Typically, solar panels represent a sizable financial investment. As an insurance agent, you naturally want to provide your clients with all the information they need to protect that investment properly. Whether homeowners enlist qualified installers or install their...
Network in-person at Long Island RAP 2022. Inflation is driving auto and homeowners premiums up. And, The Great Resignation may impact the insurance industry. Plus, you can read about state-specific industry news, compliance issues, advocacy updates and upcoming events in this issue of the Weekly Dispatch.
A bill (S.8127) that would simplify the process for placing business in the excess-lines marketplace passed the state Senate (62-1) yesterday. The legislation—sponsored by Sen. Neil D. Breslin, D-44—would reduce excessive reporting requirements. Currently, before...
Personal- and commercial-lines insureds are responsible for injuries or damage when they rent vehicles (or rent out their own vehicles to others), when they are hired to use their vehicles to provide delivery or transportation services and when they borrow or lend...
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 33 million U.S. employees have resigned from their jobs since April 2021. In November 2021 alone, 4.5 million workers resigned. For many reasons, individuals in the U.S. are reevaluating their employment—and...
In the past year, inflation has sent prices soaring on many household items and gasoline—especially gasoline. While the effect on inflation does not have the same immediate impact on insurance premiums as it does for gas and groceries, insurance carriers have...
Are you unable to get to the polls on Election Day? Did you know that you always can vote before Election Day through an absentee ballot or utilize your county’s early voting window? Both options are open to all voters in New York. Early voting Early voting is a...
Connecticut Convention is next week, register now. New cyberthreats are discovered—insurance agents must protect their agencies. And, the National Flood Insurance Program was extended to Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Plus, you can read about state-specific industry news, advocacy updates, technical resources, education opportunities and upcoming events in this issue of the Weekly Dispatch.
While the headline of this article may sound like a fun little pun, let’s face facts: If insureds are not honest, there can simply be no effective insurance policy come claim time. As a commercial-lines agent and account executive for eight years now, I have...
In celebration of Women’s History Month, I sat down with Lydia Bashwiner, Esq., CWCP, NJWCP, from Otterstedt Insurance Agency Inc. Lydia is the treasurer of New Jersey PIAPAC, as well as the chair of the PIANJ Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee. We discussed...