By Aaron Hodari, CFP®, CIMA® Think about the characteristics that make a strong portfolio: diverse, cost-efficient, tax-efficient, risk-managed. These qualities should be true of every portfolio, no matter the size or an individual’s risk profile. The clients we meet with all want a portfolio that checks these boxes, but doing so is easier said than […]
Arbitrators have Substantial Discretion to Determine the Scope of Their Contractual Authority to Fashion Remedies Arbitration is controlled by strong public policies favoring arbitration as a speedy and relatively inexpensive means of dispute resolution. For that reason arbitration awards are almost never overturned unless the aggrieved party can prove the arbitrators exceeded their powers, acted […]
Dynamic Balance Acupuncture, P.C. v State Farm Ins. In this no-fault suit, State Farm moved for summary judgment on the grounds of the provider’s failure to respond to two EUO requests. Civil Court denied the motion, finding an issue of fact as to the reasonableness of the EUO requests. The Appellate Term reversed, holding that […]
By Donald T. Decarlo and Roger Thompson In 2017, of the 38 states where the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) -the insurance rating and data collection bureau specializing in workers’ compensation for the majority of states- made rate filings, 36 of those filings were for decreases; many of which were double digit decreases. […]
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