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Calendar of events: |
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Oct. 25, 2017 Nov. 14, 2017 |
Jan. 16, 2018 April 25, 2018 June 10-12, 2018 June 12, 2018 Aug. 13, 2018 |
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Were you there? |
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2017 NY-YIP 25th Annual Golf Open
Buffalo Clean Up
Buffalo Bisons Game
Brooklyn Distillery |
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Welcome new members |
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Richard Abbenante
Evan Amendola
Robert Andrzejewski
William Anthony III
Matthew Baldyga
Jessica Benedict
Brendan Coyne
David Delaney
Andrew Engler
Jeremie Grotsky
Michael Grotz |
Valerie Jenny
Lindsay Krause
Audrey Manzella
Nicole Merolla
Tyler Molina
Steve Schell
David Schuberth
Matt Shanks
Ashley Smit
Robert Von Hagen |
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Sponsor spotlight: |
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Lancer Insurance Co.Lancer Insurance Co. is one of the premier specialty commercial insurance companies in the United States. Its operations are nationwide and include a broad range of specialty commercial insurance products, including: auto rental; long-haul trucking; motorcoach, school bus and transit bus; commercial auto and garage; commercial property and liability; and more. A privately held corporation with offices in Florida, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Washington, Lancer Insurance Co. is consistently rated "A-" (Excellent) for financial strength and stability by the A.M. Best Co. Whether your business is on Main Street, in the surface mines and quarries across America, or traveling the roadways from sea to shining sea, Lancer Insurance Co. can help.
Parsons & Associates Inc.Parsons & Associates Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned insurance agency and brokerage located in downtown Syracuse, N.Y. Founded in 1930, Parsons & Associates prides itself on its dedication to supplying personal-insurance plans and insurance expertise to a variety of professional and business clients, as well as agents and brokers who serve them. Parsons & Associates offers several professional liability programs statewide, including lawyers and dental professional liability, and over 250 agencies and brokers around New York state trust their businesses to these programs. Parsons & Associates’ success is evident in its 80 years of commitment to its business.
The Main Street America GroupThe Main Street America Group offers insurance exclusively through independent agents. Since 1923, it has partnered with independent agents to offer consumers a variety of important insurance coverages. Our continued commitment to consumers and independent agents has contributed to our growth and success. Today, Main Street America offers property casualty insurance in 36 states, surety bonds in 45 states and the District of Columbia and annually writes more than $1 billion in premium.
Simon Agency NY Inc.Simon Agency NY Inc., is a full-service insurance wholesaler with access to over 30 insurance companies. It has been collectively providing insurance markets to its family of brokers for over 55 years. The Simon Agency NY family of brokers, which range from small- to medium-size storefront brokers, work out of the five boroughs and Long Island. The Simon Agency NY has developed relationships with companies that are able to provide it with the products it needs. What sets the Simon Agency NY apart from other general agents is its ability and dedication to respond to its brokers more quickly than the competitors. The Simon Agency NY recognizes the need for timely, effective and efficient quoting.
NY-YIP's 2017 sponsor outreach is ongoing. If your organization wants to be out in front of numerous young professionals from across the state, contact us about annual sponsorship today. If you don’t want an annual sponsorship, but would like to support us, there are opportunities to sponsor individual events we conduct in different regions of the state. Email us at yip@pia.org for more information about annual or event sponsorship. |
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Did you know? |
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Getting involved ensures a bright futureNY-YIP members are the future of the insurance industry. That is why it is crucial for you to get involved now in the processes that shape the industry’s future. What happens in the legislative arena affects every professional, independent insurance agent, whether they participate in it. We urge you to be active in shaping your future. Make your voice heard by donating to PIANYPAC, our political action committee. PIANYPAC has advocated for and won many legislative victories for the industry, including the Certificates of Insurance Law and the extension of the time frame for automobile photo inspections. Currently, PIANYPAC is diligently active in regard to the new cybersecurity regulation. Your contribution will help this and future efforts, including reforming the New York State Insurance Fund and repealing the Scaffold Law. You or your firm may make a donation to PIANYPAC. When you make a donation, your name (or your firm’s name for a corporate donation) will appear in PIANY publications to highlight your support, unless you choose to remain an anonymous donor. Please consider supporting PIANYPAC at any level of giving. Every dollar is vital in increasing our efforts to effect legislative change. Your generous donation will help to shape the future you want to live and work in, starting today. To support PIANYPAC today, click here.
Certified Professional Insurance Agent national designation programAs a member of NY-YIP, you can get a discount on your CPIA certification. The American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society's Certified Professional Insurance Agent designation is first-of-its kind, hands-on, how-to training. The Insurance Success Seminars are designed to enhance the ability of producers, sales support staff and company personnel to efficiently create and distribute comprehensive insurance programs. Participants leave with ideas that will produce results immediately. The workshops are engaging right from the start. You will work with fellow insurance professionals and learn by actually working on real-life issues. Together, you'll create practical solutions that you can implement as soon as you get back to your office. And because you learn by doing, not by just listening, you'll remember—and be able to use—much more of what is covered in class. The three parts of the CPIA designation will teach you how to build and deliver effective insurance programs, broaden your organization's market reach and deliver customer service that drives increased retention. You will leave with expanded technical knowledge, practical ways to reduce E&O exposures and a greater confidence in your ability to serve today's customers with what they want and more. Learn more here. |
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News |
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Gov. Cuomo signs PIANY top-priority CE billGov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law a PIANY top-priority continuing-education bill (S.1314-A/A.117-A) in September. The new law eliminates the need for insurance agents and brokers to take duplicative CE courses for both their individual and agency insurance licenses. The law exempts business-entity licenses from CE requirements when all sublicenses can demonstrate they have adequate CE credits to support their individual licenses in effect at the date of renewal. This issue was the leading piece of legislation for PIANY this past legislative session. More ...
NYDFS extends cybersecurity filing deadlineThe New York State Department of Financial Services extended the initial period for filing the Notice of Exemption required by its new cybersecurity regulation. Covered Entities that determine they qualify for a limited exemption before Oct. 1, are now required to file a Notice of Exemption on or prior to Saturday, Oct. 30. All New York licensees are required by the NYDFS to comply with the regulation. PIANY and the IIABNY requested this extension in a letter and in previous meetings with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive staff and the NYDFS.
NFIP short-term extension grantedPresident Trump signed into law a bill that provides funding for hurricane relief, as well as raises the debt ceiling and keeps the government open for three months. The new law also reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program for a period of three months. A short-term extension is great news for agents because it prevents a lapse of the NFIP. A lapse would have been a worst-case scenario for producers. The program is now extended until Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, but past that date the future of the program is cloudy. |
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Leaders |
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Annual sponsors |
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PlatinumProfessional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc.
GoldInterboro/UPC Insurance Cos.
SilverAM Trust North America
BronzeGen Re
ContributorEugene A. Bartow Agency |
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