Insurance Law

Insurance Person of the Year

By David Rossmiller

Nothing like giving the readers a lot of advance notice before an ultra-high stakes award like this is finalized, right? I'm a bit tardy on this, but hey, it's not like I'm on the advisory board of the Insurance Law Center and might have been expected to post on this more than a day before the contest ends . . . oh yeah, I am. 

Well, in any event, here is a link to the ILC's Insurance Person of the Year voting, with four big categories: policyholder lawyers, regulators, judges and insurer-side lawyers.  In the last category, I'm surprised no one nominated Dickie Scruggs -- he almost did more for State Farm and other insurers, in the long run, than they did for themselves. 

(By the way, I'm almost done writing my musical, The Katrina Follies. Here's one of the latest songs I've written, Don't Ignore Rigsbys, which is sung to the tune of the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby.  This song comes in early in the second act, sung by the actors portraying Dickie Scruggs and Mississippi AG Jim Hood). 

Ah, look at those two whistleblowers

Ah, look at those two whistleblowers

Don't ignore Rigsbys

Picked out the fraud from the files where Snake Farm had it hid

That's what they did

Met in a trailer, accessed computers and lawyers were there

Just 'cause they dared

All the whistleblowers, where do they all come from?

All the whistleblowers, where do they all belong?

Anyway, check out the link, if you care to.  You too can vote for your favorite!  As long as it's one of the finalists listed.  A veritable Insurance People's Choice Award.  And don't worry, you've got . . . well, almost two whole days left, until March 18, to get your vote or comment in.

Full post as published by Insurance Coverage Law Blog on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).