Richard A Poppa

• 67th Company Member Joins Trusted Choice

  By Staff Writer  |  April 24, 2012

  Sterling Insurance Co. is the 67th insurance company partner to join Trusted Choice, the national consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers.

• IIABNY To File Producer Comp Reg. Appeal In Coming Weeks

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 23, 2011

  The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York reports it will file its appeal of a court decision upholding Regulation 194 in the next several weeks.

• IIABNY Schedules Disclosure Regulation Meetings

  By Staff Writer  |  September 22, 2010

  The Independent IIABNY said it will hold a series of information sessions for insurance producers to help prepare them for the state's disclosure regulation, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.

• N.Y. Producer Groups Help Prepare Members For Disclosure Regulations

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 6, 2010

  While controversy surrounds the implementation of producer disclosure regulations by the New York State Department of Insurance, associations say they are obligated to prepare agents for the new mandates, like them or not

• IIABNY Will Engage Dept. On Disclosure Rule Despite Snub

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 18, 2010

  A New York agent association said it will continue to provide input to the state insurance department despite being excluded from groups that received a circular letter draft on the state's planned producer compensation regulation.

• Client-Producer Trust Cannot Be Regulated

  By Richard A. Poppa  |  August 16, 2010

  Trust is at the heart of the insurance agent/broker-client relationship.

• N.Y. Attorney General Defends Proposed Compensation Disclosure Rule

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 16, 2010

  A controversial New York producer compensation disclosure regulation complies with the law and is necessary to inform consumers about possible conflicts of interest, the state's attorney general and leading candidate for governor argued in a court filing.

• N.Y. AG Says Producer Comp. Reg. Necessary; Complies With Law

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 5, 2010

  A proposed New York producer compensation regulation complies with the law and is necessary to inform consumers about possible conflicts of interest, the state's attorney general said in a court filing.

• N.Y. Agent Groups Prepare Members For Disclosure Rule

  By Katharine Rose  |  July 12, 2010

  New York agent associations are taking steps to inform their members about the state Insurance Department's new regulation on producer compensation disclosure, developing online programs and overviews in anticipation of the new rule.

• Agent Groups Ready For Disclosure, IIABNY Still Fighting

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 10, 2010

  A New York independent insurance agent's association dug in its heels in opposing the state Insurance Department's new producer disclosure regulation but is making further preparations to educate producers about the rule when it takes effect Jan. 1.