Case Name: American Alliance Insurance Co., Appellant, v. Eagle Insurance Company, Respondent. (And Another Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-04-24
Citations: 304 A.D.2d 465
Docket Number: 
Parties: American Alliance Insurance Co., Appellant, v Eagle Insurance Company, Respondent. (And Another Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 465–466

Head Matter:
American Alliance Insurance Co., Appellant, v Eagle Insurance Company, Respondent. (And Another Action.)
[757 NYS2d 730]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marylin Diamond, J.), entered February 27, 2002, which, inter alia, granted the motion of defendant Eagle Insurance Company for summary judgment, and declared that an insurance policy issued by Eagle Insurance Company was canceled as of February 4, 1991, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
As the motion court noted, David Isenberg, an officer of DCW Auto Agency, the agent and underwriter for defendant Eagle Insurance Company, testified in detail about the cancellation procedures followed by DCW in terminating a policy for nonpayment. He sufficiently established that he had the requisite knowledge to testify as to those procedures with authority (cf. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v Comparato, 151 AD2d 265 [1989]). In view of his testimony, we conclude that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the policy issued by Eagle to its insured, Shimoe Brake & Wheel, which only made one payment on the policy, was properly canceled in accordance with the requirements of Insurance Law § 3426 (c) (1). Concur — Buckley, P.J., Sullivan, Rosenberger, Wallach and Friedman, JJ.