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The Simple Certificate of Insurance Rules That Are Hard To Follow

​Nearly eight years after New York’s certificates of insurance law​ took effect, there appears to still be some misunderstanding of what the law allows and prohibits. Big I New York members regularly call or email us about whether it’s permissible to use certain forms, certain wording, show certificate holders in a certain way, what limits to display, and so on. Other members will receive a certificate form from a client’s subcontractor or vendor and wonder if the form is legal.The fact of the matter is that most of these questions way over-complicate what the law says. When it comes to an insurance agency or brokerage…

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NY Insurance Disciplinary Actions: What’s Getting Producers in Trouble These Days

​ Penalty by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free ​ The New York State Department of Financial Services issued its monthly insurance disciplinary action report on February 13, and it was an unusually long one – 18 pages. Big I New York members regularly contact our office with questions about whether a course of action they're considering (or that a competitor has taken) will violate the state's insurance law and regulations. Because of that, I always find it interesting to see what areas of the law DFS has focused on when taking action. This is a summary of the disciplinary actions taken recently against resident and…

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Carriers Have Stopped Accepting Some Cars. Here’s What You Need To Know

​Major news outlets publicly reported late last month that State Farm and Progressive have stopped issuing new auto insurance policies or coverage on certain older Kia and Hyundai models. A television station in Rochester contacted Big I New York about it.  The reason given for the carriers' action was high theft rates for these vehicles – Progressive told USA Today, “In some areas, the vehicles are almost 20 times more likely to be stolen than other vehicles.”Two Big I New York members in different parts of the state have told us this week that another major carrier has gone further. According to a producer bulletin, the…

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