Publications
Throughout his many years in the insurance industry and practice of law, Peter Bickford has written and spoken frequently on insurance, reinsurance, regulatory, insolvency and dispute resolution issues. The following are representative articles and publications authored by him on insurance related topics (available in PDF format).
For articles and commentary on current issues, go to the tab "Insurance IOI" (Items of Interest).
Reinsurance Insolvency:
"What Ever Happened to the New York Insurance Exchange (And Why Do We Care)?" Practicing Law Institute
Conference on Run-offs and Commutations, November 2004.
"Dealing with Insurance Insolvencies in the Collection of Reinsurance" The American Conference Institute Conference on Reinsurance Claims and Collections, New York, NY, May 2003.
Insolvency Process:
"The Trouble with ELNY (Or How The Receivership Process Has Failed Executive Life Insurance Company Of New York, Its Policyholders And Annuitants)" February 2012
"The Insurance Insolvency Process in New York," April 2009.
"Who Protects us from the Receiver?" American Conference Institute Conference on Insurance Insolvency, New York, NY, November 2004.
"Guaranty Funds: Inside or Outside the Liquidation Process?: The Union Indemnity/Royal Bank Decision" Mealey's Litigation Reports: Insurance Insolvency, August 5, 1998.
"A Quiet Tyrant: The Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Model Act," Mealey's Litigation Reports: Insurance Insolvency, November 1, 1995, commenting on the inadequate provisions for financial reporting and due process protection for claimants.
"Insurer Solvency Regulation,” Business Insurance, March 1991, discussing the myths surrounding the insolvency process.
Insurance and Insurance Regulatory:
"Strike One!" December 2011 (Also published in the December 19, 2011edition of Insurance Advocate magazine)
"A Challenge to the Cuomo Administration", October 2011 (Also the cover article in the September 28, 2011 edition of Insurance Advocate magazine and entitled "Consolidation.")
"Is Arbitration a Trap for the Unwary Insurance Agency?" Mealey's Litigation Reports: Insurance, February 6, 2007.
"Hurricanes and the Insurance Industry – Another Prospective" Business Insurance, October, 2003, a tribute to Insurance Friends of the National Hurricane Center.
New York Insurance Law & Practice, Matthew Bender & Co. (1990), Chapter on "Specialized Non-life Entities".
Exchange: A Guide to an Alternative Insurance Market, NILS Publishing Co. (1987).
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