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20 Minutes With Tim – Cyber Regulation – 3rd Party Service Provider Security Policy

​It's the holidays, so we're giving you a supersized edition of Two Minutes With Tim. There seems to be a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding of the third party service provider security policy requirement in the New York cybersecurity regulation. In this video, I give you a step by step explanation of what it entails, and end with a few words of suggestion about the regulation as a whole. Two Minutes With Tim - Cybersecurity Regulation - 3rd Party Questionnaire​ Flowchart: Who Is a Third Party Service Provider? NY Cybersecurity Regulation page​ ​ [embedded content]  Source

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Big ‘I’ Applauds House Action on Agent Priorities

Legislation would extend TRIA, NFIP and repeal the 'Cadillac tax.'​​ WASHINGTON, D.C., December 17, 2019— The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I") commends the U.S. House of Representatives for passing legislation that would reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and repeal the Affordable Care Act's “Cadillac tax," all as part of government funding legislation. ​ “The Big 'I' would like to thank the U.S. House of Representatives for bringing our independent agents a trifecta of early Christmas gifts this year with the passage of government funding legislation that includes a long-term reauthorization of…

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On Our Mind: The Insurance Buyer of Today

​By Jim Lombardo, CPCU, AAI, AIM, MBA, AVP of Learning & Development​​ Millennials? … Gen Y?… Gen Z?…. I frankly get confused and often times don't know who goes into what category.  Well I guess that is not true- I know that I am a full-blown Baby Boomer. That being said, I believe we all must become more familiar with the changing demographics, the changing demands, belongings, expectations and norms... and more specifically how does that affect the way we deliver insurance? It turns out that Millennials were responsible for all new vehicle sales growth in North America during the first quarter of 2018 according to…

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