2022
IFNY 2022 Free Enterprise Award to Rod Fox
The Insurance Federation of New York (IFNY) recently hosted its annual luncheon honoring Rod Fox, an insurance veteran and executive with over 35 years of experience in the industry. The event was well-attended by members of the insurance community, who showed their appreciation for Fox’s accomplishments and celebrated his commitment to the industry. Industry leaders and experts praised Fox for his leadership and dedication to the field, citing his tireless efforts to modernize and innovate the insurance industry.
Sad Notes as Year Ends
The New York insurance marketplace has lost two solid professionals and genuinely nice human beings, David Isenberg (84)and Kathy Weinheimer (68). We paticipate in the Associations, ELANY and BIG I who lead the industry in sympathy for their colleagues. Whether the D C White Agency or with ELANY, PIA, PIWA or other industry-related businesses, one […]
Elany Is Sad to Announce the Passing Of Former Board Member David Isenberg (1938-2022)
The Insurance Industry and everyone who has ever done business with the D C White Agency, worked for or with ELANY, PIA, PIWA or a host of other industry-related businesses lost a great leader and friend when Dave Isenberg passed away on November 11. Dave’s impact on the industry and his colleagues and friends ran […]
Big ‘I’ Announces Inaugural InsurTech Summit
The 2023 Big ‘I’ InsurTech Summit will demystify InsurTech for agents The Big “I” is proud to announce it will hold its inaugural Big “I” InsurTech Summit on Jan. 20, 2023, in Savannah, Georgia, as part of the Big “I” Winter Meeting which runs Jan. 18-21. The 90-minute InsurTech Summit will feature two panels of […]
NY-YIP installs 2022-23 officers and elects directors
The New York Young Insurance Professionals elected officers during its annual business meeting on Oct. 20, 2022. The NY-YIP officers installed were: Scott Richards, of Hilltop Strategies in New York, N.Y., will serve as president; • Ian Sterling, CPCU, of Bolton Street Programs in Woodbury, N.Y., will serve as first vice president; • Audrey Carlson of Merchants Insurance […]
World Insurance Associates Acquires CDR Insurance Group Inc.
World Insurance Associates LLC (“WIA”), a Top 50 Insurance Brokerage, announced today that it acquired CDR Insurance Group, Inc. (“CDR”) of Waterbury, CT on October 1, 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CDR was founded in 1992, by Rick Rice. Today they provide commercial and personal insurance products and services to customers in […]
Falcon Risk Services Launches Four Primary Products
Falcon Risk Services (“Falcon” or the “Company”), the US Financial, Professional and Cyber lines MGA has announced the launch of four new primary products: public company D&O, private company D&O (EPL & Fiduciary), lead side A DIC, and investment management liability. Along with the launch of these new primary products, Falcon has expanded its capabilities […]
American Academy of Actuaries Recognizes Members’ Service to Public, U.S. Actuarial Profession
The American Academy of Actuaries recognized members’ service to the U.S. actuarial profession and the public with the presentation of awards to five individuals at its 2022 Annual Meeting: “Envision Tomorrow” in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2 and 3. • Kathy Riley of Boston, Mass., received the Academy’s 2022 Jarvis Farley Service Award, a lifetime achievement […]
Florida’s Temporary Market Stabilization Arrangement Accepted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) noticed all of its Single-Family Sellers/Servicers with guidance on the acceptance of property insurance policies in Florida, in conjunction with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s (OIR) establishment of the Temporary Market Stabilization Arrangement. The Fannie Mae Lender Letter […]
