By Sue Keegan, AIC, MBA, Learning & Development Manager3 Things2 IdeasRunning #futuregoalsAm I middle-aged? Yes. Do I love Taylor Swift? Also yes. Grab her Red (Taylor's Version) album (I'm so old that I still use the word album) that dropped last Friday and whip up some of her Chai Sugar Cookies while you listen.1 QuestionSource
The New York State Workers Compensation Board has announced a decrease in the premium assessment rate for 2022. The rate will be 10.2%, down from 11.8%, and applies to standard premium or its equivalent. The premium assessment pays for the Board's administrative costs. By law, the Board must announce its annual adjustment by November 1 each year.The new rate takes effect on January 1, 2022.Source
A portrait of the author's office mateAs we reported here last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Oct. 30 signed into law a bill that prohibits insurers from declining, cancelling, non-renewing, or increasing the premiums for homeowners coverage based solely on the fact that a dog of a particular breed lives in the home. The new law applies to policies issued, renewed or modified on and after January 28, 2022. A few of you have emailed the research department with questions about it. It's important to know that the dog breed part is not the complete story.The law created a new Section 3421 of…