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IFNY Co-Sponsored CLE programs

Programs are held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street, New York, New York (between Fifth & Sixth). For more information and to register, IFNY members should contact the City Bar at (212) 382-6600 or log on to www.nycbar.org. Click on CLE located on the home page.

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Current Issues in Insurance Regulation 2012

Friday • April 27, 2012

8:30am – 1:00pm

The 22nd annual program on Current Issues in Insurance Regulation features regional and national leaders exploring topical issues of importance to the insurance industry, with opportunities for questions and interaction with the faculty. In this ever evolving financial environment, the program will include discussions on the various issues facing insurers, policyholders, and regulators and on what impact federal legislative and regulatory initiatives have on the insurance industry, and so much more. As always, the program will feature our Commissioners Roundtable addressing, state, national and global insurance issues, regulators and consumers.

Program Co-chairs: Roger M. Moak, Certified Arbitrator & Francine L. Semaya, Legal & Regulatory Consultant.

Co-sponsored with: ABA/TIPS Insurance Regulation Committee and the Insurance Federation of New York, Inc. (IFNY).

Sponsoring Association Committee: Insurance Law, Daniel Rabinowitz, Chair.

CLE credit: To be determined at the program. This program will be approved for MCLE credit in all MCLE jurisdictions.

Live Program: $225 Member*/ $335 Nonmember

* NYCB/IFNY/ABA/TIPS




“Breakfast with...”
Highlights


Impact of Natural Catastrophes
in 2011 on Insurers' Results


Friday, January 20, 2012

SPEAKERS
Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU
President & Economist – Insurance Information Institute
William J. Fishlinger
Chairman & CEO, WRM America
Patty Templeton Jones
Vice President, Fidelity National Property & Casualty Ins. Group

More than 70 insurance professionals gathered for the Insurance Federation of New Yorks most recent “Breakfast with...” held at the offices of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP in Manhattan. Featured speakers included Robert P. Hartwig Ph.D., CPCU, President of the Insurance Information Institute, William J. Fishlinger, Chairman of the Board and CEO of WRM America Indemnity and Ms. Patty Templeton-Jones, Chief Operating Officer for the Fidelity National Insurance Services, a member company of WRM America.

Topic of the breakfast was the Impact of National Catastrophes in 2011 and insurers results. Each of the speakers provided insight into the implications of last years storms and other catastrophes befallen the insurance and reinsurance industry. Each speaker focused of a different area of the results upon which their enterprises focus. Dr. Hartwig summarized the results for 2011 by illustrating materials from the I.I.I. in a PowerPoint presentation, which can be downloaded by clicking here.

Save the Date!
98th Annual
Free Enterprise
Award Luncheon

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Friday
November 9, 2012

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Cipriani's, Wall Street
New York City

About the
Free Enterprise
Award Luncheon

When the Insurance Federation of New York, Inc. (IFNY) was founded in 1913, its purpose, like that of many other state federations formed around that time, was to protect private insurers from what was perceived as undue governmental intervention, even competition. State insurance funds were one target, among several, and federations such as New Yorks would typically call upon allies in the private sector to rally opposition against this and the other seeming encroachments of publicly controlled mechanisms.

As the years went by, IFNYs outlook evolved, accommodating what were to become essential parts of the insuring system throughout the United States, such as meaningful state regulation of the business of insurance, some state sponsored forms of insuring, and a general balance of consumer and business interests.

The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc., for nearly a century, has continued to develop, becoming a leading resource for communicating ideas among all sectors involved in the insuring process. IFNY has brought public and private interests together through its forums. The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc.s prestigious Free Enterprise Awardpresented to some of historys legendary entrepreneurs every November at the Annual Luncheon held in New York Citycontinues to salute risk takers, captains of private (and, in some instances, public) institutions whose creativity and initiative enables U.S. business to expand. In the insurance industry, it is the commitment of these leaders that has allowed the risk transfer mechanism to permit the growth of both business and consumer activities.

Today, the Insurance Federation of New York, Inc.s annual calendar of events brings together the best and brightest in our field year round to ensure that industry intelligence is shared and that support for best practices in insurance law and regulation earns the understanding of leaders across the spectrum.


Past Free Enterprise
Award Recipients

The list of past recipients is illustrious and includes:

1962Henry Ford, II
1963Kenton R. Cravens
1964George Champion
1965Frederick Kappel
1966George Keith Funston
1967Arthur “Red” H. Motley
1968Allan Shivers
1969George A. Spater
1970John C. Emery
1971Nathan H. Wentworth
1972Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
1973James P. Mcallister
1974Blake T. Newton, Jr.
1975Melvin A. Holmes
1976Osborn Elliott
1977John T. Fey
1978Felix G. Rohatyn
1979Maurice “Hank” R. Greenberg
1980B.P. Russell
1981Rawleigh Warner, Jr.
1982Ralph S. Saul
1983Harry B. Helmsley
1984Malcolm S. Forbes
1985Robert M. Best
1986Robert Clements
1987Lewis Lehrman
1988Donald Trump
1989J. Peter Grace
1990Harold E. Sells
1991J. Carter Bacot
1992William Wallach
1993Saul Steinberg
1994Salvatore Curiale
1995William J. Flynn
1996Sanford J. Weill
1997Dennis Chookaszian
1998Steven M. Gluckstern
1999Patrick G. Ryan
2000Thomas R. Tizzio
2001Edmund F. Kelly
2002Constantine “Dinos” Iordanou
2003Gregory V. Serio
2004Jay Fishman
2005Frank J. Coyne
2006Martin J. Sullivan
2007James L. Tisch
2008Brian Duperreault
2009William Fishlinger
2010Warren W. Heck
2011Joseph J. Plumeri