Featured, News, Press Releases
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (September 9, 2021): Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass is expanding its Florida office with the addition of partner Wendy Stein Fulton, a seasoned commercial litigator with experience representing clients in complex insurance coverage,...
News, Articles, 2021
The Case Of Cadre v. Proassurance Casualty Company Rule 1:21-1B of the New Jersey Rules of Court governs the practice of law as a limited liability company, and provides in relevant part that “[a]ttorneys may engage in the practice of law as limited liability...
News, Articles, 2021, Media Coverage
The New York Law Journal published “NY Prompt Pay Act for Construction Contractors,” written by partner Barry Temkin and coauthor Ken Eccleston, on August 10, 2021. This article provides an in-depth discussion of New York’s Prompt Pay Act, enacted in 2002...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Jeffrey Weinstein will present “Adjustment/Analysis of 2020 Civil Unrest Claims” at Loss Executives Association (LEA)’s Conference, the 2021 Golf and Education Event. Targeted towards insurance claim managers and adjusters, the course will...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Amy Kallal will be presenting – in person – “Reinsurance 101 for Claims Handlers: What You Need to Know and Why” at the 2021 CLM (Claims and Litigation Management) Alliance’s Annual Conference, on August 12, at 11:30 am. The panel...
News, Media Coverage
Partner Michael Koblenz, who represents the buyer in a real estate sale in the Hamptons, commented on the it in The Real Deal. He filed a complaint with the Department of State, alleging gross misrepresentation and exaggeration of the circumstances by the agent and...
News, Publications
William Wilson published new book, NJ Insurance Coverage Litigation – A Practitioners Guide (2021), 3rd ed. With co-author Frank DeAngelis, they provide a broad overview of insurance coverage litigation in NJ involving the enforcement and interpretation of insurance...
News, Articles, 2021
The Indiana Supreme Court Weighs In With the proliferation of computer crime these days, cyber insurance has become a must for businesses. There are many different types of cyber coverage available on the market, and the coverage that an insured purchases will have...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Matthew Lasky and associate Alexis Stevens will co-present “Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Sanctions Clauses” as a Hot Topic at Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)’s Re Contracts: The Art of Designing Reinsurance...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Raymond Mastrangelo will speak on a panel discussing “The Scope of an Arbitration Panel’s Authority” at AIRROC’s Summer Membership Meeting on July 14. Joining Raymond on the panel is Ann Field, Senior Managing Director, Head of Client Services...
News, Articles, 2021
Maintaining Confidentiality When Petitioning for Relief in Court A long-running dispute between Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company and one of its reinsurers, Everest Reinsurance Company, recently culminated in the unsealing of an award from an...
News, Articles, Media Coverage
This article was published on Law360.com (subscription required) on June 10, 2021, in Insurance Authority, and in the daily Insurance newsletter. On June 9, El Salvador became the first country to adopt a Bitcoin standard. The law passed by El Salvador’s...
News, MCWG Decisions, 2021
Law firm Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC sought coverage under professional liability insurance policies issued by Greenwich Insurance Company and Hudson Excess Insurance Company for a lawsuit filed against it in federal court in Maryland, alleging that it had breached...
Featured, News, Press Releases
Partner Kathleen DeLaney and Special Counsel Benjamin Messing joined earlier this year, as well as two new associates, expanding the firm’s footprint NEW YORK (May 24, 2021): Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP today announced that two new Special Counsel are...
Featured, News, Press Releases
NEW YORK (May 20, 2020): Mound Cotton’s Insurance practice group is ranked in Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer, New York, in Chambers and Partners USA’s 2021 guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, with partner Lloyd Gura recognized in Band...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Barry Temkin will discuss The Ethics of the Remote Practice of Law, and ABA’s Ethics Opinion 498, at NELA/NY’s (National Employment Lawyers Association) Spring Conference on May 14. With his co-presenter, Jennifer Goldsmith at Ironshore, he will...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Barry Temkin will be presenting on “Ethics Issues on Infrastructure Projects” at PLI’s virtual conference, Construction Projects and Infrastructure 2021, on May 13. Some topics he will discuss include: Making the best deal for your client...
