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‘Big I Tri-County’ presents high school awards for the 2020 Scholarship Program. 

Two outstanding high school graduating students earned Big I TriCounty scholarship awards this year and two checks for $1,000 each were mailed to colleges where the students are enrolled this fall. Manpreet Kaur of Bellerose, NY, a recent graduate of Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, NY, received the Joel S. Pollack Memorial Scholarship for her thoughts and research on the following question:    If recreational marijuana is legalized in NYS, do you think it would substantially increase the number of auto accidents? Give reason(s).  If you answered ‘yes’, what could be done to help prevent this risk, if anything?  In states where recreational…

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On Our Mind…What it Means to Be Independent

​​By Jim Lombardo, CPCU, AAI, AIM, MBA, AVP of Learning & DevelopmentAhhh to be “independent."Dictionary.com defines it as:not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneselfnot subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; freenot influenced by the thought or action of othersnot dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.​You are an independent insurance agent!  You have the freedom to do what is best for your customer.  It is a tremendous benefit that comes with an equally tremendous responsibility.  Of course, price is important, but you have the opportunity to offer ANY company your agency…

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