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NY Cybersecurity Regulation: What Your Agency Needs To Do

Abstract: Sometime between now and April 15, each agency must log into the NYS Department of Financial Services (DFS) cyber portal and complete and submit one of two forms. Body: ​January 2025 has brought with it fresh batches of lake effect snow and a new cybersecurity regulation compliance filing season. Sometime between now and April 15, each agency must log into the NYS Department of Financial Services (DFS) cyber portal and complete and submit one of two forms:Certification of Material Compliance (if the agency was in material compliance with all sections of the regulation that applied to it in 2024.)Acknowledgement of Non-Compliance (if the agency…

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​What Do You Want in 2025: Talk or Action?

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Abstract: Big I New York is taking bold steps to lead the charge for independent insurance agents, brokers, and their clients. Over the past 18 months, New Yorkers have faced a tough insurance market—rising premiums, shrinking availability, and carriers pulling out and back. It's been a challenge for our members to serve clients, but we're not sitting idly by. Body: By Lisa Lounsbury, Big I New York President & CEOBig I New York is taking bold steps to lead the charge for independent insurance agents, brokers, and their clients. Over the past 18 months, New Yorkers have faced a tough insurance market—rising premiums, shrinking availability,…

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State Sen. Jamaal Bailey Named Senate Insurance Committee Chair

Abstract: On January 9, State Senator Jamaal Bailey (D-Bronx/Westchester) was named chair of the Senate Insurance Committee. Body: ​On January 9, State Senator Jamaal Bailey (D-Bronx/Westchester) was named chair of the Senate Insurance Committee.  Sen. Bailey succeeds Sen. Neil Breslin (D-Albany), who retired after 28 years of public service in the State Senate. Sen. Bailey represents the 36th State Senate District, which stretches east of the Bronx River Parkway from East Bronx in the south and just north of Mt. Vernon.   Sen. Bailey was first elected in 2016 after serving as Community Relations Director for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.   In the State Assembly, Assembly Member David Weprin (D-Queens)…

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