News, Articles, 2021, Media Coverage
Barry Temkin co-authored “ABA Remote Work Guide Raises Bar For Atty Tech Know-How” in Law360 (subscription required) with Jennifer Goldsmith, vice president of professional liability claims at Ironshore, discussing ABA Ethics Opinion 498, a new opinion...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Aghadiunio v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Ass’n, Index No. 80004/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 3, 2020) The plaintiff originally sued New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association pro se and filed an amended complaint pro se. Thereafter, an attorney...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Brosamer & Wall, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No. C 19-01872, 2020 WL 1031139 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 3, 2020) Mound Cotton won a significant victory on behalf of Zurich American Insurance Company in a case brought by its insured, Brosamer & Wall, Inc. The...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Downstairs Cabaret, Inc. v. Wesco Insurance Co., 187 A.D.3d 1642 (4th Dep’t 2020) This appeal concerned whether an insurance policy includes coverage for actual loss of business income when the declarations do not contain a limit for such loss, and whether an insurer...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Hayden Asset VIII, LLC v. Public Service Mut. Ins. Co., No. 161751/2014, 2020 WL 1275533 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Mar. 11, 2020) In this case, the insured made a claim for water damage as a result of a frozen sprinkler rupture. After the loss, the insured sold the property. A...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Mountain Valley Indemnity Co. v. Hylton, 2020 NY Slip Op 34347(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 1, 2020) This case involved an insurance coverage dispute arising out of an underlying action for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the claimant when she tripped and fell on...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC v. Greenwich Insurance Co., Index No. 657246/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 18, 2020) Nearly two years after it was sued in federal court in Maryland, the law firm Napoli Shkolnik reported the suit to its professional liability insurers, Greenwich...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Pacquette v. Tower Insurance Co., Index No. 5001153/19 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. May 12, 2020) The plaintiffs waited almost four years after a loss to commence an action against their insurer. Tower Insurance Company moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it was filed...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Pan Am Equities, Inc. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 959 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 2020) Lexington Insurance Company was involved in a $6.8 million Hurricane Harvey-related dispute regarding the application of a “Named Storm” deductible as opposed to a “Flood” deductible. Pan Am...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Passport Resorts LLC v. AmRisc, LLC, H046354, 2020 WL 4932287 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 21, 2020) Mound Cotton prevailed on an appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration. The insured operated a luxury hotel in Big Sur, California. In February 2017, severe...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Stein v. National General Insurance Co., 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 31814(U), 2020 WL 3124237 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 9, 2020) This case involved the insured’s claim for water damage to his apartment caused by a broken pipe. After he reported the claim, the insurer, National...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Trim v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Ass’n, Index No. 718936/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 23, 2020) The plaintiff sued New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association for additional recovery after NYPIUA paid for damage caused by a covered windstorm. In...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Williams v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, 183 A.D.3d 410 (1st Dep’t 2020) The Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed the grant of summary judgment to New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, which argued that it had...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
193 Hooper Street Condo v. Wesco Insurance Co., No. 657266/2017, 2020 WL 228355 (N.Y.Sup. Ct. Jan 10, 2020) Pursuant to a first-party property policy, Wesco Insurance Company denied a claim for water damage to a commercial structure. Specifically, the third floor unit...
News, Articles, 2021
State and federal courts across the country are grappling with insurance coverage litigation, as insureds who suffered business losses due to government-mandated shutdowns look to their property insurers for relief. These cases present the following key issue for...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Amy Kallal will moderate a webinar, “The Powers of Arbitrators in the Virtual Age and Beyond” on March 16. Hosted by ARIAS–U.S., the panelists, including Larry Greengrass from ARIAS-US and certified arbitrators Susan Grondine-Dauwer from SEG-D Consulting LLC and...
Articles, 2021
On June 30, 2020 registered securities broker-dealers must begin their compliance with new SEC Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS Relationship Summary/Form ADV Part 3, which were announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2019.[1] These new...
