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Come hell or high water, homeowners need to understand flood insurance

Come hell or high water, homeowners need to understand flood insurance

by Bill Martin | May 13, 2022 | Education, Featured

With spring underway, bringing large amounts of rain and snowmelt, it’s more important than ever that agents are doing their best to educate homeowners about flood insurance. Recent data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency indicates that the U.S. has...

A legacy: NFIP rating system’s past and future

A legacy: NFIP rating system’s past and future

by Bradford J. Lachut, Esq. | Apr 28, 2022 | Consumer-focused, General News

Traditionally, a legacy is something that is handed down from one generation to the next. In the legal world, it is literally an amount of money or property left to someone. More philosophically, a legacy can be an idea, mission, or purpose that future generations are...

N.Y.: Defining windstorms in New York homeowners insurance

N.Y.: Defining windstorms in New York homeowners insurance

by Clare Irvine, Esq. | Mar 30, 2022 | Advocacy, Association

Each summer, meteorologists watch the weather over the Atlantic Ocean carefully for any signs of hurricanes forming and they determine if the storm gets big enough to earn a name. While the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary defines a hurricane as, “violent storm with very...

Winter is here—and the NOAA shows us the latest on inclement weather

Winter is here—and the NOAA shows us the latest on inclement weather

by Alexandra Chouinard | Jan 28, 2022 | Association, Featured

The winter season may bring warm fires, hot chocolate and cozy socks to mind—but residents in the Northeast aren’t strangers to the bitter cold, snowy conditions that accompany the winter months. For 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted...

N.Y.: Why defining hurricanes would make claims easier after weathering a storm

N.Y.: Why defining hurricanes would make claims easier after weathering a storm

by Clare Irvine, Esq. | Jun 30, 2021 | Advocacy, Featured

Following confusion over insurance claims after major, hurricane-strength storms, PIANY has made the standardization of windstorm deductible triggers a legislative priority to clarify the definition of windstorm. How a windstorm is defined can make a substantial...

It’s hurricane season—and it’s no secret that the Northeast ought to prepare

It’s hurricane season—and it’s no secret that the Northeast ought to prepare

by Alexandra Chouinard | Jun 1, 2021 | Association

Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Sandy made Northeast landfall in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Collectively, they caused over $83 billion in damages, and caused more than 300 deaths. And, this year, meteorologists and hurricane researchers are predicting an above average...

PIANY-priority bills see action at the start of the legislative session

PIANY-priority bills see action at the start of the legislative session

by Bradford J. Lachut, Esq. | Mar 30, 2021 | Advocacy

Each year, PIANY tackles legislation that its members identify as vital to the insurance industry, their clients and their businesses. They become PIANY’s legislative focus for the legislative session. In the first quarter of 2021, activity centered on these PIANY...

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