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Kevin G. Fitzgerald, Editor
By Frederick J. Pomerantz, Esq., GOLDBERG SEGALLA LLP and Sandy Smith, Esq., WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP Superstorm Sandy has prompted the Governor's Office and the New York Department of Financial Services (Department) to take a number of actions to assist insureds experiencing loss or hardship due to the storm.
By Scott M. Kosnoff, Esq., FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, LLP The report on state insurance regulation has not been released, but a newly discovered outline offers tantalizing clues about what the final report may contain.
By Fredric Marro, Esq., FREDRIC MARRO AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. & Carolyn Smart, Esq., FREDRIC MARRO and ASSOCIATES, P.C. Many insurance products are easy to distinguish as insurance; if one pays a fee to a company, and the company pays for damages when one gets into a car accident, most would recognize the contract as insurance.
By Kevin G. Fitzgerald, Esq., FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, N. Wesley Strickland, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, and Morgan J. Tilleman, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP Agents and insurers in the life and property and casualty markets have always faced the challenge of finding potential new customers and converting them to insureds.