April 25
Cyber Security Rules For Insurers
By Anna Murray, Author of The Complete Software Project Manager A few months ago, my software team received the following request from an insurance company executive: “Please create a form on my WordPress website so potential clients and others can upload scans of sensitive documents.” He thought it would be an improvement over the […]
Vrooom
The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) advises that from 2014 to 2015 motorcycle thefts in New York increased by 23 percent. According to a report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), motorcycle thefts nationwide increased by six percent during the same time period, rising for the first time in ten years. New York State […]
Court Rules for the Insured in First Late Notice/Prejudice Case; Expand Contingent Bi/Dependent Properties Cover For Your Clients; Short Takes: Large Exposures
Court Rules for the Insured in First Late Notice/Prejudice Case In what may be the first appellate court case involving the 2009 New York law requiring the insurer to show that it was prejudiced by the insured’s giving late notice of an occurrence, the Fourth Judicial Department1 ruled in favor of the insured. The decision […]
Agency Website Metrics via Google Analytics
“Celebrate what you accomplish, but raise the bar every time you succeed.” (Mia Hamm) I don’t care who you are, where you come from, whether you’re an individual or an agency, or whether you’re in or outside of the insurance space…No one, no matter who, has the ability to improve without accepting some form […]
Summer Agency Marketing Strategies
The slow, lazy days of summer are a great time to revisit your marketing strategy for your company. Over the wintertime, you have been going along doing the necessary things but you aren’t sure if it’s really working. These quieter days provide the best opportunity to revisit and start tracking what really matters. There are […]
Cuomo: Health Insurers to Provide Coverage for Maternal Depression Screening
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the Department of Financial Services has issued guidance to inform health insurers of their responsibility to provide health insurance coverage for maternal depression screenings. The guidance follows the United States Preventive Services Taskforce recommendations made earlier this year that group health plans and insurers offering group or individual health […]
UJA of New York to Honor Dominic Casserley, Charles H. Dangelo, and Richard Hershman at General Insurance Annual Dinner
NEW YORK, NY — UJA-Federation of New York will honor Dominic Casserley, president of Willis Towers Watson, Charles H. Dangelo, president and CEO of Starr Indemnity and Liability, and Richard Hershman, senior advisor at FTI Consulting, Inc., at its General Insurance Annual Dinner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan. […]
Sounding an alarm for the future
For decades, I worked with a local alarm company that knew my home alarm system inside and out. Early this year, I received a letter from a different alarm company based in Wichita, Kansas, informing me that it had taken over my local vendor and if I had any questions or issues, I could […]
PIA calls on agents to participate in longest-running Company Performance Surveys
Anonymous survey gives voice to agents who rate their companies on performance items GLENMONT, N.Y.—The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State launched their Company Performance Surveys today. Each survey, available through June 24, 2016, gauges insurance producers’ views of the companies they represent in their respective states. Independent […]
