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 labor laws. In its annual …
U.S. District Judge Michael B. Mukasey has had enough of the sniping between the insurers led by Swiss Re and Silverstein Properties over the recovery for the destruction of the WTC’s Twin Towers. He recently told all parties to do …
Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). The creation …
While everyone agrees that something should be done about Massachusetts’ spiraling auto rates and uncompetitive market, no one seems to be able to agree on just what. When the state’s Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler granted a …
Our region has been “enjoying” the glories of Old Man Winter recently, so it’s at least marginally appropriate to present our Excess and Surplus Lines issue. Everyone who’s anyone is there, and we trust it will serve as your E&S …
The Board of Directors of Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc. announced the election of Richard Freebourn as vice president of internal operations. Freebourn has served in many key and progressively senior financial management capacities during his 20 years with Brown …
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 Awareness Program (MetroRAP), held at the New York Marriott Brooklyn. The PIANY returned the …
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents lauded Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY) for demanding that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) “publicly justify” rules that give only the OCC, and not the states, the right to examine …
Kaye Group Inc., the New York regional hub of the Chicago-based broker Hub International Limited, announced that Marc I. Cohen has been appointed as the company’s new President and CEO. He succeeds Bruce D. Guthart, who has been named as …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has selected Tami Stanton, former vice president of the Insurance Institute of Indiana, as state affairs manager for the Northeast United States. She will be pursuing the NAMIC’s strategic objectives before state legislatures …
