The table below shows Insurance Department news releases
issued during 2001.
The first column contains the Release Date and second
column contains the Subject.
| Release Date |
Subject |
| 12/31/2001 |
New No-Fault Arbitration Procedures To Streamline Process, Expedite Claims Handling and Identify Potential Fraud |
| 12/27/2001 |
Department Releases Auto Insurer Ranking by Consumer Complaints |
| 12/27/2001 |
Study Finds That Healthy NY Program Makes Health Insurance More Affordable for the Working Uninsured |
| 12/12/2001 |
Governor Pataki: External Review Law Working For New Yorkers |
| 12/12/2001 |
Superintendent Testifys On The State Of The Insurance Industry And The Continued Viability Of The Insurance Marketplace |
| 12/11/2001 |
New York State Insurance
Department Takes Disciplinary Actions Against Companies, Agents, Brokers & Adjusters |
| 12/04/2001 |
New On-Line Multi-State Processing For Licensees |
| 11/16/2001 |
Insurance Department To Host Forum To Discuss Insurance Issues In The Aftermath Of WTC Tragedy |
| 11/13/2001 |
Department Resources Available In Aftermath Of Crash Of American Airlines Flight 587 |
| 11/07/2001 |
Department Unveils New Interactive Consumer Health Insurance Web site |
| 11/05/2001 |
Department Advises Consumers to Prepare for Winter Storms |
| 10/29/2001 |
Insurance Department Offers Ability to File Complaints On-Line |
| 10/26/2001 |
Statement on Lloyd's |
| 10/24/2001 |
State Offers 2001 Consumer Guide to Auto Insurance |
| 10/16/2001 |
WTC Response Update: Governor Reminds Insurers Of President's Executive Order |
| 10/09/2001 |
Department Fraud Representatives Conduct Training For Authorities in Genesee County on October 18th |
| 10/05/2001 |
Department Announces Joint Initiative With Industry On Workers' Compensation Claims |
| 10/04/2001 |
Insurance Department Announces Creation of WTC Fraud Fighting Task Force |
| 09/26/2001 |
Superintendent Testifies Before U.S. House Financial Services Committee |
| 09/25/2001 |
Governor Announces Graduate Institute in Honor of Neil D. Levin |
| 09/24/2001 |
Governor Announces Streamlined Life Insurance Claim Procedures |
| 09/22/2001 |
WTC Response Update: Governor Stresses Importance of Insurance Protections for Military Reservists |
| 09/21/2001 |
Insurance Department Opens Suffolk Office |
| 09/19/2001 |
Insurance Company Reps Available for Consumers at Pier 94 |
| 09/16/2001 |
Insurance Department's New York Offices to Re-Open |
| 09/14/2001 |
WTC Response Update: Governor Details Insurance Department Actions |
| 09/05/2001 |
Univera-Excellus Merger Granted Insurance Department Regulatory Approval |
| 09/04/2001 |
Repair Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud |
| 09/04/2001 |
Media Advisory: Department Representatives Available To Discuss Insurance Coverage Options For Employees Of Garden Way |
| 08/31/2001 |
New York’s Consumers Remain Protected, Lower Court’s
Ruling Stayed |
| 08/30/2001 |
Governor: New Consumer Guide To Health Insurers Available - Third Annual Guide Enables NYers to Evaluate Health Insurance Providers |
| 08/24/2001 |
Frontier Insurance Company Agrees To Voluntary Rehabilitation |
| 08/23/2001 |
Department Specialists To Attend 2001 New York State Fair |
| 08/13/2001 |
Media Advisory: Department Representatives Available To Discuss Insurance Coverage Options For Employees Of Empire Specialty Steel |
| 08/09/2001 |
Serio Delivers Governor's Proclamation Declaring Fraud Awareness Week in New York State to Erie County Sheriff Galivan |
| 08/07/2001 |
Department Announces Adoption of Fraud-Fighting Regulation |
| 08/07/2001 |
Department Consumer Specialists to Attend 2001 Erie County Fair |
| 08/03/2001 |
Media Advisory: Superintendent Serio And
Department Specialists Bring State Insurance Department Operations to Buffalo August 6-9 |
| 07/23/2001 |
Media Advisory: Superintendent Serio and
Department Specialists to Attend Governor's 'Capital For A Day' In Batavia |
| 07/20/2001 |
Media Advisory Addendum: Department
Announces Additional Health Coverage Options For Employers of Empire Steel Dunkirk |
| 07/16/2001 |
Media Advisory: Department Announces Health
Coverage Options For Employees Of Empire Steel Dunkirk |
| 07/16/2001 |
Department Announces That Workers' Compensation Rate Level Will Not Increase |
| 07/12/2001 |
Serio Announces Resignation of Deputy Superintendent John R. Cashin |
| 07/06/2001 |
Department Announces On-Line License Renewal Milestone |
| 07/02/2001 |
