Picture this: Mysterious music plays. A curtain pulls back. A shadowy man wearing a cloak emerges on stage. In his hand, he holds a hermetically sealed envelope. He states to the audience that he is a famous mystic, and he will psychically divine the answer to the...
Halfway through the 2021 regular session, many of Connecticut Legislature’s committees have finished their work, or are approaching their joint favorable deadlines—the date by which they must send bills out of committee with a joint-favorable report, which sends them...
Each year, PIANY tackles legislation that its members identify as vital to the insurance industry, their clients and their businesses. They become PIANY’s legislative focus for the legislative session. In the first quarter of 2021, activity centered on these PIANY...
Cahill, D-103 Assemblyman Kevin A. Cahill, D-103, represents the Hudson Valley, including New Paltz, Red Hook and Rhinebeck. Cahill is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and Albany Law School, and has served in the state Assembly since 1992. Additionally, he has served as...
A growing trend in the personal auto insurance market is bait and switch. When insurance carriers practice bait and switch, it means that they are running motor-vehicle reports after binding auto policies, and changing the premium rate of the policy. Often, the...
For the better part of 15 years, PIANJ has advocated for the elimination of what is colloquially known as a “step-down” provisions in automobile policies. A step-down provision appears in many automobile policies. It has the effect of reducing the amount of coverage...
Adverse carrier bills pass state Senate. The New Jersey Senate Commerce amended legislation (S-1559), which would allow consumers to bring a “bad faith” lawsuit against insurers to remove certain recoverable expenses last week. This legislation passed the Senate...
New Hampshire Republicans have control of the state Senate, House and Executive Council after the November election—following Democratic majorities in all three arenas the last two years. Gov. Chris Sununu was re-elected for his third term after defeating state Sen....