakfast on December 8 at the Down Town Association in New York City. IBANY’s guest speaker was Mike McGavick, CEO of XL Group, PC, the parent of XL Catlin. […]
Do you believe this? Why not, it’s the title of my article so it must be true. The point is, just because someone writes an article or references survey information it doesn’t mean their prediction will come true. What does happen is that many independent agents reading the headline or the article take it at […]
Win Some, Lose Some When people are unhappy with their insurance company they refuse to limit themselves to a suit for breach of contract and obtain the indemnity promised by the policy. Rather, they file lawsuits seeking tort damages for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and violation of consumer protection […]
Surgicare Surgical Assoc. v National Interstate Ins. Co. Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx county (Anthony Cannataro, J.), entered November 17, 2014, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211. Order (Anthony Cannataro, J.), entered November 17, 2014, affirmed, with $10 […]
An Obama Administration ruling that a school must allow a transgender “girl” with male parts full access to the girls’ locker room, or lose federal Title IX funding, sparked a revealing exchange between Megyn Kelly and school superintendent Daniel Cates on Fox News. Kelly tried to entrap an uncomfortable official, who seemed to be reciting […]
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