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2016/ August 29/ Past Issues

Novel Idea: Safety Strategies — A Forward-Looking Entrepreneur Spreads the “Gospel” of Risk Management to Clients in Thoughtful Book

Insurance Advocate Cover Story August 29, 2016

Adam Friedlander gets it. Communicating with clients on a level that treats them seriously enough to receive the thoughts of widely recognized trendsetters accomplishes a lot. Friedlander, a leader in Safety Group creation and management, has written a new book entitled: Safety and Workers’ Compensation Strategies To Unleash Productivity and Profits,” a series of […]

2016/ July 25/ Past Issues

Four New York Metro Areas Rank Among Lowest in the Nation for Vehicle Theft

Insurance Advocate Cover Story July 25, 2016

It’s Getting Better! The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) announced that four New York metro areas were recently ranked among the lowest vehicle theft areas in the U.S. The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) annual “Hot Spots” report found that in […]

2016/ June 27/ Past Issues

The Workman Years

Insurance Advocate Cover Story June 27, 2016

LICONY’s Tom Workman Hailed as Life Insurers’ Effective Voice from 1999 – 2016 For the life insurance industry in New York, the years 1999 to 2016 are being remembered as “the Workman years,” during which time Thomas E. Workman served as president of the powerful state association of life insurers, generally represented by the insurers’ […]

2016/ June 13/ Past Issues

NYIA Annual Conference: Connect. Collaborate. Change.

Insurance Advocate Cover Story June 13, 2016

Acting New York Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo Delivers First Address This year’s New York Insurance Association (NYIA) Annual Conference drew more than 250 insurance industry leaders to the heart of New York State in Verona, New York, June 1–3. The theme of this year’s event, Connect. Collaborate. Change., reflects the collegial nature of NYIA […]

2016/ May 31/ Past Issues

2015 Results: Premium Growth Slows, Combined Ratio Creeps Up for Property/Casualty Insurers

Insurance Advocate Cover Story June 2, 2016

Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net written premium growth slow to 3.4 percent in 2015 from 4.2 percent a year earlier, while their net income after taxes grew to $56.6 billion in 2015 from $55.9 billion in 2014, according to ISO, a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America […]

2016/ May 15/ Past Issues

PIANY Honors Hourihan, Jarvis, Seeks to Inspire and Build Agents’ Business at LI RAP

Insurance Advocate Advocate, Cover Story, Insurance, New York, PIA May 15, 2016

Hundreds of professional, independent insurance agents from the Long Island and greater New York area gathered on May 4 at the sprawling Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury for a day of networking, tradeshow, education and ceremony at the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State’s Long Island Regional Awareness Program. Tradeshow Long Island RAP […]

2016/ April 25/ Past Issues

Cyber Security Rules For Insurers

Insurance Advocate Cover Story April 25, 2016

By Anna Murray, Author of The Complete Software Project Manager A few months ago, my software team received the following request from an insurance company executive: “Please create a form on my WordPress website so potential clients and others can upload scans of sensitive documents.” He thought it would be an improvement over the […]

2016/ April 11/ Past Issues

New York State Will Provide Paid Family Leave and $15 Minimum Wage

Insurance Advocate Cover Story April 11, 2016

Reprinted with the permission of Epstein Becker Green By: William J. Milani, Jeffrey M. Landes, Dean L. Silverberg, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Steven M. Swirsky, Nancy L. Gunzenhauser, Ann Knuckles Mahoney, and Alexandra Bruno Carlo On March 31, 2016, New York State’s governor and legislative leaders announced an agreement on the state’s budget for 2016-2017 (“Budget”). […]

2016/ March 28/ Past Issues

PIA Market Trends Survey: Agents perceive moderation in unrelenting rate and underwriting severity

Insurance Advocate Cover Story March 28, 2016

GLENMONT, N.Y.—The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State released the findings of their annual Market Trends Survey, conducted through the month of January. Some 200 agents participated in the survey, which has been conducted every year since 2012, after a renovation of the associations’ original “Hard Market Survey” […]

2016/ March 14/ Past Issues

J.D. POWER: Soft Market Drives HO Claimant Satisfaction Down

Insurance Advocate Cover Story March 14, 2016

Amica Mutual Ranks Highest in Overall Satisfaction among Homeowners Insurance Claimants For the first time in five years, customer satisfaction among homeowners filing a property claim has slipped, largely driven by declines in satisfaction with the total settlement and service interactions, according to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study(SM) just released. The […]