Register for Virtual Conference 2021 to earn 13 continuing-education credits. It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week—Is your agency prepared for this season? Find out how you can learn more about business income insurance and the pandemic. Plus, read about state-specific insurance news, advocacy updates and upcoming events in this issue of the Weekly Dispatch.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week that he signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act—also known as the NY HERO Act. The new law directs the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Health to create an enforceable health...
It has been well over a year since COVID-19 became part of our lives. Most of us no longer are having daily conversations with our clients about their business income coverage, and how it applies—or doesn’t apply—in a pandemic. However, the problem of coverage still...
We are in the final stretch of the Connecticut General Assembly’s 2021 legislative session. The committees all have wrapped up their work, and the state House of Representatives and state Senate now are in the full swing of holding session days, during which each...
Every 10 years, the United States conducts a census to count all persons in the country as set forth, however vaguely, in Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. The 2020 census count found that New York state lost over 20 million people in the...
Register for Virtual Conference 2021 by Friday, May 21, 2021, to get unbeatable early-bird pricing. U.S flood risk are on the rise—and they can be reduced. The legalization of cannabis could affect auto insurance premiums. Northeast governors ease COVID-19 restrictions on businesses. Plus, read about state-specific insurance news and advocacy updates in this issue of the Weekly Dispatch.
PIANY leaders participated in Albany Lobby Day, which took place virtually last week and this week. PIANY President John Tomassi, CPCU; President-elect Tim Dean; Vice President David Sidle II, CIC, CPIA; Treasurer Gary Slavin, CLTC, CIC; Secretary Richard Andrews,...
Currently, there are 18 states (and Washington, D.C.) where recreational use of cannabis is legal and 37 states where medicinal use of cannabis is legal. New Jersey, New York and Vermont are among those states where recreational use of cannabis is legal, and...
Sen. James Sanders Jr., D-10, introduced S.6407 in the state Senate this week. The bill—one of PIANY’s 2021 legislative priorities—would require the superintendent of financial services to establish uniformity in the triggering and operation of windstorm deductibles....
My name is Agens Makler of Makler & Daughters Insurance Agency—I am one of the daughters. My father started the agency in 3230 Lothal Year on the planet of Tatooine. And, anyone familiar with Tatooine knows that the planet has three things in abundance: sand,...