News, Articles, 2021, Media Coverage
In addition to a 2018 ABA ethics opinion which outlines when law firms are ethically obligated to notify clients of data breaches jeopardizing the security of their confidential information, the California Bar Association has handed down additional guidance on the...
News, Articles, 2021
This article was published on Liberty Mutual’s website. This article will consider potential future claims against design professionals that are expected to arise from the Covid-19 pandemic and offer recommendations for how design professionals can prepare now...
Articles, 2021
On March 19, 2020, National Public Radio broke the news of a series of suspicious stock trades by U.S. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Health and Welfare Committee. On May 14, Burr resigned...
Media Coverage
The exchange of personal and business information is the (re)insurance industry’s lifeblood: it is necessary to facilitate accurate and profitable underwriting, proper claims management, and the fulfillment of legal and/or regulatory obligations. Insurers and...
Articles, 2021
Barry Temkin Much has been written in recent years about lawyers’ duties to preserve the confidentiality of client information under the rules of professional conduct and to take reasonable precautions to strengthen cybersecurity in order to avoid data breaches. ...
Press Releases
We want to extend a warm welcome to our new partners, Eric T. Krejci and Steven P. Nassi, both resident in the New York office. Click their names to view their biographies and learn more about their practice.
News
MCWG Partner Matthew Lasky will be a panelist in the ‘Hot Topic Panel – Underwriting in the Time of Covid 19’ at the Re Underwriting 2020 — Underwriting Fundamentals and Current Issues for the Reinsurance Education Institute of the Reinsurance...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partners Matthew Lasky and Amy Kallal have prepared updates on two key areas for AIRROC’s Work From Home Webinars that they will present on September 29, 2020. To sign up or find out more about the webinars, ‘Vaping: What’s Hiding Behind the Puff of...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
200 Court Street LLC v. Wesco Ins. Co., 2019 WL 3207539, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 31945(U) (Queens Co. Sup. Ct. May 20, 2019) This case involved a first-party property insurance dispute in which Wesco Insurance Company denied a claim for wind damage to the façade/roof of a...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
2416 Newkirk v. Wesco Ins. Co., Kings Co. Index No. 502342 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. Feb. 28, 2019) This case involved insurance claims for a theft that took place in an apartment located at 2416 Newkirk Avenue, Brooklyn, and a separate claim for costs associated with...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
An-Jung v. Rower LLC, Index No. 152694/18 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. 2018), rev’d 173 A.D.3d 488 (1st Dep’t 2019) In this negligence and breach of contract action, plaintiff sought damages arising out of alleged excessive and improper billing by defendants over the course...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Bronx 13 Properties LLC v. Wesco Ins. Co., Index No. 161411/2015 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. Apr. 4, 2019) In this case the insured landlord sought coverage for the collapse of a bathroom floor that allegedly caused damage to several other floors of an apartment building....
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Canale v. Castlepoint Ins. Co., 64 Misc.3d 1208(A), 116 N.Y.S.3d 861 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2019) This case involved a first-party property insurance dispute in which Castlepoint Insurance Company denied a claim for fire damage to a dwelling configured as multiple single-room...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
CLMS Mgmt. Servs. Ltd. P’ship v. Amwins Brokerage of Georgia, LLC, No. 3:19-CV-05785-RBL, 2019 WL 7185547 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 26, 2019) This case concerned the enforcement of an arbitration clause in an insurance policy. The insured, a Washington entity, filed suit in...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Croxton-Narain v. Sterling & Sterling, Inc., No. B285240, 2019 WL 1069601 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 6, 2019) Plaintiff worked as an executive account assistant for defendant. She suffered an Ischemic attack and missed over a month of work, prior to being returned to her...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Danino v. Fairmont Insurance Brokers, Index No. 157059/2018 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. Sept. 6, 2019) This litigation involved a first-party property insurance claim for interior water damage. The applicable policy allowed the broker to add properties if they met certain...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Eubanks v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, Kings Co. Index No. 523461/2017 (NY Sup. Ct. Kings Co. 2019). Plaintiff brought a motion to dismiss two affirmative defenses asserted by New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association in its...