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ACE USA Names New Regional Executive Management Structure
Feb 20 2003 // ACE USA has announced a new organizational structure in which nine newly-named regional executives will oversee ACE’s regional operations. As the senior executive in each geographic region, and working closely with...
N.Y. Dept., ISO Finalize Terrorism Loss Costs
Feb 19 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that the Department has reached an agreement with the Insurance Services Organization (ISO) on terrorism loss costs for commercial property in New York...
N.Y. Dept., Albany County D.A. Announce Arrest of Albany Lawyer
Feb 18 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio and Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne announced the arrest of Leonard Krouner Esq., 55, of Loudonville, N.Y., for reportedly fraudulently obtaining disability...
N.Y. Sues Unlicensed Health Insurer
Feb 13 2003 // Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and New York State Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio filed a lawsuit against an Albany health plan for reportedly operating without a license. The lawsuit alleges that the Millennium...
PIWA Specialty Markets Directory Available Online
Feb 12 2003 // The Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association of New York State Inc. and the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that the 2003 Specialty Markets Directory is now available...
Big Yellow Taxis and Long Black Cars
Feb 10 2003 // According to the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA), in the U.S. alone there are approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs. The TLPA, a non-profit trade association representing the...
P/C Pricing Growth Fastest Since 1986, New York Analysts Told
Feb 10 2003 // The property and casualty industry is well into a rebound from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with premiums increasing aggressively for more than a year, a trend that will certainly continue throughout 2003 and...
Big Yellow Taxis and Long Black Cars
Feb 10 2003 // According to the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA), in the U.S. alone there are approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs. The TLPA, a non-profit trade association representing the...
PIANY Endorses Sen. Bruno’s Support for Tort Reform
Feb 7 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. praised Sen. Majority Leader Joseph Bruno for his comments at the Crain’s Breakfast Forum, urging comprehensive tort reform for New York state. The New York...
YIP Network Changes Name to include “New York” Designation
Feb 6 2003 // The Young Insurance Professionals Network announced that it has changed its name to the “New York Young Insurance Professionals,” adding the geographic designation of the organization, which was established in...
Warsaw NY Woman Receives Prison Sentence for Arson Insurance Fraud
Feb 6 2003 // The NYSID announced that Victoria Walczak, of Warsaw, New York, has received a 2 to 6 year prison sentence from the Genesee County Court for arson. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,943.57 to two...
Silverstein Spokesman Replies to Swiss Re Comments; Calls them ‘Cynical, Manipulative’
Feb 5 2003 // Howard Rubenstein, a spokesman for Larry Silverstein, responded to Swiss Re’s press release of Feb. 4, that criticized Silverstein in his attempt to collect insurance money from the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World...
Rochester Man Sentenced to Prison for Insurance Fraud
Feb 4 2003 // Anthony Allen was sentenced to serve a term of two to four years in New York State Prison by Judge Patricia Marks in Monroe County Court, as a second felony offender, following his guilty plea on November 6, 2002 to...
Alliance Urges NY Legislators to Delay Action on Implementing Terrorist Risk Act
Feb 3 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers urged New York legislators to “resist the temptation” to implement state-specific legislative or regulatory measures involving the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)...
PIANY President Points to Producers Role in Implementing Federal Terrorism Risk Act
Feb 3 2003 // David Isenberg, president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., also testified at hearings considering the implementation of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, telling the Assembly...
IIANY February 4 Legislative Day Presents “Window of Opportunity”
Jan 31 2003 // More than 200 members of the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York are set to meet with the state’s legislators in Albany at the Empire State Plaza next Monday, February 4, to seek solutions to...
PIANY to Expand “NumberONE” Workers Comp Program for Members
Jan 30 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State announced that it has obtained approval to expand its NumberONE Comp program, “a monoline workers’ compensation market available to members, for their clients...
Big Turnout at PIANY’s MetroRAP 2003; Keynoter Warren Heck Addresses Terrorist Coverage Concerns
Jan 28 2003 // The recent Professional Insurance Agents of New York’s Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program (MetroRAP) broke previous attendance records. Nearly 500 agents, company representatives, exhibitors and other New York...
PIANY Announces Four Achievement Awards at MetroRAP Meeting
Jan 27 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State recognized the achievements of four insurance professionals at its recent Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program (MetroRAP), held last Thursday at the New York Marriot...
NYSID Announces Licensing of Town Sports Captive Insurer
Jan 24 2003 // The New York State insurance Department announced that a license has been issued to TSI Insurance Incorporated as a captive insurance company in the state. The new captive, previously incorporated by the Department, will...
