Our publisher Steve Acunto writes his editorial Foreword on page 4 of each issue and gives the industry one of its best read, often quoted columns.
Americans widely agreed that cigarettes are unsafe (84%) and addictive (87%), and yet a fifth (21%) report smoking every day! The vast majority of people believe alcohol, opioids, and vapes are addictive, and about two-thirds said alcohol and opioids are unsafe in a recent survey , while more than three- fourths said vaping is unsafe. […]
For anyone interested in the Insurance Agency business in the 80’s and 90’s the name George Nordhaus, marketing pioneer and great advocate of independent agents, will join us in mourning his passing at age 90 on April 24th. We were privileged to have “partnered” with George in the production of his agency newsletter directed at […]
It was back at NYU, late 60’s, in a required class called Introduction to Sociology that I first heard the word “socialization”. The field occupied itself in terminology that re captured common sense concepts and tried to make a science of it. Did not really work. As a major in Latin and Ancient Greek – […]
The topic of Tort Reform never goes away, largely because so few states ever do anything to rein in the Trial Bar’s excesses and advantages…until Florida’s governor signed a bill that is a model for the other states. To curb legal system abuse and frivolous lawsuits by Gov. Ron DeSantis inked H.B. 837, which was […]
A few weeks back, I mounted the podium to give a presentation to a group of fellow business owners and found that the podium itself was unsteady. Quite an irritant and a bit unsettling after just being introduced. What went through my head in that flash of seconds was: “is this podium about to fall […]
Governor Ron Santis of Florida offered an excellent example of what a state leader can do for insurance pricing and availability. The governor intervene to make it more difficult for trial lawyers and others to pillory the industry. He did this on the heels of what has been a volatile situation in the Sunshine State […]
One of the sharpest insurance attorneys in New York is now a Partner at Arent Fox, an emerging insurance powerhouse. Huhnsik Chung, has joined the firm’s Complex Litigation and Insurance & Reinsurance groups bringing more than three decades of experience advising clients nationally and internationally in the highly regulated financial and insurance sectors. To disclose, […]
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 […]
Ian hit Cape Cayo at 155 m.p.h. Wallop. Too late to start thinking. Too late for “feel good” plans. In a flash, first responders and insurers were hit with tidal waves that have yet to subside. But in Ian’s wake, there has been time to reflect for real on the insurance industry’s performance, its readiness […]
Insurance Advocate has long recognized our Insurance Team of the Year (2018) ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company (“ShelterPoint Life”), New York’s largest statutory disability (DBL) insurance carrier, as a force for good, beyond simply underwriting businesses and families and caring for their clients s immediately and carefully. This is a class act with ateanm that will […]
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