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Fed. Ins. Co. v. Anderson, No. 18-CV-06920-JST, 2019 WL 8128570 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 27, 2019) In this case, the insurer successfully moved to compel an appraisal to establish disputed valuations under its insurance policy. The insureds had purchased a luxury home...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Georgoulis & Associates, PLLC v. Air Seal Insulation Systems, Inc. and Boorom Facilities Solutions, LLC, Case No. 51983/12, N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Co. (May 8, 2019) A New York trial court dismissed all claims against CNC Coatings Corp. i/s/h/a Air Seal Insulations...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Gold Coast Prop. Mgmt. Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, No. 18-CV-23693, 2019 WL 2482058, (S.D. Fla. June 14, 2019), appeal dismissed sub nom. Gold Coast Prop. Mgmt., Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London, No. 19-12720-EE, 2019 WL 5328821...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Gonzalez v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., No. CUM-L-228-19 (N.J. Super. Ct., Law Div. Nov. 19, 2019) In this products liability action, plaintiff sought to hold Stephan Machinery liable under the New Jersey Product Liability Act, N.J.S.A 2A:58C-1 to -11, for personal...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Great American Ins. Co. of NY v. L. Knife & Son, Inc., No. 157164/2013, 2019 WL 529276 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 11, 2019) In granting Great American Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss L. Knife’s counterclaims for attorneys’ fees and other extra-contractual damages,...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Integon Nat’l Ins. Co. v. Chen, 2019 WL 462854, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 30286(U) (New York Co. Sup. Ct. Feb 6, 2019) This case involved a third-party liability insurance dispute in which the insureds argued they were entitled to defense and indemnity under their policy for...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Inwood Security Inc. v. Wesco Ins. Co., Index No. 30443/2017E (Bronx Co. Sup. Ct. Apr. 15, 2019) In this property insurance dispute, while the insured and insurer resided in New York County, and the loss allegedly occurred in New York County, the insured commenced...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Joseph v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, Index. No. 21862/2015 (NY Sup. Ct. Suffolk Co. 2019) The court granted New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association’sw summary judgment on an alleged vandalism claim filed by a homeowner. The...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Lamonica v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest, No. 5:19CV78-RH-MJF, 2019 WL 8063350, (N.D. Fla. Nov. 27, 2019) This case concerned a claim for damage to a residential property as a result of Hurricane Michael in October 2018. Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Luna v. Ponce Funeral Homes, Inc., 176 A.D.3d 1193 (2019) This case concerned an action for damages for breach of contract and negligence against a funeral home as the result of alleged mishandling of the remains of the plaintiff’s deceased spouse. The defendant...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Peter Max v. Great American Security Insurance Company, No. BER-L-7136-18 (N.J. Super. Ct., Law Div., May 21, 2019) In this summary action, the insureds sought judicial review of the terms of an appraisal award that established the amount of loss they sustained as a...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Micle v. MIC Gen. Ins. Corp., 2019 WL 1532685, 2019 NY Slip Op 30840(U) (Queens Co. Sup. Ct. Feb 6, 2019) This case involved a first-party property insurance dispute in which the insurer denied a claim for fire damage to a three-family dwelling. The policy’s...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
New Lahori Kabab Inc. v. 122-24 Lexington Ave. Corp., N.Y. Index 653083/2017 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. January 24, 2019) This case involved the insureds’ claim for property damage to their restaurant under a commercial general liability policy issued by Wesco Insurance...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Niagara Bottling, LLC v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. EDCV19113PAKKX, 2019 WL 6729756 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2019) This suit arose out of Niagara’s $20 million loss from its recall and destruction of bottled water after a test at the water’s source came back positive for...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Park Shore Resort Condominium Association, Inc. v. General Security Insurance Company of Arizona, 2:19-cv-125-Ftm-38MRM (M.D. Fla. May 8, 2019) This matter concerned an arbitration regarding a multi-story condominium resort in Naples. While the insured’s public...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Pars Bronx Realty, LLC v. Wesco Ins. Co., Index No. 450191/2017 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. June 20, 2019) In this dispute involving a commercial building, the insured sought $2.5 million for property damage and $2.5 million for bad faith. Wesco Insurance Company argued...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Bylykbashi v. Public Service Ins. Co., Docket No. 16-6071062 (Conn. Sup. Ct., June 3, 2019) Plaintiff sought $200,000 in damages based on his allegation that the insured premises sustained water damage as a result of roof leaks. Public Service Insurance Company...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
