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Members have FREE full access to Catalyit. You’ll find tools to help you discover, select, implement, and maximize the right tech for your agency. Take the tech assessment, learn the latest insights, and more.
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Go Big 2026
Go Big is back at Turning Stone, and we’re delivering fresh ideas, standout networking, and actionable tools you and everyone on your team can put to work right away. Don’t miss the exhibit hall, packed with innovative partners that agencies are lining up to connect with.
WEBINAR | MAY 6 | 3 CE (Diversity, Laws/Regs and Ethics) & 1 CE (Flood) Get the basic four CE requirements in one webinar. Join Jim Lombardo, Tim Dodge, and Sue Keegan as they cover ethics, diversity and inclusion, insurance law, and flood.
WEBINAR | MAY 7 | 3 CE This webinar explores ethical decision-making in insurance and the responsibilities producers have to clients, carriers, and third parties. Through real-world dilemmas and discussions, participants will examine the ethical and E&O implications behind everyday agency decisions.
WEBINAR | MAY 12 | 3 CE Join veteran insurance educator Chris Amrhein as he shares his own adventures with Medicare and other healthcare solutions for seniors. He’ll discuss eligibility, enrollment, changes, costs, benefits, limitations, and just about everything else. Whether the information is for the benefit of your clients, your family, and/or yourself, you’ll be ready!
WEBINAR | MAY 13 | 1 CE In this program, insurance pros will learn about several common exposures stemming from the use of small vehicles for recreational purposes, as well as watercraft.
WEBINAR | MAY 14 | 3 CE Incomprehensible technological advancements, regulatory changes, and other factors are fueling new, rapidly evolving risks for agents and insureds to address. Insurance pros who attend this course will better understand risks presented by electric vehicles, alternative energy systems, artificial intelligence, supply chain issues, parametric insurance, virtual currencies, pollutants, and many other issues.
WEBINAR | MAY 14 | 2 CE This webinar examines endorsements that can significantly limit coverage under a Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy. Participants will review both ISO and non-standard endorsements to better understand how these changes can impact coverage and create unexpected gaps.
WEBINAR | MAY 12 | 4 CE Stay NYAIP certified with our approved producer procedures course, required every four years by one NYAIP producer. The course walks through how the Plan works day to day, covering common situations like effective dates, assignments, eligibility, quotas, and performance standards.
WEBINAR | MAY 14 | 3 CE Join us for this jam-packed seminar where our E&O gurus, Brian Bixby and Howard Kronberg, offer decades of knowledge to leave you with the best practices to stay out of hot water. Earn 3 CE credits and a potential premium credit too!
ONLINE PROGRAM | Fall sessions begin September 16 Are you looking to level up in your career? Do you know someone in your agency with untapped potential? Take that next step with Leadership Academy. Our highly regarded program and instructors change lives and help you unlock your leadership potential.
Get the supportive guidance, practical resources, and strong advocacy your agency needs to grow, compete, and thrive—backed by a community that’s with you every step of the way.
Stay current with discounted CE courses, licensing prep, and timely training on emerging issues.
Access to Helpful Insights
Get answers fast with technical support, E&O guidance, and compliance tools you can rely on.
Coverage Backed by Experience
Gain a trusted insurance partner with vast E&O knowledge, responsive service, and access to both admitted and non-admitted markets.
Tools to Grow & Compete
Tap into hiring help, market access, and free Catalyit membership to strengthen operations.
Marketing Support That Gets Results
Use professionally designed materials and get reimbursed for promoting your agency.
Collaborative, Statewide Network
Connect with other agents, local leaders, and peers who genuinely want to help you succeed.
Success Stories
Big I is a large asset to any insurance agency. The services they provide for the price of their membership far exceeds anything imaginable. Market access, continuing education, E&O consultation, state regulation updates with explanations, and loads of other member benefits. I can not say enough about the Big I!
Gary Roe Compass Group Northeast
It a tremendous value to be part of the Big I of NY. I highly recommend to any insurance agent or agency to become a member of the Big I of NY!
Kathleen Rapasadi Tompkins Insurance Agency
Tim never fails to respond to ANY inquiry immediately!! ALL inquiries are responded to in GREAT detail. I really appreciate his time and efforts.
