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2020/ January 22

Geraldine DelPrete Named President of Programs at Sterling Risk

Insurance Advocate In The Associations January 21, 2020

SterlingRisk Insurance, one of the nation’s top independently owned insurance brokerages, today announced the promotion of Geraldine DelPrete to President of Programs. According to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling, DelPrete’s extensive background in reinsurance/underwriting and deep understanding of programs has directly contributed to the significant growth of the firm’s specialty market business. “Soon after joining SterlingRisk […]

2020/ January 22

As Evil as They Can Be, a Racoon Can Never Be a Vandal

Barry Zalma On My Radar January 21, 2020

Court Refuses to Allow Pro Se Plaintiff to Annoy Court Lawyers are creative people. They will try almost anything to get money out of an insurance company. Sometimes, however, their creativity approaches stupidity and a waste of the time of a court and lawyers. In Capital Flip, LLC v. American Modern Select Insurance Company, Civil […]

2020/ January 22

NY Courts Have Jurisdiction Over North Carolina Driver and Insurer

Lawrence Rogak Courtside January 21, 2020

Matter of Geico v Escoto and Farm Bureau Ins. Co., 2019 NYSlip Op 09265 (App Div. 2d Dept 2019) υThis was an appeal from an order of NY Supreme Court which stayed a UM arbitration and added a North Carolina resident and his auto insurer to the action for a framed issue hearing. On December 28, […]

2020/ January 22

Medicare for All— No Care for You

Guest Author Guest Opinion January 21, 2020

By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. Democrat presidential candidates are sparring over how much to expand Medicare. Should it be Medicare for all, for people over 50 and children, or for “all who want it”? Does “all” include veterans, Native Americans, and military dependents, who now have their own government program? Does it include everybody […]