The S.O. Beach Corp. v. Great American Insurance Company of New York, 791 Fed. Appx. 106 (11th Cir. Oct. 31, 2019) In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Great American Insurance...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
V & D Properties, LLC v. Security National Ins. Co., Index EFC-2017-1805 (Oswego Co. Sup. Ct. June 7, 2019) This case involved an insurance claim for water damage that occurred in a commercial building located in Oswego, New York, caused by an overflowing floor...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Valdiviezo v. Tower Ins. Co. of NY, Index No. 150596/2017 (New York Co. Sup. Ct., July 5, 2019). This case involved a first-party property insurance dispute in which the insurer denied a claim for fire damage to a multi-family building. The policy at issue identified...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Samuel Weiss as Trustee of the Agi Weiss Insurance Trust v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York, Index No. 035397/2014 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Rockland Cty, Feb. 14, 2019) In this case, the owner of an $8 million life insurance policy brought a declaratory...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Orloff v. AmTrust Financial, Index No. CV-032757-18/K1 (Kings Co. Sup. Ct. Feb. 13, 2019); Wesco Ins. Co. v. King & Associates, Index No. 650212 (New York Co. Sup. Ct. Aug. 20, 2019) Plaintiff Jason Orloff brought an action for breach of contract due to the...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
West Hudson Sub Acute Care Center, LLC v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and Federal Insurance Company, No. HUD-L-2042-17 (N.J. Super. Ct., Law Div., Oct. 17, 2019) In this case, the court granted summary judgment in favor of Federal Insurance Company, finding no...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
White Eagle Prop. Grp., LLC v. Amrisc, LLC, No. 619CV335ORL31DCI, 2019 WL 2337005 (M.D. Fla. June 3, 2019) This matter involved the arbitration of a claim for alleged damage to a residential rental complex in Winter Springs, Florida caused by Hurricane Irma. The...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Williams v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, New York Co. Index No. 151083/2014 (NY Sup. Ct. New York Co. 2019) This case involved the failure of the insured to allow an inspection of his premises. The insured requested an increase in coverage and...
MCWG Decisions, 2019
Williams v. Waypoint Resource Group, LLC, No. 18CV4921ARRRML, 2019 WL 1368998 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 26, 2019) In this class action lawsuit filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, plaintiff alleged that a debt collection letter sent to her violated the act because...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Costantino Suriano spoke at and organized the fourth annual Loss Executive Association (LEA) seminar, held at St. John’s Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management (SRM), for the school’s students. To graduate, these students must take an educational...
Articles, 2020, Media Coverage
Partner Matthew Lasky’s article, “Data Protection: Harmonizing Tensions Between the NAIC’s ‘Insurance Data Security Law’ & Traditional Access-To-Records Provisions” was published in the Journal of Reinsurance 2020, Volume 27, Number...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Barry Temkin will be speaking on March 6 at the New York State Bar Association program on “Securities Arbitration 2020: Deep Dive.” See attached brochure for more information.
News, Articles, 2020
Partner Barry Temkin is quoted in an Investment News article about FINRA’s recent enforcement action against Prudential Investment Management Services regarding inaccurate retirement plan disclosures. To view this article please click below.
News
Defending Champion Mound Cotton will once again be sponsoring a team at the “Frozen Apple VII” insurance industry outdoor hockey game, taking place on January 18 at Lasker Rink in Central Park. Jeff Weinstein and Ken Labbate will be skating for MCWG. Proceeds from...
News
Several MCWG attorneys will be attending the Loss Executives Association’s 89th Annual Meeting & Mid-Winter Educational Program in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, from January 15th to the 17th. Partner Jeffrey Weinstein will be a featured speaker, presenting a...
