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Pandemic or Not, Serious Insurance Fraud Criminal Must Serve the Sentence
Attempt to Avoid Sentence Because Of Pandemic by Insurance Criminal Fails Mikhail Zemlyansky is serving a 15-year sentence of imprisonment which was imposed in January 2016. He is currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fairton, New Jersey. Defendant has moved for compassionate release under the First Step Act in light of the COVID-19 […]
PIANY opposes business interruption bill
Sen. Andrew S. Gounardes, D-22, introduced S.8853—a companion bill to A.10837, introduced at the request of Assemblyman Robert Carroll, D-44, a few weeks ago. The bill would require business interruption insurance to cover disease outbreaks, and would apply to all business interruption claims filed by insureds, and all policies or contracts that were issued, modified, […]
Jacques Bonneau Appointed President and Ceo of Partner Re
PartnerRe Ltd. has announced the appointment of Jacques Bonneau as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Bonneau has been a member of the PartnerRe Board of Directors since February 2019, having served on the Company’s Audit Committee and as the Chairman of its Underwriting and Risk Committee, and has been former CEO of […]
Howard Mills Appointed to Ensight Board
Ensight, the leading life and annuity digital sales platform, today announced that Howard Mills, former Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department and Senior Advisor at the Deloitte Center for Regulatory Strategies, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. The appointment will bring Mills’ insurance regulatory leadership to the Ensight Board of Directors […]