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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...
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...
NAII Applauds Adoption of NYSID Proposal to Exempt Rated Securities from NAIC Filing Requirements
Dec 10 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers issued a bulletin congratulating regulators at the NAIC meeting for adopting a proposal by the New York Insurance Department to exempt securities rated by a nationally...
Collins Associates Hires Hudson to Establish N.Y. Office
Dec 10 2003 // John B. Collins Associates, Inc., a reinsurance intermediary, announced that senior property/casualty reinsurance broker Simon Hudson has joined the firm. Hudson was previously with Willis Re. With 20 years of insurance...
Crackdown on N.Y. No-Fault Fraud Reportedly Begins to Pay Dividends as Costs Show Slight Decline
Dec 10 2003 // The vigorous crackdown on insurance fraud and abuse spearheaded by New York’s insurance companies, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, and supported by tough insurance department regulations and a statewide...
A New Workers’ Compensation Insurer for Businesses Situated in New York State
Dec 9 2003 // First Pavilion Insurance Company published its intention to form a stock insurance corporation under the provisions of the Insurance Law of the State of New York. The Company plans to write excess insurance policies with a...
PIANY Announces Continuing Education Courses for MetroRAP 2004
Dec 5 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that it will feature two continuing education courses during its annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program (MetroRAP) scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 22,...
Trio of Insurers File Largest No-Fault Lawsuit in N.Y. History
Dec 4 2003 // The Allstate Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company on Wednesday filed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action in the Supreme Court of New York against 74...