News
On December 18th MCWG participated in Brooklyn Public School 131’s Annual Toy Drive. Each child in the assigned third grade class wrote a letter to Santa Claus and our firm gladly granted their wishes. Click play to watch the video above.
News, Articles, 2019, Media Coverage
Partner Barry Temkin’s article, “New ‘Regulation Best Interest’ Becomes Effective for Broker Dealers” was published in New York Law Journal. NYLJ Article
News, Media Coverage, Events and Speaking Engagements
Congratulations to our Partner Costantino Suriano for speaking about Cyber Law at the LEA 2019 Young Professionals Seminar at St. John’s University School of Risk Management on November 7, 2019. The seminar had presentations that covered: Cyber Attacks & Risks,...
News
Our Partner William Wilson will be speaking this Wednesday, November 6, at the DRI Complex Coverage Forum taking place in the Hilton Hartford Downtown, 315 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT. For more information please click the link below....
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Congratulations to our partner, Costantino Suriano, for co-chairing a panel of industry leaders in the St. John’s University School of Risk Management annual conference, Regulatory Risk in Uncertain Times on October 23, 2019.
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Our partner, Costantino Suriano, is co-chairing a panel of industry leaders in the St. John’s University School of Risk Management annual conference, Regulatory Risk in Uncertain Times on October 23, 2019, which will be held at the Yale Club in New York City....
Articles, 2019
Cyber Attacks: What Are They? Broadly speaking, cyber attacks are socially or politically motivated attacks carried out through the Internet, targeting individuals, corporations, governments, or the general population.[1] They can be categorized into two types:...
Articles, 2019
Let’s say an instant oatmeal product incorporates a dried milk ingredient that has been manufactured in a facility with unsanitary conditions and that the milk ingredient may be contaminated with Salmonella as a result. The instant oatmeal product then becomes...
Articles, 2019
Suppose a pipe bursts in a hotel, causing water damage to an entire floor, and requiring the replacement of that floor’s carpeting. As it turns out, however, that style and pattern of carpeting is no longer available anywhere. The hotel insists that its interior...
Articles, 2019
New technology and artificial intelligence are leading to major changes in the traditional underwriting process. This article discusses how the automatization of underwriting may affect the relationship between reinsured and reinsurer, including the classic...
Articles, 2019
If only Clair Huxtable, Esq. were willing to take on Cliff Huxtable’s cases pro bono, maybe William “Bill” Cosby could have avoided the extended legal battle with American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) over whether it was obligated to defend Mr. Cosby in three...
Articles, 2019
Cybersecurity events, including hacking, are on the rise at law firms. A major professional liability insurer estimates that as many as 80% of the largest law firms in the U.S. have experienced data breaches recently.[1] Nor is external hacking the only threat faced...
Articles, 2019
The New York State Department of Financial Services has promulgated 17 new cybersecurity regulations which apply to regulated entities doing business in New York. The new DFS rules apply to all entities under its jurisdiction, including insurance companies, insurance...
Articles, 2019
By Brenda K. Dorsett and Barry R. Temkin* Is my Amazon Alexa spying on me? Recent years have witnessed the growth and proliferation of voice-activated virtual assistants like the Amazon Echo, with its digital assistant Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home Pod, which...
News
Partner Costantino Suriano will present at the Loss Executives Association’s 4th Annual Young Professionals Day on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at the St. John’s School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Sciences. Please click the link below for more...
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
MCWG’s 6th Annual NYC Reinsurance Conference is on Thursday, September 19 at the New York City Bar Association. This conference, chaired by Lloyd Gura, qualifies for CE/CLE credit. The Panel Moderators this year are Ann Field, Gregg Hirsch, Raymond Mastrangelo,...
News
Congratulations to Jack Bove! On June 12, 2019, he received the Network of Bar Leaders Presidents’ Award as President of the Managing Attorneys and Clerks Association at the Annual Presidents’ Dinner. The featured speaker was Letitia James, NYS Attorney General, the...
