2015
Brokers: You Really Need to Know About Cyber Insurance
Legislative and Regulatory Update by Amy Roberti – Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (edited for the Insurance Advocate®) Where there’s smoke there’s fire—and where there’s a crisis, there are state and federal lawmakers and regulators trying to be helpful. Major data breaches are in the news every day in both the private and public […]
Tapping Talent
The NAIC reports that 25% of the industry will retire by 2018. That’s why so many are doing double duty in the office and on the volunteer scene. LICONY Timothy A. Walsh succeeds David Walsh as Chairman of the Board of Directors for 2016. Is it a genetic thing? No, the two men are unrelated. […]
Hope for the New Year!?
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. Hope springs eternal in the human breast ~Dante’s Inferno ~Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man No matter how discouraging, frustrating or bad the year has been, the prospect of a new year always seems to evoke a sense of optimism for a better tomorrow. A new year: a […]
Preparing for an important legislative session
The holidays crept up on many of us this year, but not on PIANY: The association surveyed its members and held focus groups by way of Advisory Councils in October to pinpoint the issues members want their association to focus on—issues that impact our businesses every day. And, once those were identified, PIA volunteers took […]
Certificates of Insurance in the Courts Again; A Reader Writes Re: Fraudulent Impersonation; D-Day and Insurance
Certificates of Insurance in the Courts Again Will no one rid me of these troublesome Certificate of Insurance issues? The latest case to stir the pot involves a dispute over coverage on a wrap-up project. An electrician employed sub-contractor Urban Power & Lighting, alleged that he was injured and, as usually happens, sued everyone in […]
Visual Content Marketing for Your Insurance Agency
We live in an age of marketing where “traditional” marketing methods alone are not enough to leverage your agency’s brand. As I’ve mentioned before, marketing is going digital, and in fact, I believe that in 2015 and 2016 coming up, digital marketing should be considered the next era of traditional marketing. Mastering the digital marketplace […]
Cyber Insurance: What you Should Know
By: Robert Jones – AIG Edited for the Insurance Advocate® No matter how strong or sophisticated an organization’s IT defenses are, how thorough the vetting of an organization’s vendors may be, or how well an organization trains or plans in preparation to respond to a data breach or other incident, there will still be network […]
So This Is Christmas
As John Lennon so beautifully resonated, “So This Is Christmas, and a Happy New Year…Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.” Well, “fear” is something that unfortunately we need to keep in mind not only during this Christmas and Hanukkah season, but all through the year as there are people out there who […]
LICONY 15th Annual Conference
LICONY held its 15th Annual Legislative & Regulatory Conference on October 7-9, 2015 at The Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, New York, over 200 in attendance. This conference was attended by LICONY member companies, professional and other services firms, NY Legislators and Regulators, and representatives from other trade associations.
