PIACT held its annual Legislative Reception on March 19, 2024, in the lobby of the Connecticut Legislative Office Building. The event presented a unique opportunity for insurance agents to share their experiences, insights and visions for the future of Connecticut’s insurance industry with members of the state legislature and the Connecticut Insurance Department. PICTURED: (L-R) PIACT Director of Government & Industry Affairs Bradford J. Lachut, Esq.; PIACT National Director Jonathan T. Black, LUTCF, CPIA, CLTC, NAMSA, NSSA; Representative Kerry Wood, D-29, co-chair of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee; and PIACT Government & Industry Affairs Specialist Theophilus Alexander.
PIACT hosts Q&A lunch session with CID Commissioner Andrews Mais
PIACT hosted an interactive question-and-answer session last week with Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Andrew Mais. The event, moderated by PIACT’s Director of Government & Industry Affairs, Bradford J. Lachut, Esq., delved into a range of critical...
PIANY’s MetroRAP returns to NYC with a bang
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...
PIANJ Golf Classic, PIANJ Women’s Leadership Alliance raises $93,000 for SONJ
PIANJ held its 40th Annual Golf Classic Oct. 2, 2023, to benefit Special Olympics New Jersey, at TPC Jasna Polana, in Princeton, N.J. The PIANJ Golf Classic—in partnership with the PIANJ Women’s Leadership Alliance—was proud to present Special Olympics New Jersey with...
PIANY leadership at Albany Lobby Day
Representatives from the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., met with state legislators at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, as part of the association’s 2023 Albany Lobby Day program. Participants spent the day on May 2, 2023, visiting with...
PIA Northeast members went to D.C.
Hundreds of PIA members from across the country descended on our nation’s capital to participate in the 2023 PIA National Advocacy May 9-10. PIA members visited the offices of their congressional representatives to inform them of the firsthand effects that proposed...
Connecticut Convention: Mock cyberattacks, networking
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...
Live at the Hard Rock, Atlantic City: Insurance professionals assemble at Annual Conference
For the first time in three years, some 1,500 insurance professionals from New Jersey and New York gathered, live and in-person at a new location—the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Atlantic City—for two-and-a-half days for the return of the Annual Conference hosted by...
New risks in the virtual world
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...
N.Y.: The importance of the Regional Advisory Councils
PIA just concluded its most recent round of Regional Advisory Council meetings. What are RACs? I’m glad you asked. As a completely biased writer who has attended nearly a hundred RAC meetings throughout the years, they are one of the most valuable experiences that PIA...