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P&C Insurance Summit

Our City & State P&C Insurance Summit Brought Together Policymakers and Industry Leaders in Albany On February 4, 2025, Big I New York and NY First partnered with City & State to host…

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Executive Budget Proposal Heavy on P&C Insurance Reforms

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…

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Have Tariffs Left Your Clients Underinsured?

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…

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