Western

PIANY past President Fred Holender, CLU, CPCU, ChFC, MSFS, met with Sen. George Borrello, R-57; Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan, R-59; Sen. Edward A. Rath III, R-61 and his Legislative Assistant Brian Poliner; Sen. Sean M. Ryan, D-60; Rick Rodgers, legislative director for Sen. Timothy Kennedy, D-63; Assemblyman David J. DiPetro, R-147; Assemblyman Andrew W. Goodell, R-150; Assemblyman Stephen M. Hawley, R-139; Joe Sempolinski, chief of staff for Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio, R-148; Maria Novak, office manager for Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello, R-145; Amanda Qyzykiewicz, legislative director for Assemblywoman Monica P. Wallace, D-143.

Through these smaller district meetings, PIANY's representatives had the opportunity to meet one-one-one with legislators and their staffs to discuss PIANY's 2022 legislative initiatives. PIANY works tirelessly on behalf of independent agents, their businesses and the consumers and businesses they serve for the passage of a comprehensive legislative agenda for 2022.

The 2022 legislative agenda included several important consumer issues including:

• allow carriers to waive photo verification;
• simplify the requirements of agents and brokers placing business in the state’s excess-line marketplace;
• repeal of the anti-arson application requirement in New York City;
• standardize the definition of windstorm;
• protect consumers from carrier “bait-and-switch” activities;
• authorizing the NYSIF to pay commissions to licensed brokers; and
• oppose statutory bad faith.