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Are You and Your Clients Ready for the New Flood Insurance Pricing?

​Photo by jim gade on Unsplash​As reported in today's issue of The New York Times​, the way the National Flood Insurance Program sets premiums for coverage is going to change for the first time in 50 years next Friday. For some current and prospective property owners, the change may be painful. The methodology change takes effect for new policies on Oct. 1, 2021, with renewals following on April 1, 2022.The traditional way of pricing flood insurance has been to use a flood insurance rate map (FIRM) to determine the flood risk zone in which a property sits. For those properties in special flood hazard areas (SFHA),…

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Albany Update: Big I NYRaises Concerns with Privacy Act, New Government Transparency Directive, Governor Announces Measures to Address Bus Driver Shortage

​Big I NY Raises Concerns With NY Privacy Act:This week, Big I NY participated in a roundtable meeting on the New York Privacy Act, hosted by the bill's sponsors, Senator Kevin Thomas (D, Nassau County) and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D, Manhattan). This bill would create sweeping and burdensome data privacy rules, including most significantly a fiduciary duty on entities that handle customer data and private right of action allowing private parties to sue for damages. The bill includes generous incentives to file lawsuits, including allowing for the awarding of attorneys fees, minimum damages, and authorizing class actions.Big I NY has opposed this bill since its…

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Phone Carriers’ New Requirements for Business Texting

​National phone carriers like T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon are starting to implement new requirements for business texting to counteract telemarketing spam. The requirements primarily focus on businesses using application-to-person (A2P) text messages sent via 10-digit long code (00310DLC) phone numbers, which are phone numbers that include a local area code and support high volume texting.Most major phone carriers will start requiring businesses to register their texting campaigns and follow various protocols with their texts, such as obtaining consent. Businesses may be subject to large fines and penalties for non-compliance.    The 10DLC requirements are different in certain respects for each carrier and are at varying stages of…

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