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3, 2, 1 with Sue Keegan: Earn FREE CE Credits; Join MyNetwork; Activate Your HERO Act Prevention Plan

​​By Sue Keegan, AIC, MBA, Learning & Development Manager3 ThingsNational ABEN Day is September 14th!  This is a great opportunity for you to check out ABEN and get 2 free CE while you’re at it!  We have partnered with ABEN to provide two classes for credit and one non-credit class.  Attend COVID-19 Litigation and Insurance Issues and Cybersecurity Risk and Insurance Are … and receive one free CE credit per class.  The third class, Recognize.  Respond. Survive.  Active Shooter Response Training, is not approved for CE in NY but is a class you should not miss.  This is a members only benefit!Are you a female owner, officer,…

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URGENT: You Must Activate Your HERO Act Prevention Plan Now

​All private employers in New York State must activate the airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans they adopted over the last two months. The action is required under the New York State HERO Act​, which became law last spring. All insurance agencies should activate their plans immediately.The HERO Act required all private employers in the state to adopt prevention plans that equaled or exceeded the standards in model prevention plans provided by the state Department of Labor. The law required employers to adopt plans by August 5. The plans must be designed to prevent exposure to airborne infectious diseases by employees and the public. They…

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How Property Insurance Applies to Ida Water Damage

​<a title="Tommy Gao, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HurricaneIdaNYC2021.jpg"> As we're sure you know, horrible flooding hit the New York City metro area yesterday as the remnants of Hurricane Ida arrived, dumping a shocking amount of rain, stranding commuters, and costing lives. The loss of life is tragic and immeasurable, and the disruption to the lives of survivors is immense. And property was damaged. The Big I NY and Big I CT research departments have received questions from members about how personal and commercial property insurance may apply. Unfortunately, the news isn't good.Many commercial property insurance policies contain exclusions similar to this one from the ISO…

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