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PIANY Congratulates NYSID on Success of IIES System, More Effort Needed on No-fault Fraud
Sep 30 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., has issued a bulletin congratulating the New York State Insurance Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles on the recent success of the Insurance Information...
PIANY and PIWA Issue Expanded Online Markets Directory
Sep 26 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., in conjunction with the Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association of New York State Inc., announced that an updated online specialty markets directory is now...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Queen’s Man for Selling Fraudulent Auto ID Cards
Sep 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Vincent Morciglio, 49, of Jamaica was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of criminal possession of a forged...
PIA CT, NH, NJ and NY Join Fall Return to School
Sep 22 2003 // A bulletin from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. notes that “summer has come and gone. It’s time for calculators and textbooks—for the...
N.Y. YIP Elects 10 Directors
Sep 15 2003 // The New York Young Insurance Professionals, an affiliate of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced the election of 10 directors at its annual business meeting. The bulletin named the following...
Chubb Appoints Milwaukee Branch Manager
Sep 12 2003 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has appointed James Romanelli manager of its Milwaukee branch office. He is replacing Jim Darling, who was appointed manager of the Pittsburgh branch office. Romanelli, vice president of...
PIANY Names Peter Demetriou ‘Committee Chair of the Year’
Sep 12 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. have named Peter Demetriou, president of the New Windsor Insurance Agency in Hempstead, as “Committee Chair of the Year ” at the association’s...
Aon Fund Assists Children of Employees Lost on 9/11
Sep 11 2003 // More than 150 children of Aon employees who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, will persevere in their educational endeavors thanks to the continuing support of the Aon Memorial Education Fund. Established by Aon Corporation on...
PIANY’s “Hudson Valley RAP” to Discuss State Legislation, Marketplace
Sep 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will host its eighth annual CEO/Agency Conference, sponsored by the New York Insurance Association, during its first Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program (RAP)...
Warsaw N.Y. Man Sentenced in Arson Insurance Fraud Case
Sep 9 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio, Genesee County District Attorney Lawrence Friedman and Genesee County Sheriff Gary Maha, issued a joint bulletin stating that Michael Puzan, of Warsaw, New...
NY Notes Deadline for Holocaust Claims Filing Extended to December
Sep 5 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that the deadline for Holocaust survivors and their heirs to file insurance claims with the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims...
NYSID, ELANY Guidance on Terrorism Coverage Sets 25% Limit
Sep 5 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department announced that it has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Excess Lines Association of New York (ELANY), a member of an industry coalition, which will set standards by which...
NYSID Licenses Viacom Captive
Aug 29 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that the State Insurance Department has licensed Sammarnick Insurance Corporation, a new vehicle that will insure the risks of Viacom Inc., as a...
NYSID Approves 1.7% Workers’ Comp Hike
Aug 29 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has approved a 1.7% average workers’ compensation rate increase. The move follows its initial decision to deny the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board’s (NYCIRB)...
NYSID Specialists to Answer Consumer Questions at State Fair
Aug 21 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Department specialists from the Consumer Services Bureau will be staffing an information booth, located in the Verizon Center of the Progress...
NYSID Issues Guidelines on Personal Auto Insurance
Aug 19 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has issued Circular Letter #12, addressed to “All Insurers Authorized To Write Motor Vehicle Insurance In New York State; Rate Service Organizations; And Insurance Producer...
St. Paul Creates New England Territory; Appoints Michael G. Connor Regional Executive
Aug 15 2003 // The St. Paul Companies announced the creation of a new regional territory to address the business growth and distribution opportunities in the New England corridor, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New...
Oneida Financial to Acquire MacDonald/Yando Agency
Aug 15 2003 // Oneida Financial Corp., the parent company of The Oneida Savings Bank, announced that it intends to acquire an additional insurance agency operating in Central New York State, and has signed a Letter of Intent with the...
N.Y. Officials Announce Indictments of Auto Body Shop Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 14 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced that the owner, manager and employees of a Far...
Fraud Reportedly Spreading to N.Y. Suburbs
Aug 13 2003 // Insurance fraud rings long-established in New York City are now reportedly targeting the suburbs for their scams as the fraud indictments announced this week by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office vividly...
