Advocacy Week in Albany

Our usual annual trip to Albany for Advocacy ‘’Day’ had a different format this year. Instead of driving to and from the capital in one day, we were part of a series of well-planned virtual meetings with our representatives throughout the week of February 22nd  I found this arrangement to be even more effective in educating our legislators about insurance matters and other issues that we, as agents and brokers, face regularly. Perhaps, more importantly, we discussed the effects these issues have on our clients and legislator’s constituents.     Big I NY has had numerous “wins” in the past year, illustrating how effective Advocacy…

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On Our Mind…Thank You!

​By Allison Just, Meeting & Governance Manager Thank you! We put out a challenge to rock social media with how awesome it is to work in insurance. Rock you did. Not once did I see an agent with a briefcase at a kitchen table (what I used to think of insurance before I joined Big I NY; my parents tidying up before our agent came to our house). What did I – and the rest of the social media world – see?Smiling faces. People with their dogs. Babies on laps (future agents, perhaps?). Bags of groceries being donated to a neighborhood charity. Posts about being thankful…

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Big ‘I’ Praises Reintroduction of Main Street Tax Certainty Act

​Legislation to make small business deduction permanent reintroduced in House and Senate. WASHINGTON, DC, February 26, 2021— The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I") is grateful for the reintroduction of the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act" in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Jason Smith (R-Missouri) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana). The legislation would make permanent a 20% deduction on qualified business income for some owners and shareholders of pass-through businesses.“The Big 'I' thanks Reps. Smith and Cuellar and Sen. Daines for their work to reintroduce the Main Street Tax Certainty Act,"…

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