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Congrats to the NY 2020 Best Practices Agencies

 ​​The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big I), and Reagan Consulting are proud to present the 2020 Best Practices Agencies:NEW YORKAustin & Co., Albany Curabba Agency, Middletown Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy, New Hartford Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Syracuse Mackoul Risk Solutions, Island Park Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Poughkeepsie Merriam Insurance Agency, Schenectady Metz Wood Harder dba MetzWood Insurance, Chatham Mirabito-Gresham Insurance & Bonds Agency, Vestal Rose & Kiernan, East Greenbush Seely & Durland, Warwick The Connors Agency, Mechanicville Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Batavia Walsh Duffield Companies, Buffalo York International Agency, Harrison​Congratulations! For a full list of all of the 2020 Best Practices Agencies, click here.​​​Source

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On Our Mind…Get the Facts

​By Jim Lombardo, CPCU, AAI, AIM, MBA, AVP of Learning & DevelopmentWhen I was younger I remember my Dad had a favorite saying, “opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one!" Ok, he didn't say belly button but I think you get my point.It is OK to have an opinion. I just ask that you do a little research and due diligence before you go spouting off your opinion to anyone who wants to (or doesn't want to) hear it.Are there facts behind it? What makes you feel that way besides your gut? You will be in a much stronger position to perhaps persuade others to…

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Senator Breslin to Chair NCOIL Special Committee on Race in Underwriting

​This week, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators announced the formation of a Special Committee on Race in Insurance Underwriting. The new committee will study race-related issues in insurance underwriting, with an eye to protect the jurisdiction of state legislatures over the regulation of insurance. The committee will be chaired by Senator Neil Breslin (D, Delmar), the current chairman of the New York State Senate Insurance Committee.The Special Committee will take testimony from stakeholders and work to define “proxy discrimination", which has been used to refer to seemingly neutral practices which disproportionately harm members of certain ethnicity, gender, or other protected class. The committee also…

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