Department Announces Expansion of Healthy NY Web Site - Now Includes Spanish Version to Increase Outreach on Important
Health Insurance Program
Departamento Expande
Portal En La Red Dedicado A La Salud De NY |
| 06/29/2001 |
Media Advisory: Department
Announces Weekend Hours for Livery Drivers To Obtain Coverage by July 1, 2001
- Livery Drivers Whose Coverage With Highlands Insurance Company Was Cancelled Can Secure Insurance Coverage |
| 06/29/2001 |
Department Instructs Livery Insurers to Provide Continued Insurance Coverage |
| 06/27/2001 |
Department Launches First On-Line License Renewal Capability |
| 06/27/2001 |
State Approves Certification of Third External Review Agent - Additional Agent Certified as 772 New Yorkers Win Cases and Receive Coverage |
| 06/25/2001 |
Department Issues Consumer Insurance Tips for an Enjoyable Summer Vacation |
| 06/22/2001 |
New York State Ethics Commission Awards Insurance Department with the First Theodore Roosevelt Ethics Award |
| 06/22/2001 |
Department Levies Fines Against 44 Auto Insurers For Failure To Submit Proper Information For Department Of Motor Vehicle Program |
| 06/19/2001 |
Insurance Department Advises Consumers to be Prepared for Floods and Hurricane Season |
| 06/14/2001 |
Serio Names Audrey M. Samers Deputy Superintendent and General Counsel |
| 06/14/2001 |
Serio Orders Sureco To Reinstate Over 2000 Policies |
| 06/12/2001 |
Department Unveils On-Line Credentialing For Insurers As Part of Disaster Response Initiative |
| 06/06/2001 |
Department Extends Comment Period for Fraud-Fighting Reg |
| 05/30/2001 |
Serio Names Rampe as First Deputy Superintendent |
| 05/24/2001 |
Department Expands Electronic Rate And Form Filing To Life Insurance Products |
| 05/22/2001 |
Governor Announces Insurance Emergency Operations Center |
| 05/10/2001 |
Gregory V. Serio Confirmed By NYS Senate As Superintendent of The State Insurance Department |
| 05/09/2001 |
Sweeping Auto Insurance Reform
Calls For End To "Fraud Tax" |
| 05/04/2001 |
State Launches Multi-Media Healthy
NY Blitz. In Celebration of National Small Business Week, Employers and
Working Families Reminded of New Program Offering Increased Access to Health
Care Coverage. |
| 04/23/2001 |
New York State Insurance
Department Takes Disciplinary Actions Against Companies, Agents, Brokers & Adjusters |
| 04/18/2001 |
Department Reminds NY Insurance Consumers to Check Their Mailboxes |
| 04/12/2001 |
Serio Highlights Department's New Technology |
| 04/10/2001 |
Governor Pataki Nominates Serio For Insurance Superintendent |
| 03/30/2001 |
Governor Pataki, Acting Gov. Difrancesco Recommend Neil Levin; Picked to Lead Port Authority After Major Successes at Banking, Insurance Departments |
| 03/30/2001 |
Department Announces Superintendent Levin Recommended For Port Authority Post |
| 03/28/2001 |
MVP Health Plan Agrees to Pay $33,800 for Prompt Pay Violations |
| 03/20/2001 |
Media Advisory: First Deputy Superintendent
To Speak At Small Business Day |
| 03/13/2001 |
Levin Monitoring Insurance Carrier Conduct In Home Evacuations In Briarwood NY |
| 03/12/2001 |
Hearing Set for Phoenix Home Life Proposed Demutualization |
| 02/21/2001 |
Department Enables Industry to Appoint Agents Electronically |
| 02/20/2001 |
Department Takes Steps To Ensure Compliance With Consumer Privacy Protections |
| 02/14/2001 |
Levin Announces Groundbreaking On-Line Assistance To Consumers |
| 02/01/2001 |
Levin Announces E-Commerce Guidelines on Advertisements, Referrals, And Solicitations |
| 01/30/2001 |
Levin Appoints Daniel R. Varona Deputy Superintendent |
| 01/24/2001 |
National Scam Targets Elderly And Promises High Profits For Risk-Free Investment |
| 01/24/2001 |
Department Fines Community Health Plan $1 Million For Insurance Law Violations |
| 01/22/2001 |
Superintendent Announces Regulatory Reform Efforts Result in Approximately 400 Circular Letters Withdrawn
- Department Conducts Ongoing Comprehensive Review of Circular Letters Dating Back to 1924 |
| 01/18/2001 |
2000 Record Year Fighting Fraud, Number of Arrests and Criminal Convictions at All Time High |
| 01/17/2001 |
Department Takes Disciplinary
Actions Against Companies, Agents, Brokers & Adjusters |
| 01/16/2001 |
Superintendent Declares 2000 A Milestone Year For Department - Cites National and State Accomplishments |
| 01/11/2001 |
"New York Experience Shows Promise and Pitfalls of Speed-to-Market," Article
as it Appeared in the January 8, 2001 edition of Insurance Compliance Week |
