By Joseph B. Fitzgerald While any advisor would be excited to acquire his or her next high net-worth client, too often the search for high-earners means an advisor might miss out on an opportunity to cultivate relationships and work with younger generations. Advisors should keep millennials, ages 22 to 37, top of mind as they acquire […]
GLENMONT, N.Y.—The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State is pleased to be the first to support the Excess Line Association of New York’s introduction of a bill that would simplify requirements of agents and brokers placing business in the state’s excess & surplus lines marketplace. The bill, S-769, filed in the New York Senate, […]
Albany, N.Y.—The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) announces the election of its 2019 officers and board of directors. The following officers were elected for a one-year term ending Dec. 31, 2019: Chair: Elizabeth Heck, president and chief executive officer, Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, New York, N.Y. First vice chair: Mark Prechtl, executive vice […]
Bar Negligent for not Seeking Arrest of Drunk & Disorderly Customer ?It is axiomatic among plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers that the more serious the injury the less the need for legal niceties. In a case of the wrongful death of a young woman at the hands of a violent, intoxicated and unlicensed driver a clear […]
Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v Omni Indem. Co. Plaintiff medical provider brought suit against Omni Indemnity. Omni was granted summary judgment after it proved that it did not issue a policy for the subject accident, but that a different insurer did. Plaintiff appealed. The Appellate Term affirmed the dismissal of the suit, and ordered both […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. My new year’s resolution is to expose the hypocrisy of the morally superior politicians whose election strategy was to pretend they cared about crafting policies in the country’s best interest. Take “the wall” on our southern border. Ignoring the opinion of the border patrol agents (51 percent of whom […]
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