
Web Changes
In 2010, we expect to have our state-of-the-art customer interface up
and running, a secure server for your actual policies and correspondence
so that you can refer to an actual image of your important
documents at any time, whether you need a copy of your policy for office
use, for your accountant, attorney, permit administrator or business partner.
Pachner & Associates allows premium
payments on our web site at no additional cost as a service to our clients

Press Releases
These are the press releases we've issued
over the last year.
You may want to search for
topics by keyword.
 | Don Pachner elected to the board of directors of the
Independent Insurance Agents of Westchester
County |
 | Pachner & Associates selected by
American Hiking Society for
new, low cost group insurance program covering member organizations of the
Alliance of Trail
Organizations including trail associations, trail clubs, nonprofit
hiking & outdoor organizations and land trusts as of May, 2010 |
 | Pachner & Associates selected by
New York/New Jersey Trail Conference
for low cost group insurance program covering member organizations April,
2010 |
 | Pachner & Associates launches advertising campaign "The
Natural Choice for Insurance" May, 2010 in
America Outdoors Association
Bulletin |
 | Don Pachner article "Bagging the Insurance Summits in
2010" in
Winter 2010 American Mountain Guides Association Mountain Bulletin |
 | Don Pachner leads two professional development workshops
on insurance for mountaineering guides/guide services at the
American Mountain Guides Association
national meetings in Moab, Utah on Contractual Liability Issues for Domestic
and Foreign Operations, and Insurance Industry Trends for Guide Services |
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Don Pachner article "INSURANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE" in Winter
2009 American Mountain Guides Association Mountain Bulletin |
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Donald Pachner cited in quotes by insurance industry leaders on
recommendations to new administration in Washington, D.C. on public health
insurance and optional federal charter [Article in Best's Week by Chad
Hemenway associate editor, Copyright (C) 2009 by A.M. Best Company, Inc.] |
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Donald Pachner testimony in Joint New York State Task Force Hearings on
Broker Compensation, July, 2008 |
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Don Pachner's article "Clarify Contractual Liability
Issues When Applying for or Renewing Insurance" published in the Spring,
2008 American Mountain Guides Association Mountain Bulletin |
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Jeffrey Hunter's American Hiking Society blog features
"Insurance and Liability Issues for Trail Clubs: An Interview with
Insurance Expert Don Pachner" on American Hiking Society web site
(audio) |
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Don Pachner's article on
American Mountain Guides Association group life and disability
program and on mountaineering guide service general liability insurance
trends published in American Mountain Guide Association's Winter, 2008
Mountain Bulletin |
 | Donald Pachner presented a talk on Liability Insurance
for Clubs, Guides & Outfitters at the West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium in Port
Townsend, WA in September, 2007 |
 | President of Pachner & Associates - Don Pachner - was
awarded the New York/New Jersey
Trail Conference "Extra Mile Award" "for his ambitious
project of creating insurance policies for hiking clubs". Their
publication "The Trail Walker" notes "Don Pachner is honored
for his efforts in creating insurance policies that are both useable and
affordable by hiking organizations. In the words of TC [ed. Trail
Conference] life member Irene Szabo, "He has labored long in an
arena that most mortals shun for its complexity and crushing tedium, to the
benefit of all of us and our hard-won little budgets." The NY/NJ
Trail Conference is a regional chapter of the Appalachian Trail
Conference and is responsible for all hiking trail maintenance and hiking
trail building on public lands in the NY and NJ region, as well as hiking
trail corridor protection and open space acquisition. |
 | October 1, 2005 - Pachner & Associates merges with
Kohout Insurance Agency and Mike Kohout Insurance, Guide & Outfitters
Insurance specialists in the western U.S. - Mike Kohout comes on board
as Consultant |
 | Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company to
feature Pachner & Associates in its next broker newsletter and
magazine
as a highly automated user of its new on-line quotation system |