Now and then, we come upon a straight set of thoughts are compelling clear and utterly awake – I do not mean “woke”. Here is an article that every agent in the country should read and pass along. It is written by Maria Rosa Alaggio, editor of the Italian insurance magazine, Societa e Rischio. SA […]
Spending, Debt and Tax Levels for 2020 By BEN MOULTEN New York State residents pay some of the highest local taxes in the nation. To help New Yorkers compare certain basic fiscal measures for local governments, the Empire Center for Public Policy has calculated effective property tax rates and per-capita values for the spending, debt […]
By Sue C. Quimby, CPCU, AU, CIC, CPIW, DAE – Vice President/Media Editor March is designated as National Ethics Awareness Month – in the insurance industry and elsewhere. The value of a good reputation, for both businesses and individuals, cannot be overstated. It can take years to build a reputation and minutes to destroy it. […]
On December 31, 2021, New York Governor Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 7052, called the “Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act”, (“CIDA”). It amends the rules that apply to civil litigation in New York as to the production by a party in a lawsuit of its insurance information. Although the Governor signed the Bill as drafted, […]
υAfter he was convicted of workers’ compensation fraud, plaintiff Daniel Wilson filed a civil complaint alleging that representatives of his former employer, Southworth-Milton, Inc. (SMI), conspired to extort him while negotiating the settlement of his workers’ compensation claim. The defendants in the civil action included Attorney Teresa Brooks Benoit, who represented Wilson during settlement negotiations; […]
The 107-year-old Insurance Federation of New York, Inc. will present its 2021 Free Enterprise Award to Steven M. Menzies, Chairman of Applied Underwriters, and its Mary Lanning Public Service Award to William Frazier, founder of American Veterans Group, Wall Street’s first public benefit corporation. Honored guest, New York’s new Superintendent of Insurance, Hon. Adrienne A. Harris, will participate in the program. The Annual event, postponed from November, 2021 owing to the uncertainties of the COVID pandemic, will be held March 31st at 12:00 noon at the Union League Club on Park Avenue at 37th Street in Manhattan.
Ukraine’s top government economic adviser Oleg Ustenko has issued a statement that Russian forces have so far destroyed at least $100 billion worth of infrastructure, buildings and other physical assets. Ustenko, chief economic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told an online conference on economics that the war has caused 50% of Ukrainian businesses to […]
John Howard and Salene Hitchcock-Gear, JD, bring over 60 years of experience and service to The College King of Prussia, PAThe American College of Financial Services announced a pair of newly elected officers to its Board of Trustees, with John Howard selected as the Board’s new chair and Salene Hitchcock-Gear, JD, voted in as vice […]
Varney, an insurance agency covering commercial and private clients, has announced the expansion of its US business into the New York property market with the opening of its real estate head office in Manhattan and the appointment of Patrick Yannotta as Senior Vice President in Commercial Real Estate. Varney is a family-owned real estate insurance […]
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