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Governor Hochul Recommends Gaurav Vasisht as NYSIF Executive Director

​Governor Kathy Hochul has recommended Gaurav Vasisht to serve as Executive Director of the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Ultimate responsibility for appointing the Exeuctive Director rests with the NYSIF Board of Commissioners.Mr. Vasisht has served as an advisor to a former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as a lawyer to three Governors of New York, and in key roles at the New York Department of Financial Services, its predecessor, the New York Insurance Department, and the New York Attorney General's Office. As Senior Vice President and Director of the financial regulation program at the Volcker Alliance ("Alliance") from 2014…

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Big I NY & CT members have a “Guardian” protecting them!

I am proud to share that Scott Hobson, AVP of Government Relations for Big I New York & Connecticut, was awarded the 2021 Guardian of Civil Justice Award from The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) today. LRANY is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit grassroots organization dedicated to reducing lawsuit abuse for the benefit of all New Yorkers. Scott was honored for his work as a former employee of LRANY and his tireless work for Big I NY & CT members to advance a fairer and more balanced tort system.Scott started with Big I New York in 2018 and had an immediate impact on the meaningful…

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3, 2, 1 with Sue Keegan: HERO Act; Free CE Credit; Squishing the Squash

​By Sue Keegan, AIC, MBA, Learning & Development Manager​3 ThingsMark your calendar for next Monday, 10/25, to attend GearUP! HERO Act, Part III – Workplace Safety Committees.  If your agency has 10 or more employees, starting on Nov. 1, the New York State HERO Act requires you to offer them the opportunity to form a workplace safety committee. How will that work? Who picks the members? What will the committee do? Join us on October 25 for this short webinar where we’ll discuss these questions and explain what this new requirement means for your agency. It's been 50 years since FEMA has updated their flood risk rating methodology. Did…

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