The NY First Governing Committee met on February 25 to discuss the property and casualty insurance reforms included in Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget. NY First brings together property-casualty insurance company…
Big I New York members from across the state gathered in Albany last week for the Group of 100 (G100) Day on the Hill, meeting directly with legislators to advocate…
If you received an email on January 22 (yesterday) that looked like it came from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and it had the department’s name…
Governor Kathy Hochul has released the FY27 Executive Budget, officially launching the sprint toward the April 1 deadline for a State Budget agreement. As anticipated, affordability took center stage, with…
Nicholas M. Insua and Richard P. Lewis, partners at law firm Reed Smith, LLP, raise an interesting point in a post published last month: “The bigger issues related to how…
New York is once again proving that when it comes to advocacy, we don’t just show up — we lead. In the recently closed 2025 Big “I” InsurPac fundraising campaign,…
The insured should tell the insurer about all household drivers.
A slew of costly litigation-increasing legislation was vetoed by Governor Hochul in her final acts of 2025. Big I New York was part of a mighty coalition of business and…
Persuasive advocacy by Big I New York paid off with Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature on legislation strengthening consumer protections for third-party litigation financing (TPLF) agreements.
This fall, Travis Wattie, Big I NY AVP of Government Relations, spoke at five legislative breakfast events across the state.
