Monthly Archives: July 2020

On Our Mind…New Opportunity

By Sue Keegan, AIC, MBA, Learning & Development CoordinatorThey say we are living in a new world; that we have a new normal.  Life seems and feels really strange right now.  Looking for the silver lining has become important to me.  And guess what?  I found it!During this, the craziest of times, I was hired by Big I NY.  To long story short it, my background is in claims.  I worked for the same company for almost 30 years.  They closed their NY office at the end of last year.  On my last day, as I was literally heading out the door, I ran into…

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Albany Update – Legislature Returns, Committee Meetings Held, Business Interruption Campaign Launched

What you need to know:• State lawmakers return to Albany on Monday for a full week session, which is expected to be the last “regular” session week. • Members of the legislature will reconvene virtually in early August for a series of hearings on issues related to COVID-19. A list of specific issues is not yet available. • Big I NY opposes retroactive business interruption coverage mandates and “bad faith” lawsuit bills. We are monitoring underwriting restrictions based on dog breeds and COVID-19 Workers Compensation proposals. Here are the latest developments:Big I NY Launches Business Interruption Campaign:​This week, we rolled out a statewide grassroots campaign to oppose A.10226-B…

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‘Big I Tri-County’ presents high school awards for the 2020 Scholarship Program. 

Two outstanding high school graduating students earned Big I TriCounty scholarship awards this year and two checks for $1,000 each were mailed to colleges where the students are enrolled this fall. Manpreet Kaur of Bellerose, NY, a recent graduate of Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, NY, received the Joel S. Pollack Memorial Scholarship for her thoughts and research on the following question:    If recreational marijuana is legalized in NYS, do you think it would substantially increase the number of auto accidents? Give reason(s).  If you answered ‘yes’, what could be done to help prevent this risk, if anything?  In states where recreational…

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