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Hall Named Deputy Superintendent, CEO for N.Y. Liquidation Bureau
Aug 15 2005 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills has named Jody Hall as special deputy superintendent and chief executive officer of the New York Liquidation Bureau. Hall will direct the overall operations of the...
Gov. Pataki Sent Bill to Repeal Drunk Drivers’ Insurance Exclusion
Aug 15 2005 // New York would join a growing list of states to repeal laws allowing insurance carriers to deny payment of medical bills for people injured while driving drunk under a measure sent to Gov. George Pataki. Under current...
Auto Leasing Firms to Announce Return to N.Y. as Highway Bill Signed
Aug 9 2005 // DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors are slated to announce their return to leasing in New York State at a press conference to coincide with the signing of a federal highway bill by President Bush on...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
ISG’s Pacific Wholesale N.Y. Office to Operate as Pacific Pro Intermediaries
Aug 5 2005 // Atlanta-based Insurance Specialty Group, LLC (ISG) has announced the formation of a new branch office in New York for Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC (PWIB) which will operate in the state of New York as Pacific...
N.Y. Big ‘I’ Promotes Lounsbury, 5 Other Staff Members
Aug 5 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. recently announced the promotion of six staff members at the statewide trade association, effective Aug.1. IIABNY, which represents more than 18,000...
Insurers Hail N.Y. Physician Decertification Fraud Reform
Aug 4 2005 // Insurance companies are applauding New York Gov. George Pataki for signing legislation that they say will assist them in their efforts to fight insurance fraud. Pataki signed A.8376, the physician decertification bill,...
N.Y.’s Lawley Joins RiskProNet
Aug 3 2005 // Lawley Service Inc., one of the Northeast’s largest insurance firms, has joined RiskProNet International Inc., a network of 28 major independent brokers across the United States and Canada. The Buffalo, N.Y.-based...
Spitzer Beats All But Giuliani, Poll on N.Y. Gubernatorial Race Finds
Aug 3 2005 // If he decided to run for New York State Governor next year, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani would top State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer 49 – 42 percent, the only one of several high visibility...
Federal Highway Bill Bans Vicarious Liability of Car Leasing Firms
Aug 1 2005 // When President George Bush signs the federal highway bill, New Yorkers will likely get a special bonus – the return of vehicle leasing, according to the car leasing industry. The federal bill includes a ban on...
N.Y. Raises Minimum Age for Boating Operators to 14
Jul 29 2005 // New York Gov. George Pataki has signed into law legislation intended to increase safety on New York’s waterways by increasing the minimum age of those allowed to operate personal watercraft to 14 years old. Current...
Ross Joins Pinnacol Assurance as President and CEO
Jul 28 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, announced that its board of directors has named Kenneth J. Ross as Pinnacol’s new president and CEO. Ross will succeed Gary Pon, who...
N.Y. Workers Comp Trusts Return $3M
Jul 28 2005 // Compensation Risk Managers, LLC, a national manager of self-funded workers’ compensation insurance programs, announced that three of its trusts in New York state produced dividends of nearly $3.2 million in 2004. The...
Bay Area Agent/Broker Pleads Guilty
Jul 27 2005 // A former California insurance broker/agent faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in New York to conspiracy charges related to insurance fraud. The case stems from the findings of a joint investigation by the...
SAN Group Enters Western N.Y.; Names Uhl as Regional V.P.
Jul 27 2005 // SAN Group, a network of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has acquired WIN Satellite Agency Network territory, covering the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara in western New...
Greater N.Y. Mutual CEO Makes Case for Terror Coverage; NAMIC Suggests Britain’s Pool Re as Model
Jul 27 2005 // Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer of Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company in New York, N.Y., brought his company’s front line experience with terrorism risk before a House Financial Services...
GOP Calls on NY’s Spitzer to Return Donation from Former Aon Exec
Jul 25 2005 // New York’s Republican chairman called on state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to return a $25,000 campaign donation from a former top executive of a company his office had investigated. The donation from Richard...
Integro Grabs 3 Brokers from Willis
Jul 25 2005 // Integro Ltd announced that John Zaffino, John (Jack) Green, and Gregory Sinnott recently joined the firm in the New York office. Zaffino, formerly the National Casualty Practice Leader at Willis Group, will become the...
Bomb Hoax Leads to Evacuation of N.Y. Mall
Jul 22 2005 // The discovery of a small package with wires sticking out of it prompted the evacuation of thousands of people Wednesday from the Palisades Center mall in Wst Nyack, N.Y. in Rockland County. But the foil-wrapped package was...
