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PIANY Honors Faina Aynbinder, Nicole DeVito
Jan 19 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that Faina Aynbinder will receive its Bernard I. Kozel Memorial Scholarship award and Nicole DeVito will receive its Arthur I. Moll Memorial Scholarship...
N.Y. Fraud Squad Busts Queens No-fault Insurance Ring; 33 Arrested
Jan 16 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio joined New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown in announcing multiple indictments charging a group of...
N.Y. Charges Two with Arson Fraud
Jan 12 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Joseph Dolcimascolo and his mother, Martha, on charges of insurance fraud in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree. The...
PIACT, PIANY Prepare Annual Company Surveys
Jan 12 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. and of New York State Inc. will each conduct a member survey to gauge insurance producers’ views of their companies in the two states. The month-long surveys,...
Welcome to the Insurance Journal
Jan 12 2004 // In one sense we’re the new kid on the block, but in other ways we should be a familiar presence. The Insurance Journal has been around since 1923, the year it began publication as a local Southern California...
The Right Man for the Right Job
Jan 12 2004 // An Exclusive Interview with Gregory Serio Gregory V. Serio, the superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, is a busy man—moving between Albany, Manhattan, Washington D.C. and elsewhere about the country....
Insurers Seek $100 Million in Biggest N.Y. Fraud Suit
Jan 12 2004 // The Allstate Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have filed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action in the Supreme Court of New York against 74...
N.Y. Arrests Psychotherapists for Fraud
Jan 12 2004 // A 263-count indictment, filed in Kings County Supreme Court, charges Gabriel Feldmar Ph.D., a licensed psychologist, and three psychotherapists under his employ, Brian McCarthy, Tomeka Austin and Nasim Jadoon, with...
PIANY Seeks Legislators’ Help on Fraud, Other Issues
Jan 9 2004 // At a recent meeting with New York legislators, representatives of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. stressed the need fight to auto insurance fraud; to define the permanent status of the New York...
N.Y. Couple Arrested for Auto Arson Fraud
Jan 9 2004 // A bulletin, issued by New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, described the arrest of Robert and Mary Smith of the Town of Alden in Erie County, on charges of arson, insurance fraud, attempted...
NAII Applauds N.Y. Court Decision Rejecting Absolute Liability Concept for Labor Law
Jan 8 2004 // The National Association of Independent Insurers issued a bulletin praising a recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals that rejected a plaintiff’s claim that he is entitled to collect injury damages under the...
ACE Donates $1 Million as Part of Five-Year Commitment to Families of Victims of 9/11
Jan 7 2004 // The ACE Group of Companies announced that, as part of its five-year commitment to aid the families of victims of the September 11 tragedy in the United States, ACE will be donating $500,000 each to World Vision and The...
IIABA Releases 2004 Legislative Agenda
Jan 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. announced today that ending the $1 billion drain on New York motorists and freeing the state’s construction industry from a severe crisis created by...
NYSID Publishes Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints
Dec 31 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual compilation of the state’s 50 largest automobile insurance companies or groups of companies based on the record of complaints in 2002 The NYSID...
Serio Names David Dahl to NYSID’s Captive Group
Dec 30 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance, Gregory V. Serio, announced that he has named David Ahl as the newest member of the Department’s Captive Group effective immediately. He will serve as Director of Captive...
GEICO to Open New Facility in Buffalo
Dec 24 2003 // GEICO and New York Governor George Pataki’s office announced that the auto insurer has selected Buffalo as the site of its second major operations center in New York. GEICO plans to develop a 250,000-square-foot...
Insurance Journal, InsuranceTimes Team Up for Northeast Publication
Dec 23 2003 // San Diego-based Wells Publishing Inc., publisher of the Insurance Journal (IJ) magazine and Online Daily Newsletter, has merged with the InsuranceTimes, a Boston-based insurance industry publication for the northeastern...
PIANY’s MetroRAP Selects Kay Giustiniani, Robert Pfeffer for Awards
Dec 22 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present Kay Giustiniani, vice president of marketing for Associated Mutual Insurance in Woodridge, with its Company Executive of the Year award and Robert...
N.Y. Announces Arrest of 4 Psychotherapists on Insurance Fraud Charges
Dec 15 2003 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly jointly announced the filing of charges against four psychotherapists who fraudulently billed...
Conference Sure of Firm Market, Uncertain About Future of Regulation
Dec 15 2003 // Except for the future of insurance regulation, there was surprising unanimity on leading issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry among both panelists and guests at the Fifteenth Annual Executive...
