Background
George K. was born on September 17, 1933 in New York City, New York, United States.
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George K. Bernstein
George K. Bernstein is an American lawyer, specializing in the field of Insurance Regulation, Insurance Rehabilitation and Liquidation, Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions, Reinsurance, International Insurance, Property and Casualty Insurance Coverage.
Education
George K. Bernstein attended the Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws).
Career
George K. Bernstein worked at The Bernstein Law Firm, PLLC. He was admitted to the bar in 1957, New York, in 1958, United States.
Achievements
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George K. Bernstein has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.
Membership
Member: President's Interdepartmental Committee on All-Risk and Disaster Insurance, 1970-1971. President's Interdepartmental Committee on Medical Malpractice, 1971-1973. Committee on Medical Malpractice, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-1973.
Advisory Committee to the New York State Legislature on Recodification of the Insurance Law, 1972-1974. President's Inter-Departmental Study on Workers' Compensation, 1973-1974. National Insurance Development Program Advisory Board, 1976-1977.
Chairman, Expert Review Committee, 1986-1988 and Chairman, Policy Workshop, 1990, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program. Member, Advisory Panel, Federal Emergency Management Agency Loss Reduction-Earthquake Insurance Project, 1988-1990. Member, 1990-1991 and Chairman, 1991-1993, Advisory Committee to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
Court appointed Agent for the Vermont Insurance Commissioner as Receiver and Liquidator of Ambassador Insurance Company, 1983. Special Deputy Commissioner of Insurance of the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance and Securities in the Rehabilitation of Springfield Life Insurance Company, 1991-1993. Special Deputy Commissioner of Insurance of the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance and Securities in the Rehabilitation of Beverage Retailers Insurance Company, Risk Retention Group, 1993.
Presenter, People's Bank of China Conference on Insurance Regulation in Changing Markets, 1996. Associate Member, Society of Financial Examiners. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, 1965-1968, 1972-1975, 1980-1983, 1987-1990 and Chairman, 1975-1978 and 1990-1993, Committee on Insurance Law. Chairman, Subcommittee on Insurer Solvency, Committee on Insurance Law, 1988-1990. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Liability Insurance, 1990-1993).
Federal and American (Member: Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1978. Section on International Law, 1980) Bar Associations.
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Born
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development Distinguished Service Award, 1974. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1957-1959 and Assistant Attorney General, 1959-1961, New York State. Deputy Superintendent and General Counsel, 1964-1967 and First Deputy Superintendent of Insurance, 1967-1969 New York State Insurance Department. Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration, 1969-1974 and Interstate Land Sales Administrator, Office of Interstate Land Sales Registration, 1972-1974, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. United States. Delegate to the NATO Conference on Flood Insurance, 1970. Insurance Advisor to the Cost of Living Council and the Price Commission, 1971-1974. United States. Government Consultant to the Japanese Government on Flood and Natural Disaster Insurance, 1972. Special Counsel to New York State Select Committee on Insurance, 1974-1976. Consultant to: Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 1987. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1975-1977, 1983-1984. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979-1981. Inter-American Development Bank, 1993.Recipient, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development Distinguished Service Award, 1974. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1957-1959 and Assistant Attorney General, 1959-1961, New York State.
Deputy Superintendent and General Counsel, 1964-1967 and First Deputy Superintendent of Insurance, 1967-1969 New York State Insurance Department. Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration, 1969-1974 and Interstate Land Sales Administrator, Office of Interstate Land Sales Registration, 1972-1974, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
United States. Delegate to the NATO Conference on Flood Insurance, 1970. Insurance Advisor to the Cost of Living Council and the Price Commission, 1971-1974. United States. Government Consultant to the Japanese Government on Flood and Natural Disaster Insurance, 1972.
Special Counsel to New York State Select Committee on Insurance, 1974-1976. Consultant to: Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 1987. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1975-1977, 1983-1984.
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979-1981. Inter-American Development Bank, 1993.