Industry Roundup: Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits; Keys to Securing Your Computer Network and Insurance Data; Stay Home or Go to Work Sick? Omicron Poses a Conundrum

​​Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From 'Take-Home' COVID-19 LawsuitsAs COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood that companies will be sued for infections, even by people who are not employees or customers.The Road to Recovery – Dealing with Capacity After a Year of HurricanesThe rippling effects that hurricanes such as Ida have had on surrounding states, has left insurers desperately trying to figure out how to minimize losses in 2022.Keys to Securing Your Computer Network and Insurance DataAlways a pressing challenge, the security of your insurance business' computer network is facing an even greater threat…

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MLK, Ron Brunell, and You

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Last week, I chatted with Big I NY Board Chair Ron Brunell. If you've met Ron (if you haven't, you really should), you know he's an incredibly smart, successful, outspoken, multi-generation leader from downstate. You m​ay also know that the man has a heart the size of NY and when he speaks, he means it. Ron was a few minutes late to our chat because he was answering a call from another independent agent entrepreneur, a man he's mentoring through the Big I Diversity Council's Right Start program.I've heard Ron many times share how meaningful this program is to him. What does he do? He…

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Albany Update: Anti Arson Application Repeal Bill Passes Assembly

​On December 12, the NYS Assembly passed Big I NY-supported legislation to eliminate an unnecessary ​burden on customers by repealing the anti-arson application statewide. Section 3403 of the Insurance Law requires the completion of an “anti-arson application" for people seeking property insurance for fire or explosion to complete. If a policyholder fails to complete this application, which is required upon initial application for insurance and on each subsequent renewal of the policy, the insurer must cancel the policy. Technology has advance dramatically since the application was first required, and the law has outlived its usefulness. Insurance companies today are required by law to have fraud prevention plans, which are filed with…

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