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IIABNY Members Meet with Legislators During 34th “L-Day”
Feb 6 2004 // Nearly 200 agents and brokers gathered today at the State Capitol in Albany for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York’s 34th Legislative Day. During the day, agents and brokers met with...
PIANY Summarizes 2004 Legislative Issues
Jan 30 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York, Inc. has released a statement summarizing the issues that face insurance producers and companies in the 2004 New York legislative session. The PIANY listed its legislative...
Calif. Commissioner Announces Settlement on Behalf of Survivors of Victims of Armenian Holocaust
Jan 28 2004 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced a settlement in long running litigation between descendants of the victims of the Armenian Genocide and the New York Life Insurance Company. “During the late...
N.Y. Agent Arrested on 50 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Jan 28 2004 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton, who has been charged with 43 counts of issuing fraudulent certificates of insurance, two counts of insurance fraud,...
NYSID Reports Record Fraud Fighting Year
Jan 27 2004 // The New York State Insurance Department’s Frauds Bureau 2003 Annual Report details some significant achievements made over the past year to combat insurance fraud. The Bureau racked up a record number of fraud...
PIANY Commends Authorities on Fraud Results, Urges Vigilance
Jan 27 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. expressed the organization’s satisfaction at the fraud fighting efforts of both the NYSID (see previous article) and the Automobile Insurance Fraud Unit (AIFU)...
N.Y. Central Mutual Selects ISO Program for Replacement Value Calculations
Jan 27 2004 // New York Central Mutual (NYCM) has selected the ISO’s “HomeValue” ™ to estimate residential replacement values in order to write insurance policies that accurately reflect the real costs of...
Largest U.S. City and Home to Thousands of Fallen Heroes
Jan 26 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of New York at 18,976,457. Approximately 79 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 27 percent had...
Brooklyn Hosts PIANY’s MetroRAP
Jan 26 2004 // Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz proclaimed Jan. 22, 2004, “Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. Insurance Day,” coinciding with the PIANY’s annual Metropolitan Regional...
IIABNY ANNOUNCES LEG. PRIORITIES:
Jan 26 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. want the state’s lawmakers to work harder to fight fraud and free up the construction industry from a severe crisis created by obsolete provisions in...
IIABNY Supports “Get Smart About Insurance Week”
Jan 23 2004 // In a show of support for the New York Insurance Department’s efforts promoting “Get Smart About Insurance Week,” the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. hosted Superintendent of...
Robert Goodman Joins Rothschild As a Managing Director-Insurance Sector
Jan 19 2004 // Robert Goodman, a veteran investment banker who specializes in the insurance sector, has joined Rothschild as a Managing Director in its Financial Institutions Group based in New York. Gerald Rosenfeld, CEO of Rothschild...
Esurance Announces New N.Y. Auto Coverage
Jan 19 2004 // Esurance Inc., a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, will give New York drivers another option to consider when shopping for auto insurance. The company, a subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group,...
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...
