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Legislation Matters

Legislation Matters Evan Portnoy, Big I TriCounty’s Legislative Chair and I met with Senator Todd Kaminsky’s Chief of Staff, Aaron Miller, on Monday October 28, to discuss issues crucial to our members.  As independent agents, legislative actions are vitally important to our businesses and to our insureds. Not only has local legislation been a focus of Big I TriCounty, but Big I New York has made it one of its three strategic goals and is asking for a large grassroots effort.   TriCounty will set up several meetings with our local leaders this term to discuss the issues highlighted in Big I’s Legislative Position Paper…

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Oktoberfest 2019 Recap

Big I TriCounty’s Oktoberfest, October 3, 2019 Judging by the enthusiastic crowd, the rain didn’t hinder our once-a-year event at Plattduetsche Park in the least. As usual, the food was terrific, and the beer flowed as did animated conversations throughout the evening. Our raffle prizes were very popular and the 50/50 almost sold out. Thank you to Mike Witkowski who donated half of his 50/50 winnings back to the evening’s cause - Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk. Jeanne Abatelli who was responsible for putting this event together will also make her 6th annual walk for breast cancer in California next month. Congratulations Jeanne! Thanks also…

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Agency Perpetuation Meeting

Previous Next BIG I TRI-COUNTY offered an informative and very timely breakfast meeting on ‘Agency Perpetuation’ at the Hyatt Place in Garden City on April 17.  Agents came from as far as Brooklyn and Queens to hear John Biasello of Sukay & Associates, give a frank discussion on the thinking behind agency perpetuation and the current landscape in our downstate area.   John’s experience and talk were extremely impactful.  He focused on the advantages and disadvantages of both internal and external perpetuation, which drew many questions from the audience.   View The Power Point Presentation Here!   If you missed this one, please check our website – bigitricountyagents.org  periodically for…

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