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7 TIPS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY EMAIL SCAMS & A FREE WEBINAR

​A guest post by Walter Contreras of Motiva​Join us for a FREE webinar by Motiva on July 13th: 5 Cyber Security Protections EVERY Agency Needs NOW​​​As the number of spam and phishing emails continues to rise, it is increasingly more valuable for you and your staff to be trained how to recognize a scam when you see one.Do you know how to identify and handle email scams that want to infiltrate your business? Let us start with these tricks to recognize an email scamLook at the email headers: Some of the first pointers you’ll get are the email headers, i.e. the subject line, the sender name, and so…

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Albany Update: Big I NY Calls for Veto of Insurance Disclosure and Dog Breed Underwriting Restriction Bills

​The legislature is adjourned and not scheduled to reconvene until January 2022. However, two Big I NY-opposed bills were passed by the legislature, and will be sent to the Governor for signature or veto. Big I NY is calling on the Governor to veto both of these bills.Disclosure of Policy Information in Litigation – S.7052/A8041At the 11th hour, the Senate and Assembly rushed through legislation mandating that all insurance documents be disclosed early in litigation, including insurance application documents. We opposed this bill on the grounds that it creates serious privacy concerns for insureds, as insurance applications contain a large amount of personal information that…

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COVID State of Emergency Lifted, Remote Notarizations No Longer Permitted

On June 24th, Governor Cuomo announced the end of the COVID-19 State of Emergency, thus ending the associated emergency executive orders. This means that for the time being, remote notarization is no longer authorized, and the notary rules revert to the pre-pandemic state. However, the legislature recently passed a Big I NY-supported bill to allow remote notarization on a permanent basis. That bill has not yet been sent to the Governor, and once it is signed as anticipated, it will take effect in 120 days.We do not have an exact timeframe as to when the bill will be sent to the governor and signed, but…

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