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GIVE Movement: June 1st – 10th

Abstract: Support Our Industry, Serve Our Communities: The insurance industry was built on one powerful idea: coming together to protect and support one another. That’s the spirit behind the GIVE Movement, and we’re inviting you—and your agency—to be part of it. Body: Support Our Industry, Serve Our Communities: The insurance industry was built on one powerful idea: coming together to protect and support one another. That’s the spirit behind the GIVE Movement, and we’re inviting you - and your agency - to be part of it.What Is the GIVE Movement?: Led by the Big “I” National Young Agents Committee (YAC), the GIVE Movement is a week-long…

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“FAIR” Act Will Pave Way for Legal Shakedowns and Hurt Small Businesses

Body: Big I New York has joined a diverse coalition of business and industry groups in calling on State Lawmakers to oppose the “Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable (FAIR) Business Practices Act."  The so-called FAIR Act would upend existing consumer protection law by dramatically expanding the instances in which lawsuits can be filed for “unfair" and “deceptive" acts and practices. The bill has the support of State Attorney General Letitia James who just last week was joined by bill sponsors State Senator Leroy Comrie and Assemblymember Micah Lasher at a rally to push the bill over the finish line before lawmakers leave Albany on June…

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Congressional Proposal to Reform NY Labor Law Championed by Big I NY

Abstract: Big I New York’s efforts to spur congressional action on the state’s “scaffold law” bore fruit this week when Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) introduced the Infrastructure Expansion Act (H.R. 3548) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would modify the law’s effects on construction projects receiving federal funding. Body: Big I New York meeting with Rep. Nick Langworthy in Washington, D.C. to discuss the impact of Labor Law 240/241 on the New York insurance marketplace. (from left, Ashley Engl, Travis Wattie, Doug Benz, Rep. Langworthy, Patrick Erickson, Lisa Hussainov, Kristin McNally, and Kate Sellers. Big I New York's efforts to spur congressional action on…

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