{"id":10380,"date":"2019-02-25T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T08:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/?p=10380"},"modified":"2019-06-03T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T09:38:18","slug":"licony-celebrates-51st-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/2019\/02\/25\/licony-celebrates-51st-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"LICONY Celebrates 51st Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">On February 7, the <a href=\"http:\/\/licony.org\">Life Insurance Council of New York<\/a> (LICONY) staff and member companies came together at <a href=\"http:\/\/metlife.com\">MetLife<\/a> for a full day of activities and to celebrate LICONY\u2019s 51st Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The day included a full briefing to the membership on LICONY\u2019s Legislative program and Regulatory agenda for 2019. Assembly Insurance Committee chair Kevin A. Cahill spoke to membership about the new climate in the Legislature. LICONY president and CEO Mary Griffin also moderated a Regulatory conversation with Department of Financial Services staff members Laura Evangelista, Executive Deputy Superintendent, and James Regalbuto, Deputy Superintendent for Life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The evening culminated in a reception in the historic MetLife board room. New Acting DFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell was in attendance as well as Assembly Insurance Committee ranker, Andrew R. Garbarino and member, Kevin Byrne. LICONY past president, Thomas E. Workman also joined in the celebration. Tom now serves as an Independent Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">MetLife Executive VP of Corporate Affairs and Chief of Staff, Michael Zarcone introduced Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Michael Gianaris. Senator Gianaris spoke to those gathered about the flurry of legislative activity and took questions from the audience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10420\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10420 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/EIN_licony_030-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/EIN_licony_030-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/EIN_licony_030-scaled-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/EIN_licony_030-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/EIN_licony_030-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Griffin (LICONY President &amp; CEO), Linda Lacewell (DFS interim Superintendent), Senator Michael Gianaris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/current-issue\/\"><em>See the online edition of the magazine for complete photo spread.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10380\" data-postid=\"10380\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10380 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 7, the Life Insurance Council of New York (LICONY) staff and member companies came together at MetLife for a full day of activities and to celebrate LICONY\u2019s 51st Anniversary. The day included a full briefing to the membership on LICONY\u2019s Legislative program and Regulatory agenda for 2019. Assembly Insurance Committee chair Kevin A. 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