Agents face opportunities and minefields in equal measure from the artificial intelligence revolution. No one questions that AI-powered tools can slash the time to perform many agency tasks, but hidden dangers and costs lie just beneath the surface. Two of the biggest...
Earlier this week, PIANJ hosted another Deep Dive session: Selling/Servicing Personal Lines and Small Commercial Policies. Those who missed the session can view a recording of the program, which can be shared with colleagues. The discussion Moderated by PIANJ’s...
There were sweeping changes for New Jersey’s campaign-finance and pay-to-play laws in 2023. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Elections Transparency Act, P.L. 2023, c. 30, into law on April 3, 2023, and later he signed Executive Order 333 into effect on June 15,...
More than 350 insurance professionals attended PIANY’s Metropolitan Awareness Program—the first RAP of the year—on Feb. 1, 2024, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. During the daylong event, attendees were able to network, learn and discuss the issues...
The nearly 300 insurance professionals who attended PIANY’s Long Island RAP on April 27, 2023, at the Crest Hollow Country Club, in Woodbury, N.Y., were able to network, learn and discuss the issues affecting the insurance industry, and earn continuing-education...
PIACT held its annual Connecticut Convention at the end of March—returning to the Hartford Marriott Downtown. The event featured hundreds of agents, company representatives, exhibitors, and more industry professionals from Connecticut. Excitingly, the Connecticut...
Some 150 insurance professionals attended PIANY’s first-ever Capital RAP. The event was held Oct. 25, 2022, at the Capital Center, Albany. Scores of attendees learned from insurance industry leaders on how to navigate an ever-changing insurance landscape. Presidential...
The Department of Banking and Insurance formally published proposed amendments to the state’s insurance producer continuing-education regulation earlier this week. Under the proposed amendments to N.J.A.C. 11:17-3.6 would: allow producers to carry over up to 12 CE...
During the first few months of the pandemic, the phrase the new normal was everywhere and it was meant to describe what things would be like going forward. It was meant to describe what we have always done, but would be done differently than it had in the past. For...
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...