By Sue C. Quimby, CPCU, AU, CIC, CPIW, DAE – Assistant Vice President/Media Editor Home appliances have drastically changed how people live over the last century. They are great time savers and convenience items, as well as providing entertainment. However, these gadgets and products that are meant to make life easier are also responsible for […]
Where words are many, sin is not wanting.” Proverbs 19:10 By: Dr. W. Scott Magill, Executive Director, ViDoL, USMC/USArmy-Med.Corps The 2016 platform to repeal the worst healthcare law in American history resulted in one-party control of executive and legislative branches of the federal government in 2017. But voters soon re-learned that campaign promises are simple […]
HARTFORD, Conn.—In testimony before the state Senate Insurance & Real Estate Committee on April 18, Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut President Kenneth A. Distel offered testimony supporting legislation that would create comprehensive legislation for transportation network companies. However, Distel noted the association’s concerns with insurance gaps that would be created by H.B.7126 to establish insurance […]
Judgment In Favor of Qui Tam Plaintiff Insurer Can Be Enforced In California an insurer can, on its own behalf and on behalf of itself and the state, bring a qui tam action. When the state does not join in the action the insurer may try the action alone. In People ex rel. Allstate Insurance […]
Sherman v New York State Thruway Authority Edited by Lawrence N. Rogak Plaintiff slipped and fell on a patch of ice the morning after an ice storm, when the temperatures had risen above freezing but a light intermittent rain was falling. The Court of Appeals holds that the “storm in progress” rule is a complete […]
By: Chris Moschovitis, CEO, tmg-emedia It is no secret that cyber security risks add complexities that often restrict the process of seamlessly carrying out business transactions. Firms and institutions in the insurance industry need solutions that ensure confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive data to avert significant damages to their business. However, companies should never […]
GLENMONT, N.Y.—The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present Barry B. Goldstein, chairman and CEO of Kingstone Insurance, with its Executive of the Year award at the annual Long Island Regional Awareness Program, April 26, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y. The award recognizes an individual from an insurance […]
Congrats are in order to our longtime friend, Barry Goldstein, who sits comfortably on our cover. Barry is a serial entrepreneur who has picked a winning horse and seen it keep pace with agents and brokers’ needs….. … Insurance agency mergers and acquisitions “exploded” during the first quarter of the year, with 178 reported transactions […]
By Jerry Trupin, CPCU Is a Signature Needed to Make a Purchase Order a Written Contract? The blanket or automatic additional insured endorsement may save work for insurance companies, but it’s become an attorney’s full-employment bonanza. To avoid possible collusion between owners and contractors, the endorsement includes a requirement that there be a written contract […]
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